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勇气

Courage

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

道德上的懦弱使我们不敢说出自己的想法,这对这个国家来说就像不负责任的言论一样危险。正确的方法并不总是受欢迎和容易的方法。在不受欢迎的时候坚持正义是对道德品质的真正考验。

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.

为什么他们总是教导我们,做我们想做的是容易的和邪恶的,我们需要纪律约束自己?这是世界上最难的事情——做我们想做的。这需要极大的勇气。我是说,我们真正想要的。

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps.

你采取了一些你认为是正确的小步骤,想着也许明天有人会把这当作一种危险的挑衅。然后你等待。如果没有反应,你就会迈出另一步:勇气只是一小步的积累。

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

如果我们要生存下去,我们必须有思想、远见和勇气。这些东西很少是由委员会制定的。在我们的智力和道德生活中,一切重要的事情都始于一个人在一个房间里独自面对自己的思想和良知。

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