A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
异议
Dissent
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。”
What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
你需要的是持续的愤怒…对权威有太多不加思考的尊重。
Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are.
有些法律是错误的,无论这些法律在哪里,我们都有义务站出来反对它们。
Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.
持不同政见者不可能永远是持不同政见者;我们是持不同政见者,因为我们不想成为持不同政见者。
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
此外,科学的存在只是通往真理的一段旅程。压制异议,你就结束了这段旅程。
Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.
不合作是对纪律和牺牲的一种衡量,它要求尊重对立的观点。
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
曾经有过一个因持不同政见者而死亡的社会吗?在我们的一生中,有几个人死于从众。
I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.
我深信,我们作为一个机构,必须就选举舞弊问题进行正式和合法的辩论。
The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.
提问是一种愚蠢的形式,完全是为了阻止我们在示威时发言。
There have been many crimes committed in the name of duty and obedience - many more than in the name of dissent.
有许多罪行是以责任和服从的名义犯下的,而不是以异议的名义犯下的。
I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.
我不同意我们的任何一位政治领导人所说的或所相信的一切——这有时会发生。
We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion.
我们可能急于保护持不同政见者的权利,以至于忽略了持不同政见者和颠覆者之间的区别。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.
从历史上看,最可怕的事情——战争、种族灭绝和奴隶制——不是源于不服从,而是源于服从。
I am not ready to back away from my views.
我不准备放弃我的观点。
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.
自由社会是持不同意见的权利得到保护的社会。
People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.
人们可能认为会有一个不允许异议的社会,但这并不是一个恐惧的社会,因为每个人都同意彼此的观点,因此没有人想要异议。
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。
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。