Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

  • -- Robert Byrd 罗伯特·伯德

为什么每次我们休会时国会的支持率都会上升?

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Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything.

历史方法论的课程不值得花那么多时间。我自己永远也不会给出一个,而且我已经注意到,我的许多教授这类课程的同事都避免用写作来举例说明他们的方法。

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.

如果我能影响到这位善良的仙女,她应该主持所有孩子的洗礼仪式,我应该要求她给世界上每个孩子的礼物都是一种不可摧毁的奇迹感,这种感觉将会持续一生。

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

所有伟大的领导人都有一个共同的特点:他们都愿意毫不含糊地面对他们那个时代人民的主要焦虑。这就是领导力的本质,除此之外别无其他。

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

至关重要的是,国会议员必须投票支持我们国家赖以建立的价值观:人人平等、自由和机会。

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?

我想知道我们是否都错看了对方,是否我们只是在写关于我们遇到的人的不成文的小说?

Congress is unpopular. Incumbents are unpopular.

国会是不受欢迎的。现任者是不受欢迎的。