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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On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

在战场上,军方承诺不留下任何士兵。作为一个国家,让我们的承诺,当他们回家时,我们不留下任何退伍军人。

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

爱国主义被认为是一个人应该感受到的一种情感。但是为什么呢?为什么爱自己的国家比爱别人的国家更高尚?

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。

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.

绅士们大谈爱国主义。一个值得尊敬的词,当适当地练习。

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

没有上帝和圣经,就不可能正确地治理一个国家。