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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The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.

政治活动家的工作不可避免地涉及在当前问题出现时必须采取立场的要求和希望自己的贡献能在时间的破坏中以某种方式幸存下来的愿望之间的某种紧张关系。

Conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

保守主义者:迷恋现存罪恶的政治家,与自由主义者不同,自由主义者希望用其他罪恶取而代之。

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。