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战争
War
For no one makes aggressive war unless he excepts to win.
因为没有人会发动侵略战争,除非他想赢。
If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza.
如果我是基地组织的人,我不会出去吃披萨。
They plot, they plot, sleeping or afoot they never let up.
他们计划,他们计划,睡觉或步行,他们从不放松。
Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel.
算了吧,路易,内战的照片从来没赚过五分钱。
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
战争是一系列导致胜利的灾难。
Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.
知道什么时候该战斗与知道如何战斗同样重要。
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
别担心战争。除了射击,一切都结束了。
Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant.
任何谈判都有限度。否则,战争就无关紧要了。
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
我憎恶战争,认为它是人类最大的灾难。
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
即使我们必须为和平而战,我们也将拥有和平。
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
十个士兵聪明地领导,就能打败一百个没有头的士兵。
War was my university. Everything has proceeded from there.
战争是我的大学。一切都是从那里开始的。
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
只有死者看到了战争的结束。
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
我发誓,无论何时何地,只要有人忍受痛苦和羞辱,我绝不保持沉默。我们必须始终站在任何一方。中立帮助压迫者,而不是受害者。沉默鼓励受折磨的人,而不是受折磨的人。
Peace would always be less compelling than war. Perhaps that was why there was so little of it in the world.
和平永远不会像战争那样令人信服。也许这就是为什么世界上的黄金如此之少。
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
文明社会由于人类彼此之间的这种主要敌意而永远受到解体的威胁。
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
我们这一代人没有经历过大战,没有经历过大萧条。我们的战争是精神上的。我们的抑郁就是我们的生活。
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye is not it.
我认为,言论自由应该受到保护,但一个家庭在为失去亲人而悲痛时,其隐私权也应该受到保护。对反恐战争的激烈辩论是有时间和地点的,但在一个家庭的最后告别时却不是这样。