The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

  • -- Leo Tolstoy 利奥·托尔斯泰

国家越大,它的爱国主义就越错误和残酷,它的力量建立在苦难之上的痛苦也就越大。

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Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let me label you as they may.

每个人必须自己决定什么是对的,什么是错的,什么是爱国的,什么不是。你不能逃避,要像个男人。无论对你自己还是对你的国家,对你的定罪作出反对的决定都是一个毫无资格和可以原谅的叛徒,让我给你贴上这样的标签吧。

I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.

我并不是要完全排除爱国主义的概念。我知道它的存在,我知道它在目前的竞争中发挥了很大作用。但是,我要大胆地说,一场伟大和持久的战争决不能仅靠这一原则来支持。它必须得到利益或某种回报的前景的帮助。