From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

  • -- Charles Sumner 查尔斯·桑诺

从我国历史开始,这个国家就饱受妥协之苦。正是通过妥协,人权才被放弃。

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I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas.

我也想成为一名企业家;我喜欢商业方面的东西。当我年轻的时候,我想成为一名兽医或走钢丝者。但是我没有平衡感,我不能忍受动物的死亡,所以我放弃了这两种想法。

I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.

我不喜欢“受害者”这个词。“我不喜欢别人说我‘失去’了我的丈夫——好像我把你像一双没人要的旧鞋一样,在铁轨旁边闲散地抛弃了。

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.

当中产阶级受到伤害时,什么也不做。这不是领导。规章制度宽松,执法不严。这不是领导。这是在抛弃我们的中产阶级。

Love can be put off, never abandoned.

爱情可以推迟,绝不能放弃。