Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

  • -- Paulo Freire 保罗·弗雷尔

洗手不干权势者与无权者之间的冲突意味着要站在权势者一边,不能保持中立。

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The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.

二十世纪可能告诉我们,在人类近代史上,我们没有什么可自满的;但它也告诉我们,暴政并非不可避免。

We censure one for being indiscreet, but not for having something to be indiscreet about.

我们责备一个人不谨慎,但不是因为他有什么不谨慎的地方。

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

也许被误导的道德激情比困惑的冷漠要好。

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

如果我们不给他们自尊,他们就不能剥夺我们的自尊。

Injustice can never be stood for.

不公正永远不能容忍。