A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.
坦率地说，当你听到有人用万能的上帝来为战争辩护时，我有点担心。
The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored.
战俘返回后的生活几乎从未被讨论过，也从未被探索过。
It was called the Smiling War because it left so many skulls, white and grinning, in the fields.
这场战争被称为“微笑之战”，因为它在战场上留下了许多白面露齿的头骨。
Only when we learn to value the differences among us can we achieve the true spirit of humanity.
只有当我们学会珍惜我们之间的差异，我们才能实现真正的人文精神。
Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
首先抓住对手珍视的东西;那么他就会服从你的意愿。
It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.
全面战争的世纪与中央银行的世纪同时出现，这并非巧合。
For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.
一场战争只有三个条件是必要的——公共权力、正当理由、正当动机。
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
我们今天必须发动的战争只有一个目标，那就是使世界因多样化而安全。
Once we recognize our shadow's existence we must resist the enticing step of going with its flow.
一旦我们意识到影子的存在，我们就必须抵制跟随影子流动的诱惑。
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
战争产生于个人以牺牲同胞为代价获取利益的欲望。
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
如果暴政和压迫来到这片土地上，它将打着与外敌作战的幌子。
Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.
然而，这场战争的模式、理由和所有游戏都是不诚实的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
If you believe Might is Right, it follows that whoever cannot hold their ground does not deserve to keep it.
如果你相信强权是对的，那么谁不能坚守自己的阵地，谁就不配守住它。
I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
我不相信战争是最好的解决办法。没有人赢得最后一场战争，也没有人会赢得下一场战争。
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
当富人发动战争时，死去的是穷人。
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?
当一名战士在一场不可避免地会导致他死亡的攻击下，选择先结束自己的生命，这并不被认为是疯狂的。事实上，这种行为已经被鼓励了几个世纪，甚至现在也被认为是做这种行为的一个光荣的理由。当你受到自己思想的攻击时，又有什么不同呢?