As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

  • -- Bob Filner 费尔纳

在国会继续就如何处理非法移民问题进行辩论之际,我们必须记住许多辛勤工作的合法移民,他们为我们国家的经济和文化做出了巨大贡献。

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If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.

如果联邦一旦被切断,分离的界线将变得越来越宽,现在在立法大厅里辩论和解决的争议将在战场上进行审判,并由武力来决定。

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.

当国会试图把责任推给某个人而不是他们自己时,我感到很有趣。我从未听他们说过,‘我犯了一个错误。“我做的。我说我打错了。但他们只是想找个人来责备。

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

良好的教养与良好的教养的区别,如果有区别的话,也只是因为它优雅地记住了别人的权利,而不是优雅地坚持自己的权利。

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

今天,我们在这里重申一个新的信念,即通过发扬谦恭、勇气、同情心和个性的精神来实现我们国家的理想。

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

我不记得我小时候读过什么儿童读物。我没有接触过他们。

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

这个国家……不只是需要我们所拥有的。它需要我们是什么。

He who frames the question wins the debate.

提出问题的人赢得辩论。

I came to Congress to help reduce spending.

我来到国会是为了帮助削减开支。