By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

  • -- Woodrow Wilson 伍德罗威尔逊

通过“激进”,我理解一个人走得太远;“保守主义者”指的是走得不够远的人;被一个“反动分子”,一个根本不愿去的人。

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

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。

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

每个革命者最终不是成为压迫者就是成为异教徒。

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

每个社会都尊重活着的墨守成规者和死去的捣乱者。