A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
投票
Voting
Voting is a civic sacrament.
投票是公民的圣礼。
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
临时投票只能说明热空气往哪个方向吹。
I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
我可以让他们的投票机唱回家甜蜜的家。
Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the less hypocritical.
两害相权取其轻。
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
投票是一项权利，只有那些花时间了解相关问题的人才能行使得最好。
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.
投票是赋予被统治者同意原则以生命的基本行为。
People are voting for the kind of country they want to live in, and there are different views about what kind of country we should have.
人们在为他们想生活的国家投票，关于我们应该生活在什么样的国家有不同的观点。
When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.
当我必须在为人民投票和为特殊利益集团投票之间做出选择时，我总是坚持为特殊利益集团投票。他们记得。忘记的人。
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
多数决定原则只有在你考虑到个人权利时才有效。因为你不能让五只狼和一只羊来决定晚餐吃什么。
Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.
人们很容易认为政客腐败，投票实质上是两害相权取其轻。我理解这种观点，觉得它是正确的。
Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.
每个人都有权表达自己的政治信仰。我不敢告诉任何人该投谁的票。我很乐意告诉别人我的观点。
There's an enormous difference between voting for a candidate because you hate another ethnic group and voting for a candidate because he's a member of your ethnic group.
投票给一个候选人是因为你讨厌另一个种族，和投票给一个候选人是因为他是你的种族的一员，这两者之间有着巨大的差异。
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.
选举权,名词。通过投票表达意见。选举权(被认为是一种特权和一种义务)意味着，正如人们通常理解的那样，投票给另一个人的选择的权利，并受到高度重视。
As long as I do a good job, I believe the future is going to take care of itself, but actually I like very much being in elected office and there is no consideration about doing anything different until I can be assured that we are going to have the best voting systems in the country.
只要我做一个好工作,我相信未来会照顾自己,但实际上我非常喜欢在选举办公室,没有考虑做不同的事,直到我可以确信我们将有最好的投票系统。
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
投票是人类有史以来所设计的最有力的工具，它打破了不公正，摧毁了囚禁人们的可怕的高墙，因为他们与众不同。