A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
异议
Dissent
It is idle to await unanimity.
等待全体一致意见是徒劳的。
I share no one’s ideas. I have my own.
我不同意任何人的意见。我有我自己的。
I am not ready to back away from my views.
我不准备放弃我的观点。
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
持不同意见是爱国主义的最高形式。
To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.
反对并不等于做虚无主义者。
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
当所有人的想法都一样时,没有人会想得太多。
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
为什么你必须像其他人一样不墨守成规?
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
我多么讨厌那些一味追求随大流的人。
It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
宣传很容易奏效,异议很容易被嘲笑。
There have been major disagreements within the European Union.
欧盟内部存在重大分歧。
Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.
没有什么是完整的,因此没有什么是可以免于批评的。
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
人类的救赎掌握在那些创造力失调的人手中。
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The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.
爱国主义的各个方面使持不同意见的人安静下来,鼓励他们和睦相处,允许他们与不体面的、不可接受的事情保持适当的距离和服从……这些方面太基本了,不能忽视或掩盖。
Since the majority of me Rejects the majority of you, Debating ends forthwith, and we Divide.''
因为大多数的我 拒绝你们中的大多数, 辩论很快就结束了,我们 分裂。”
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
尽管爱国主义往往是恶棍的庇护所。持不同政见者、造反者和全面的放屁者仍然是爱国者的真正职责。
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
与你的朋友,你每天见到的大多数人的主流思想背道而驰,也许是你能做的最困难的英雄行为。
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
持不同意见的少数人只有在能够将自己的意志强加于多数人时才会感到自由:它最痛恨的是多数人的不同意见。
You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.
你得把笼子的门摇得格格响。你必须让他们知道你在里面,你想出去。制造噪音。带来麻烦。你可能不会马上赢,但你肯定会有更多的乐趣。