Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

  • -- Howard Zinn 霍华德·津恩

从历史上看,最可怕的事情——战争、种族灭绝和奴隶制——不是源于不服从,而是源于服从。

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It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.

人们很难相信这样一个简单的事实:每个迫害者都曾经是受害者。然而,应该非常明显的是,一个从小就被允许感到自由和强大的人,没有必要去羞辱另一个人。

The rain is famous for falling on the just and unjust alike, but if I had the management of such affairs I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust out doors I would drown him.

雨落在正义和非正义的人身上都是出了名的,但是如果我能处理好这些事情,我就会温柔而甜蜜地落在正义的人身上,但是如果我在门外抓到一个非正义的人的样本,我就会把他淹死。

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds....

伟大的精神总是遭到平庸之辈的强烈反对。

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

没有任何一面旗帜足以掩盖杀害无辜人民的耻辱。

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

战争是可以避免的,也应该避免。我不要战争。

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

你不能赢得战争,正如你不能赢得地震一样。