A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

  • -- Augustus Hare 野兔奥古斯都

我们被告知,政治家应该听从民意。毫无疑问,就像马车夫跟在马背后面一样;牢牢地抓住缰绳,引导他们。

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Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure.

自从我开始写作,我就一直坚持着我最初的原则:不写一页,因为无论什么公众,或什么漂亮女孩想要这样或那样;而是按照我自己认为最好的方式,按照它给我带来的快乐来写作。

I would never jeopardize classified information to be brought out to the public. This information is all open source. There is no reason to worry about classification. It is simply an attempt by bureaucrats to cover their rear ends.

我绝不会把要公之于众的机密信息置于危险境地。这些信息都是开源的。没有理由担心分类。这只不过是官僚们试图掩盖自己的弱点。

The fact - not theory - that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.

进化论已经发生的事实,而不是理论,以及达尔文关于进化论如何发生的理论,在大众观点中变得如此混乱,以至于必须强调两者之间的区别。

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

使人聪明,使人自由。由此产生了公民自由;任何篡夺的权力都不能抵挡舆论的炮火。

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

任何一个挑剔到足以给编辑写纠错信的人,无疑都应该受到引起这封信的错误的惩罚。