A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
多数
Majorities
How a minority, Reaching majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!
少数, 达到多数, 抓住权力, 讨厌少数!
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.
我们是按多数人呢。是按少数人呢。当然是少数人。
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
当我们处于少数时,勇气的考验就来了。当我们占多数的时候,宽容的考验就来了。
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.
当历史发生重大变化时,当涉及重大原则时,大多数人通常是错误的。少数人是对的。
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.
少数服从多数,就没有力量;那时它甚至不是少数;但当它被整个重量卡住时,它是无法抗拒的。
The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.
大多数人压迫个人,就是犯罪,就是滥用自己的力量,按照最强大的法律行事,就是破坏社会的基础。
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
我所说的自由,是指确保每个人在做他认为是他的职责的事情时受到保护,不受权威、多数、习俗和意见的影响。
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。
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
三流的头脑只有和大多数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。二流的头脑只有在与少数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。第一流的头脑只有在思考的时候才是幸福的。