It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

人们普遍错误地认为,对公众抱怨最多的人,也就是对其福利最焦虑的人。

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My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

我的印象是,大多数的女性公共服务工作者都是脾气暴躁的。正是因为他们比任何人都更关心服务,所以他们仍然希望找到一个合理和公平的谈判协议。但他们的耐心已经耗尽。

Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you.

有时候,当你在公众视野中,你真的需要成为人群中的一员,看着其他人而不是其他人看着你。

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

人们急于改善环境,却不愿改善自己;因此,它们仍然受到约束。

I felt highly anxious in a way that I didn't think other children were.

我感到非常焦虑,这是我认为其他孩子没有的。

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

我在书中强调的问题是福利改革。