Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

保守主义更能坦率地看到别人的价值;改革更倾向于保持和增加自己的影响力。

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Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots of the Left has been its reluctance to say that marriage matters for children.

社会保守派非常注重加强家庭,我认为他们这样做是正确的。左派最大的盲点之一就是不愿意说婚姻对孩子很重要。

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

据说,自由主义者对别人的钱很慷慨,除非涉及到国家存亡的问题,他们更愿意对别人的自由和安全慷慨。

There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots.

没有黑人保守派。哦,有一些新保守主义者的皮肤是黑色的,但他们除了生物学上的肤色外,没有任何黑皮肤的主张。他们忘记了自己的根。

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

能数的不一定都算;有价值的东西不一定都有价值。

Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.

自由主义者觉得他们的财产不值得拥有。保守派认为他们所偷的一切都是他们应得的。

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

我们可以说,这种生活是值得过的,因为它是我们创造出来的。