To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time.

  • -- George William Norris 乔治·威廉·诺里斯

在我看来,我们从一开始就应该保持最严格的中立。如果我们这样做了,我认为我们现在不会处于战争的边缘。

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We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

我们将不惜一切代价保卫我们的岛屿,我们将在海滩上战斗,我们将在登陆场战斗,我们将在田野和街道上战斗,我们将在山上战斗;我们决不投降。

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

我们需要对时间的价值有一种认识,也就是说,把一个人的时间划分成各种活动的最佳方式。

That's the problem with Neutrals - you never know where you stand. Damn them and their neutrality.

这就是中性的问题所在——你永远不知道自己的立场。该死的他们和他们的中立。

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

如果你想长命百岁,你必须及时成为一个老人。

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

愿上帝怜悯我的敌人,因为我不会。