Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

  • -- Andrew Jackson 安德鲁·杰克逊

每一个好公民都把自己国家的荣誉作为自己的荣誉,不仅珍惜,而且神圣。他愿意冒着生命的危险去保护它,并且意识到他在给予保护的同时也得到了保护。

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Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

为什么公民身份应该是一个出生问题?那些想要终止出生公民权的人所持的前提是,有些人应该享有,有些人不应该——这种身份不应该自动被授予。坦白地说,这是一个值得考虑的前提。

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

这个国家所需要的——每个国家偶尔都需要的——是一场好的、艰苦的、血腥的战争,以重振爱国主义的恶习。

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

没有二等公民这回事。这就像告诉我你可能有点怀孕了。

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

增加我们对祖国的爱的正确方法是在国外居住一段时间。