There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

  • -- George Galloway 乔治·加洛韦

有些人把自己裹在国旗里,吹响爱国主义的小号,以此愚弄人民。

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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。

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

在这个时代,在这个国家,民意决定一切。有了它,没有什么会失败;相反,没有什么能成功。塑造公众情绪的人比制定法律或宣布司法决定的人更有深度。

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.

我不想因为练习小号而把戒指戴在嘴唇上,因为我以为女孩子们不会喜欢我。所以我从来没有练习过。

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.

吹小号的人互相看见对方,就好像我们准备摆好架势,或者打架什么的。