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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They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.

他们的行为就好像他们认为,对人类的普遍进步非常乐观是一种美德,可以使他们不必为任何具体的进步而烦恼。

We are reformers in spring and summer; in autumn and winter, we stand by the old; reformers in the morning, conservers at night.

春天和夏天,我们是改革者;在秋天和冬天,我们站在老;早上是改革者,晚上是服务器。

Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.

自由主义者是公民自由的坚定捍卫者——前提是我们只谈论罪犯。

Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth.

改革是肯定的,保守主义是否定的;保守主义追求舒适,改革追求真理。

I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.

我还没有天真到接受不合理的价值评估的地步。

No battle is worth fighting except the last one.

没有一场战斗值得去打,除了最后一场。