A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
保守派
Conservatives
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。
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
每个社会都尊重活着的墨守成规者和死去的捣乱者。
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
有三类人;逆行，平稳和进步。
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
保守主义者不一定愚蠢，但大多数愚蠢的人都是保守主义者。
Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth.
改革是肯定的，保守主义是否定的;保守主义追求舒适，改革追求真理。
Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.
自由主义者觉得他们的财产不值得拥有。保守派认为他们所偷的一切都是他们应得的。
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
一个保守的人有两条完美的腿，然而，从来没有学会如何向前走。
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。
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。
Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.
保守派不知不觉地站在了破坏传统价值观的社会力量一边。
It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
众所周知，最激进的革命者在革命后的第一天就会变成保守派。
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
保守派过去相信要面对残酷的事实，而不是屈服于令人宽慰的童话。一些还在做。
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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。
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right -- it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.
新政治的希望不在于形成左翼对右翼的回应——而在于拒绝传统的政治类别。
Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights.
保守派忘记了公民身份不仅仅是对移民的一种保留。进步人士忘记了这不仅仅是一套权利。
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
保守主义抛弃处方，逃避原则，否定进步;它拒绝一切对古代的尊重，对现在没有任何补偿，对未来也没有任何准备。
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。
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。