A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

教堂是从未去过天堂的绅士们向从未去过天堂的人夸耀的地方。

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Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.

在我爷爷建他自己的教堂之前,我们去了邻近的城镇,那是一个白人社区。你知道,在北部,大部分是欧洲中部的人和印第安人,奇皮瓦印第安人。我们被欢迎去那个教堂,但是一旦我们进去,他们不知道该拿我们怎么办。

I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary.

女士们,先生们,我想告诉你们,我们采取的行动并不总是容易的。我们采取的行动并不总是受欢迎。但是当你进入公职,你必须领导,你必须做必要的事情。

It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.

成为一个人是一件伟大的事情。这是一件了不起的事情。突然间,我意识到自己体内有无数种嗡嗡作响的感觉,就像蜂房里的蜜蜂。先生们,这是一件伟大的事情。

And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history - and say they have no credibility because they committed a sin or made a mistake.

然而,你并没有抛弃教会的一些伟大人物,以及教会历史上的一些人,说他们没有信誉,因为他们犯了罪或犯了错误。