Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

  • -- Garrett Hardin 加勒特·哈丁

此外,从生态原则推导出的实用建议威胁着商业的既得利益;这些投资所产生的财政和政治权力有时应被用来压制环境影响研究,这并不令人惊讶。

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I was sort of growing up at a time of really rapidly expanding ecological consciousness. It was a time of reckoning when people were talking about how the Everglades was on life support. I was always trying to reconcile it as a kid.

我成长在一个生态意识迅速发展的时代。人们谈论大沼泽地是如何维持生命的,那是一个需要清算的时期。当我还是个孩子的时候,我总是试图调和它。

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.

围绕着政治人物的疑云往往依然存在,从未消散或澄清。

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.

有原则固然好,但在钱的问题上你必须灵活。

Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.

超越政治正确,为人类正义而奋斗。

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

重要原则可能而且必须是不灵活的。