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战争
War
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
为了使战争公正，有三件事是必要的。第一，君主的权威。第二，公正的理由。第三，合法意图。
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
我不仅是一个和平主义者，而且是一个好战的和平主义者。我愿意为和平而战。除非人民自己拒绝战争，否则没有什么能结束战争。
One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.
我在战争中学到的一条绝对规则是，不知道你不需要知道的任何事情，因为一旦你被抓住，他们会把它从你身上揪出来。
Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me different.
愤怒的人拿着尖锐的东西被派去保卫一座外国城市，这在任何地方都是一样的。我也是这么听说的。到目前为止，没有什么能让我信服。
The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.
未来的浪潮不是用一种教条主义征服世界，而是解放自由国家和自由人民的各种力量。
What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded?
我能对第一次世界大战说些什么呢?在这场战争中，我作为一名步兵服役，一开始我痛恨这场战争，但随着战争的进行，我从未对它感到温暖。
Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.
尽管上个世纪有那么多的疯狂，有那么多的战争和种族灭绝的荒谬，我们相信人类是理性的，是为了寻求真理而生的。
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
任何一个人，如果他继续为他所居住的地方的物质、智力和道德的幸福增添一些东西，他就不会长期得不到应有的报酬。
We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.
我们都反对战争，我们都支持正义与和平。但有时为了维持和平，武装行动是必要的。但我们希望情况不会如此。
When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years.
当根据情报做出参战的决定时，这是一个决定命运的决定。它的后果和影响远远超出了当前的几个月和几年。
I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
我认为，现代社会的全部努力应该集中于禁止战争作为解决国家间问题的一种方法。
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.
我早期的战争经历使我怀疑纪律的价值，即使是在纪律常常被认为是成功的首要条件的领域。
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Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
老男人宣战。但必须战斗和死亡的是年轻人。
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
永远不要认为战争，无论多么必要，多么正当，都不是犯罪。
War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
战争造就了奇异的盟友，而和平本身就可能分裂。
In war, truth is the first casualty.
在战争中，真理是第一个牺牲者。
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
我们将不惜一切代价保卫我们的岛屿，我们将在海滩上战斗，我们将在登陆场战斗，我们将在田野和街道上战斗，我们将在山上战斗;我们决不投降。