The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

-- Earl Wilson 威尔森伯爵

政治家要想成为年长的政治家，最快的方法就是在选举中失败。

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If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.

如果我们遇到一个诚实而聪明的政治家，十来个，一百来个，我们说他们根本不像政治家，我们的政治家类别没有变化;我们知道政客是什么样的人。

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I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day.

我相信夏天是我们的时间，是人民的时间，不应该允许任何政治家在夏天对我们讲话。他们可以在劳动节之后重新开始交谈。

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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

保持的性格和改进的能力，综合起来，将是我作为一个政治家的标准。

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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

政治家不能当道德家。

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