After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.

  • -- Edward Grey 爱德华·格雷

在一场大战之后,一个国家在一代人或更长的时间内都不想要另一个。

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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

我们可以把每一代人看作是一个独特的民族,他们有权利,按照大多数人的意愿,约束自己,但没有人比另一个国家的居民更能约束后代。

After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.

经过一生的工作、养家糊口,以及在无数其他方面为这个国家的成功做出贡献,老年人应该有尊严地退休。

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

我有一个停止战争的计划。就是这样,没有国家被允许进入一场战争,直到他们支付了最后一场战争的费用。

A generation of children has been betrayed.

一代又一代的孩子被背叛了。