Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.

  • -- Felix Adler 费利克斯·阿德勒

如果个人美德的根病了,公共廉洁的果实就必然腐败。

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My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.

我的立场是,由于我的花园的非世俗地位不受法律承认;被世人所知,那么花园也只能是私人的。所以,我把花园对公众关闭了。

I think there's been a major shift in grass roots media because of the Internet and because the geeks and nerds rule the world. They are in control in so many ways.

我认为草根媒体发生了重大转变,因为互联网,因为极客和书呆子统治着世界。他们在很多方面都处于控制之中。

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

人们很容易认为政客腐败,投票实质上是两害相权取其轻。我理解这种观点,觉得它是正确的。

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

那些败坏公众思想的人就像那些从公众钱包里偷东西的人一样邪恶。

God enters by a private door into every individual.

上帝从一扇私人的门进入每一个人。

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

我仍然忠于我的南方根。