A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自由主义者
Liberals
There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."
傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的，所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的，所以更好。”
One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.
我们这个时代最普遍的政治观点之一，是自由主义者同样富有同情心，而保守派则不那么关心他人。
The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.
进步主义者的工作就是不断犯错。保守派的职责是防止错误被纠正。
Conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
保守主义者:迷恋现存罪恶的政治家，与自由主义者不同，自由主义者希望用其他罪恶取而代之。
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
我的父母是自由派知识分子，但他们甚至希望我呆在家里照顾弟弟妹妹，做家务。
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。
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.
自由主义者似乎认为，如果你不相信他们特定的政治解决方案，那么你就不会真正关心他们声称想要帮助的那些人。
My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.
我的信仰一直是我生活的动力。我认为重要的是，那些被视为自由主义者的人不要害怕谈论道德和社区价值观。
Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence itis the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet.
自由主义是慷慨的最高形式;这是大多数人向少数人承认的权利，因此这是这个星球上有史以来最崇高的呼声。
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
他们的行为就好像他们认为，对人类的普遍进步非常乐观是一种美德，可以使他们不必为任何具体的进步而烦恼。
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
我反对自由主义的理由是，自由主义是把最高层次的哲学思想而不是政治原则引入到生活的实际事务中去。
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
据说，自由主义者对别人的钱很慷慨，除非涉及到国家存亡的问题，他们更愿意对别人的自由和安全慷慨。
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A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake, at the moment.
一个自由主义者是一个目前利益不受威胁的人。
You know what they say: if God had been a Liberal, we wouldn't have had the ten commandments. We'd have had the ten suggestions.
你知道人们常说:如果上帝是一个自由主义者，我们就不会有十诫。我们应该有十个建议。
We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.
我们一直在进步或倒退。生命中没有静止不动的东西。
The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.
人们挨饿是因为他们上面的人吃了太多的税粮。这是他们挨饿的唯一原因。
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。
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
我们这些自由进步的人知道，穷人与我们在任何意义上都是平等的，除了与我们平等之外。