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少数民族
Minorities
It is always the minorities that hold the key to progress.
进步的钥匙始终掌握在少数人手中。
How a minority, Reaching majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!
少数, 达到多数, 抓住权力, 讨厌少数!
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.
在自由和美德的事业中,成为少数派并不可耻。
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
所有的历史都是少数民族力量的记录,也是一个民族的少数民族力量的记录。
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。
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
我们判断一个国家是否真正自由的最确定的标准是少数民族享有多少安全保障。
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。
But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.
但是,为了国家的福利,我们迫切需要认识到,少数民族确实在思考,而且在思考种族问题之外的其他问题。
If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?
如果我们对少数民族如此残忍,他们为什么还来这里?为什么他们不偷偷越过墨西哥边境去找塔利班?
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。
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。
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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。