In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

在世界上每一个特定的国家,那些最强大的国家往往会战胜其他国家;在某些显著的特性中,最强的往往是最好的。

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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.

没有自由、自尊和自治的公民,就不会有自由和独立的国家。没有国内和平,即公民之间和公民与国家之间的和平,就没有对外和平的保障。

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

最近,一些国家被迫借了数十亿美元用于战争;从来没有一个国家在很大程度上借钱用于教育……没有一个国家富裕到既能支付战争又能支付文明的费用。我们必须做出选择;我们不能两者兼得。

Sometimes the strongest people are the ones who love beyond all faults. Cry behind closed doors and fight battles that nobody knows about.

有时候,最坚强的人是那些爱得超越一切缺点的人。关起门来哭,打没人知道的仗。

If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

如果我们结婚了,只有完全相反的制度才会盛行。

The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell.

最坚固的钢是由地狱之火锻造的。