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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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I think in my own country, at the way we've seen through the ordination of women to the priesthood, which I'm delighted about, and that will move on to another level before very long.

我认为在我自己的国家，通过我们看到的女性被任命为祭司的方式，我很高兴，这将很快进入另一个层次。

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There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots.

没有黑人保守派。哦，有一些新保守主义者的皮肤是黑色的，但他们除了生物学上的肤色外，没有任何黑皮肤的主张。他们忘记了自己的根。

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We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

我们必须从各个方面与保守派斗争，不仅是右翼，还有不想改变任何事情的左翼保守派。

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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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Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.

自由主义是人民的信任，经过审慎的磨炼;保守主义，对人的不信任，被恐惧所调和。

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We must take care that our reaction to one extreme is not so violent as to thrust us to the other.

我们必须注意，我们对一种极端的反应不要太激烈，以免把我们推向另一种极端。

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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.

当最后一点野兽在他们体内死去的时候，人们总是停止思考。

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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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