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Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidentially expect utopia. Both are wrong.

  • -- Carolyn Heilbrun 海尔布伦

考虑到深刻的社会变革，保守主义者总是期待灾难，而革命者则暗地里期待乌托邦。两者都是错误的。

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There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much a clearinghouse for anything that goes on in the world. So you're not at all limited.

真的没有什么故事是你无法讲述的。它是世界上任何事情的清算所。所以你一点也不受限制。

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Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights.

保守派忘记了公民身份不仅仅是对移民的一种保留。进步人士忘记了这不仅仅是一套权利。

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Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

我们中有太多的人在通过嘴巴摄取的东西上花费了巨大的精力，而在通过耳朵和眼睛摄取的东西上花费的精力就更少了。

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Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.

自由主义是人民的信任，经过审慎的磨炼;保守主义，对人的不信任，被恐惧所调和。

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Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

保守主义者不一定愚蠢，但大多数愚蠢的人都是保守主义者。

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A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

一个狂热的人是一个不能改变他的想法，也不会改变话题的人。

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