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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If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.

如果崇高的死亡是美德的最主要部分,那么我们比所有人都更幸运,我们带着自由的皇冠为希腊而奋斗,我们死了,在无尽的荣耀中安息。

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

放弃表面上的国家主权不一定会导致国家主权的丧失,但实际上可以是一种利益。

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

没有荣誉,再多的能力也无济于事。

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

我喜欢传统,国歌很重要。