A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

一个政治家只盼望下一次选举。一位政治家对下一代充满期待。

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The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.

这位政治家受过不正确的艺术训练。他的话往往是生硬或圆滑的,因为如果这些话有锋利的锋芒,日后可能会反过来伤害他。

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.

联邦选举的投票和计票是高度分散和多变的,没有统一的选票,也没有多少国家标准。