Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.

  • -- Eric Ivan Cantor 埃里克·伊万·坎特

听着,我们知道当我们占多数的时候我们搞砸了。我们爱上了权力。我们花了太多钱,特别是专项拨款。我们经营这个地方的时候腐败太严重了。我们是有罪的。这就是我们失败的原因。

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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

大多数人失败是因为他们缺乏坚持去制定新的计划来代替那些失败的计划。

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

每当你发现自己站在大多数人一边时,就是停下来反思的时候了。

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

腐败犯罪的共犯往往是我们自己的冷漠。

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

权力不会腐败。恐惧导致腐败……也许是害怕失去权力。