We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

  • -- Condoleezza Rice 赖斯

我们正处于战争之中,我们作为一个国家的安全依赖于赢得这场战争。

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Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

伟大不在于我们所处的位置,而在于我们前进的方向。我们必须有时迎风航行,有时逆风航行,但是我们必须航行,不能随波逐流,也不能抛锚停泊。

All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault.

我们所知道的是,在同俄国人作战的时候,我们有时不得不把战壕前堆积的敌人尸体移走,以便在新一波的进攻中获得一个清晰的战场。

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

在实际的战争艺术中,最好的办法是把敌人的国家完整无缺地夺取过来;粉碎和摧毁它不是那么好。

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

危害国家安全的财产不应继续掌握在公民手中。

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

没有人想在他输的时候退出,也没有人想在他赢的时候退出。

We are a nation equally afraid of gathering together and being alone.

我们是一个同样害怕聚在一起和孤独的国家。