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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

  • -- Eugene V. Debs 尤金·V·德布斯

当历史发生重大变化时，当涉及重大原则时，大多数人通常是错误的。少数人是对的。

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The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.

大多数人压迫个人，就是犯罪，就是滥用自己的力量，按照最强大的法律行事，就是破坏社会的基础。

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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.

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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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。

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Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

我们是按多数人呢。是按少数人呢。当然是少数人。

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It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.

在自由和美德的事业中，成为少数派并不可耻。

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It is always the minorities that hold the key to progress.

进步的钥匙始终掌握在少数人手中。

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