Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

每个公民都应该当兵。这是希腊人和罗马人的情况,而且必须是每一个自由国家的情况。

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To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.

要能写剧本,一个人必须敏感、富于想象力、天真、易受骗、热情;他一定是个低能儿,诗人,说谎者,一个该死的傻瓜。

They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street and hit nobody, because everybody was out at the fair.

他们计划这次交易会是为了把生意带到芝加哥,让大家都知道。但你也可以在道富街开一门大炮却没打中任何人,因为所有人都在博览会上。

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

在战场上,军方承诺不留下任何士兵。作为一个国家,让我们的承诺,当他们回家时,我们不留下任何退伍军人。

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.

每当我有时间在海边,或在山上,或有时在一个安静的森林,我想这就是为什么必须保护环境。

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap.

每一年,国家都将成为一只追逐自己尾巴的狗……徒劳地试图填补永久的预算缺口。

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

老年是愤怒的绝佳时机。我的目标是每周至少说或做一件令人发指的事情。

For the sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.

他们所犯的罪是两人一罪,两人一罪,他们必须一个一个地偿还。

I would have been a disastrous soldier.

我将成为一个灾难性的士兵。