Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.

  • -- George Will 乔治·威尔

当选国会议员被认为是被派去抢劫朋友。

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One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

一生中只有一个朋友就够了;两个有很多;三个是不可能的。友谊需要生活的某种并行性,思想的共同体,目标的竞争。

Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.

显然,西南和北部边境的整体基础设施需求正在增加。我们需要国会大力推动来解决这个问题。

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.

当然,童年的本质就是玩耍,我和我的朋友们无休止地在街上玩耍,我们不情愿地与车流分享。

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

我不认为国会的职责是做好工作。它应该在做决定的路上拖拖拉拉。