By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

  • -- Woodrow Wilson 伍德罗威尔逊

通过“激进”,我理解一个人走得太远;“保守主义者”指的是走得不够远的人;被一个“反动分子”,一个根本不愿去的人。

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The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change.

主人的工具永远拆不开主人的房子。他们可能允许我们暂时在他自己的游戏中打败他,但他们永远不会允许我们带来真正的改变。

The great conservative insight is that order is really hard to achieve. It's really precious, and it's really easy to lose.

最保守的观点是,秩序真的很难实现。它真的很珍贵,很容易失去。

Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.

保守主义更能坦率地看到别人的价值;改革更倾向于保持和增加自己的影响力。

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

每个革命者最终不是成为压迫者就是成为异教徒。