But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

  • -- George Haven Putnam 乔治黑文普特南

但你说你是保守的——非常保守——而我们是革命性的、破坏性的,或诸如此类的东西。保守主义是什么?它不是坚持旧的和尝试过的,反对新的和未经尝试的吗?

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There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the freedom of the individual as sacred as did our revolutionary fathers.

今天迫切需要在全国宣布这一真理,使青年人特别能够象我们的革命先辈那样珍视和珍视个人自由。

Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person.

托洛茨基起身向我伸出手,然后坐在他的办公桌前,温柔地让他的目光落在我身上。

Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.

来吧,来吧,我保守的朋友,擦掉你眼镜上的露水,看看这个世界在动。

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.

有些日子,我真的没有理由起床。这对我来说是毁灭性的。

How to respect tradition and to innovate at the same time? What a difficult challenge!

如何在尊重传统的同时创新?多么困难的挑战啊!

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

传统成为我们的保障,当思想得到保障时,它就会腐朽。

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.

保守主义者认为富人应该公平交易。

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

你不做的事情可能是一种破坏性的力量。