All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required.

  • -- Thomas S. Gates Jr. 小托马斯S.盖茨

所有部队都是一种威慑力量,并将在一场全面战争中使用。如果有必要,我们的大部分部队可以投入有限的战争。

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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things, which enable its citizens to live, but the things, which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.

一个国家所谓的重要经济利益,不是使其公民能够生存的东西,而是使其能够发动战争的东西。汽油比小麦更有可能成为国际冲突的原因。

Compared with the employed, the jobless are less likely to vote, volunteer, see friends and talk to family. Even on weekends, the jobless spend more time alone than those with jobs.

与有工作的人相比,失业者不太可能投票、做志愿者、见朋友和与家人交谈。即使在周末,失业者独处的时间也比有工作的人多。

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

一旦我们有了战争,只有一件事可以做。一定要赢。因为失败带来的后果比战争中可能发生的任何事情都要糟糕。

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.

当我忙碌的时候,我的灵魂从诱惑中得到了更多的休息。