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.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

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。

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Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.

传统艺术是创造而不是复兴。复兴:留给历史学家吧,他们正在回顾历史。

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.

如果说有一件事我们做得比其他任何国家都糟,那就是试图管理别人的事务。

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

自由之树需要不时地用爱国者和暴君的鲜血浇灌。

Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.

自冷战结束以来发生了许多变化,这对我国的生存是一个好兆头。

A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

一个人的脚必须扎根于他的国家,但他的眼睛应该放眼世界。