Third, we could, while denouncing them both as illegal, have acquiesced in them both and thus remained neutral with both sides, although not agreeing with either as to the righteousness of their respective orders.

  • -- George William Norris 乔治·威廉·诺里斯

第三,我们可以在谴责这两个命令都是非法的同时,默认这两个命令,从而对双方都保持中立,尽管我们对它们各自命令的正义都不同意。

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I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin.

我认为,在权力走廊里,这些危险的命令以一种更加模糊的方式下达,在下达给刺客之前,要经过两三个级别的命令。

To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting.

对我来说,艺术界没有什么是中立的。“不感兴趣”的想法让我觉得无聊、不诚实、可疑和无趣。

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

一个人的信仰可以被确定,不是从他的信条,而是从他习惯性的行为的假设。

I was young, now I'm old, and I did not see a righteous man forsaken and his children begging for bread.

我从前年幼,现在年老,也没有见过义人被弃,他的儿女讨饭。

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

我不会为了服从命令而停止画画。