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

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

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。

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The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.

进步主义者的工作就是不断犯错。保守派的职责是防止错误被纠正。

It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.

众所周知,最激进的革命者在革命后的第一天就会变成保守派。

Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.

保守主义更能坦率地看到别人的价值;改革更倾向于保持和增加自己的影响力。

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

愤怒的自由主义者只是我的智慧带来的更令人愉快的副作用之一。