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I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress.

  • -- William Whipple 威廉惠普尔

我很遗憾地说，有时候，一件无关紧要的事情会浪费大量宝贵的时间，因为有些先生们即使在国会里也不会完全摆脱律师的纠缠，他们不断地发表长篇累牍的演说，耍花招。

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In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.

在这个动荡不安、前途未卜的时代，我们不需要更多的命令和控制;我们需要更好的方法，调动每个人的智慧，在挑战和危机出现时予以解决。

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Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

先生们，我热切地相信，仲裁原则不久就会赢得这样的信心，使其有理由扩展到更广泛的国际分歧领域。

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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

教堂是从未去过天堂的绅士们向从未去过天堂的人夸耀的地方。

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Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.

失败只是重新开始的机会，只是这次更明智。

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