There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.

  • -- Eldridge Cleaver 克利弗

一个伟大的国家所能招致的灾难,没有一场比得上它在仰面屈服于错误和不公正,从而丧失民族自尊和荣誉之后所带来的灾难,而在这些错误和不公正之下,人民的安全和伟大得到了保护和捍卫。

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The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.

以资助的名义把钱花在子孙后代身上的原则,不过是在大规模地欺骗未来。

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

当我们在别人身上赞美自己的时候,我们就会天真地认为自己尊重美德。

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

把你尊敬的人指给我看,我就知道你是什么样的人。

Bullying is a national epidemic.

欺凌是一种全国性的流行病。