You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.

  • -- Cornel West 康奈尔·韦斯特

你必须是恒温器而不是温度计。恒温器塑造舆论氛围;温度计刚好能反射它。

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Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods -- moods of the masses and moods of individuals, the latter no less fickle and unreliable than the former -- but no opinion.

意见是在公开讨论和公开辩论的过程中形成的,在没有形成意见的机会的地方,可能会有情绪——群众的情绪和个人的情绪,个人的情绪和群众的情绪一样反复无常和不可靠——但没有意见。

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

朋友应该是这样的人:我们可以同样信任他的理解和美德,我们可以立即重视他的公正和真诚的意见。

Climate protection creates sustainability and jobs in the real economy - in construction, in the production of heavy machinery and in systems engineering.

气候保护在建筑、重型机械生产和系统工程等实体经济领域创造了可持续性和就业机会。

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

气候变化正在发生,是人类造成的,我认为这可能是我们面临的最严重的环境问题。