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

  • -- Carolyn Heilbrun 海尔布伦

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。

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What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

极端主义者令人反感和危险的地方不在于他们极端，而在于他们缺乏宽容。邪恶不在于他们怎么说他们的事业，而在于他们怎么说他们的对手。

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A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

一个忠诚的自由主义者可以与其他自由主义者为所欲为，只要这个忠诚的自由主义者是自由主义者，攻击保守派的左右派，说出正确的话，他们就可以为所欲为。

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I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

我支持同性婚姻。我支持同性婚姻，因为我相信保守派支持承诺制度。

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Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.

不要错误地认为，你必须与人们和他们的信仰保持一致，才能保护他们免受不公正待遇。

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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.

我不会花很多时间去想后悔，因为我无能为力。

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

狂热是当你忘记目标时加倍努力。

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Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

政治不是左右之争;它是关于顶部和底部的。

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