After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

  • -- Adlai E. Stevenson II 阿德莱·史蒂文森二世

在联合国工作四年之后,我有时渴望政治会议的和平与安宁。

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You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors.

你已经到了一个几乎要自己努力的阶段。因为我意识到,我们许多人面临的最大风险是开始对恐怖习以为常。

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.

我们住在这里的时候,没有永远的心灵安宁;因为生命本身就是运动,没有欲望,没有恐惧,就像没有感觉一样。

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

由于权力腐败,社会对道德权威和品格的要求随着职位的重要性增加而增加。

No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.

世界上没有任何金钱可以买到一个充满感激之情的国家给予我的爱和情感。

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

这个决定是“信托基金”还是“不再有医疗补助”——这应该不是一个艰难的决定。

We are a nation equally afraid of gathering together and being alone.

我们是一个同样害怕聚在一起和孤独的国家。