The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

战争的自然原则是:以最小的伤害自己,最大的伤害敌人;这当然要靠策略来实现。

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The third group is focused on counterintelligence and security. I think the reason for that is fairly evident, in terms of vulnerabilities of the department and the harm that can come to it by failing to detect when we have, in fact, been harmed.

第三个小组专注于反情报和安全。我认为原因是相当明显的,就司法部的漏洞和可能带来的伤害而言,如果我们没有发现我们实际上什么时候受到了伤害。

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

我认为我们对孩子有一种道德上的责任,可以很容易地总结为:第一,保护他们免受伤害。

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

为了拯救自由市场体系,我不得不放弃自由市场原则。

Those that despise peace and admire war are crushed under the boots of the war.

那些蔑视和平、崇尚战争的人都被战争压垮了。

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

毁灭发生在探访之后,因为探访总是先于探访。

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

通过否定科学原理,人们可以维持任何悖论。

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

我宁愿要最不公平的和平,也不愿要最正义的战争。