It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.

  • -- Hannah Arendt 阿伦特

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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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

告诉一个房子着火的人,适度地发出警报;告诉他适度地把他的妻子从掠夺者手中救出来;告诉母亲要慢慢地把她的孩子从它掉进去的火里救出来;但请敦促我不要使用节制。

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

在任何读过历史的人看来,不服从是人的本性。进步是通过不服从,通过不服从和反叛取得的。

We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

我们必须从各个方面与保守派斗争,不仅是右翼,还有不想改变任何事情的左翼保守派。

The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.

进步主义者的工作就是不断犯错。保守派的职责是防止错误被纠正。

I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning -- organize.

我会像一个真正的蓝色叛军一样死去。不要把时间浪费在哀悼上——组织起来。

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

政治不过是共同的脉搏跳动,革命不过是狂热的痉挛。