A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
对于任何问题，直接使用武力都是一种糟糕的解决办法，通常只有小孩子和大国才使用武力。
My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.
我妻子是我最大的财富。我直到二战后才和她结婚，但她在我做过的每一份工作中都对我起到了补充作用。
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
原子能的释放并没有产生新的问题。它只是使解决现有问题的必要性更加紧迫。
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
要相信，快乐意味着自由，自由意味着勇敢。因此，不要轻视战争的危险。
What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?'
有什么不是保守的说法，“不要去战争，除非我们正确地去战争完全宣战，没有其他方式?”
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
战争荒谬而可怕的地方在于，那些没有个人恩怨的人应该被训练成冷血地自相残杀。
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
一旦我们有了战争，只有一件事可以做。一定要赢。因为失败带来的后果比战争中可能发生的任何事情都要糟糕。
War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers.
战争把人类从建造和改进的任务中拖出来，把他们全部推入毁灭者和杀手的行列。
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations is as shocking as it is true.
所有国家都有以战争为生的人，而且不断地发生国家间的争吵，这是令人震惊的事实。
We were a people taut for war; the hills Were no harder, the thin grass Clothed them more warmly than the coarse Shirts our small bones.
我们是一个严阵以待的民族;小山并不比我们的小骨头穿的粗布衣服更硬，薄薄的草也不比它们更暖和。
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
只要战争被认为是邪恶的，它就永远有它的魅力。当它被视为庸俗时，它就不再受欢迎了。
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.
虽然成为一个大国的目标是能够打一场伟大的战争，但保持大国地位的唯一方法是不打一场战争。
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
故胜兵先胜而后求战，败兵先战而后求胜。
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
当你强壮的时候显得软弱，当你虚弱的时候显得强壮。
War is a proof that idea has boundary.
战争是思想有边界的证明。
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
什么时候，我们的良心会变得如此温柔，以至于我们会采取行动，阻止人类的苦难，而不是为之复仇?
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
当然，战争是可以避免的;但它们比某种和平要好得多。
Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.
组织、鼓动、教育，必须是我们的战争口号。