There is an increasingly pervasive sense not only of failure, but of futility. The legislative process has become a cruel shell game and the service system has become a bureaucratic maze, inefficient, incomprehensible, and inaccessible.

  • -- Elliot Lee Richardson 李理查森

不仅失败的感觉越来越普遍,而且徒劳无益的感觉也越来越普遍。立法过程变成了一场残酷的空壳游戏,服务体系变成了官僚主义的迷宫,效率低下,令人费解,难以进入。

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My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

我的印象是,大多数的女性公共服务工作者都是脾气暴躁的。正是因为他们比任何人都更关心服务,所以他们仍然希望找到一个合理和公平的谈判协议。但他们的耐心已经耗尽。

The balance of evidence both from the cell-free system and from the study of mutation, suggests that this does not occur at random, and that triplets coding the same amino acid may well be rather similar.

来自无细胞系统和突变研究的证据表明,这不是随机发生的,编码相同氨基酸的三胞胎很可能非常相似。

If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature.

如果我们相信我们目前的刑罚程序,那么法官和陪审团所施加的惩罚应该是对一人罪行的唯一制裁,而不是立法机关的无形制裁。

By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

通过完善这一立法机制和参加各项国际协定,我们打算为世界贸易的健康发展作出贡献。

The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.

我不喜欢谈论创作过程的原因是,我确实有一个创作过程是赢家,这是肯定的。

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

当压迫制度制度化时,个人就没有必要压迫。

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.

没有什么比国家安全和情报机构更接近国家主权的核心了。