I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

  • -- Barry Goldwater 巴里·戈德华特

我要提醒你们,捍卫自由的极端主义不是罪恶!我还要提醒你们,追求正义的中庸不是美德。

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Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and storage, and not to the defence of deniers and cranks.

来自碳氢化合物相关方的开明的利己主义,应该导致支持能够清洁使用碳氢化合物的技术,例如碳捕获和储存,而不是为否认者和曲柄辩护。

Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidentially expect utopia. Both are wrong.

考虑到深刻的社会变革,保守主义者总是期待灾难,而革命者则暗地里期待乌托邦。两者都是错误的。

Those that can give up essential liberty  to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

那些能够放弃基本自由而获得一点暂时安全的人,既不配享有自由,也不配享有安全。

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

你不必是一个为自由而战的男人。你所要做的就是成为一个有智慧的人。

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

自由是一扇敞开的窗户,透过它,我们可以看到人类精神和尊严的阳光。

Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.

那些恨你的人,嫉妒你的自由。

Sadness is also a kind of defence.

悲伤也是一种防御。