Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

  • -- Edward Kennedy 爱德华·肯尼迪

因此,关于道德多数的争论不仅来自其观点,而且来自其名称——在许多人看来,这似乎意味着只有一套公共政策是道德的,而且只有一种多数可能是正确的。

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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则,即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风,但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利,而平等的法律必须保护这些权利,侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

一个时代的激烈争论在另一个时代看来是毫无结果的,因为知识既能改变我们所寻求的,也能改变我们所发现的。

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

寓言的寓意是永恒的。故事的寓意对故事来说是暂时的。

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

只有主张错误的人才害怕争论。

One man with courage is a majority.

一个有勇气的人就是大多数。