Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.

  • -- Elihu Root 伊莱休·鲁特

偏见、激情和怀疑比煽动私利或最顽固地坚持关于权利的真正意见分歧更危险。

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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.

对某些事情可以简化的潜在怀疑是世界上最有价值的挑战的源泉。

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

我感兴趣的事实是,一个人越没有安全感,就越有可能产生极端的偏见。

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

很多人以为他们在思考,其实他们只是在重新整理自己的偏见。

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

我认为,银行机构对我们的自由而言,比常备军更危险。

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.

我不知道如何为自己辩护:惊讶的天真无法想象受到怀疑。

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

我的错,我的失败,不在于我的激情,而在于我无法控制它们。

In some causes silence is dangerous.

在某些方面,沉默是危险的。

But my biggest passion is football.

但是我最大的爱好是足球。