I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction.

  • -- John Steinbeck 约翰·斯坦贝克

我把毁灭国家的人命名为:安逸、富足和安全——从这些东西中滋生出一种无聊而懒散的玩世不恭,在这种玩世不恭中,对现实世界的反叛,以及对自我的反叛,都淹没在无精打采的自我满足之中。

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We will never have real safety and security for wage earners unless we provide for safety and security for the wage payers and wage savers.

除非我们为发工资的人和储蓄工资的人提供安全保障,否则我们永远不会给工薪阶层带来真正的安全。

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。

Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?

这难道不是终极的国土安全,站起来捍卫婚姻吗?

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

在一个普遍存在欺骗的时代,讲真话变成了一种革命性的行为。