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少数民族
Minorities
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。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。