People are beginning to understand there is nothing in the world so remote that it can't impact you as a person. It's not just diseases. Economists are now beginning to say if we are going to have good markets in Africa, we're going to have to have healthy people in Africa.

  • -- William Foege 威廉·佛吉

人们开始明白,世界上没有什么东西是如此遥远,以至于它不能影响你作为一个人。不仅仅是疾病。经济学家现在开始说,如果我们要在非洲拥有良好的市场,我们就必须在非洲拥有健康的人口。

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People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.

人们有时告诉我,比起文明,他们更喜欢野蛮。我怀疑他们是否进行了足够长的试验。就像亚历山大的人们一样,他们对文明感到厌倦;但所有的证据都表明,野蛮行为的无聊程度要大得多。

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.

你们花费了许多生命和财富,为许多不愿接受自由的国家带来了自由。在这里,你们有一个自己赢得胜利的民族,他们只需要帮助就能保护它。

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

一种叫做“俄克拉何马标准”的东西闻名于世。它意味着面对逆境的韧性。它意味着一种不会被打败的力量和同情心。

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

全世界的人类都需要自由和安全,以便能够充分发挥其潜力。