A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Elections
Elections are rarely perfect.
选举很少是完美的。
I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
我从不投票给任何人。我总是投反对票。
Where annual elections end, there slavery begins.
每年的选举一结束，奴隶制就开始了。
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
如果投票改变了什么，他们会把它定为非法。
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
见鬼，我从来不投票给任何人，我总是投反对票。
A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.
三年的饮食包括橡胶鸡和偶尔的乌鸦。
Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.
不幸的是，中期选举可能非常无聊。
Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.
在选举中，理想主义输给了实用主义。
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.
奴隶主的自由选举并不废除奴隶主或奴隶。
Our elections are free - it's in the results where eventually we pay.
我们的选举是免费的，最终我们要付出代价。
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
选举只不过是预先拍卖赃物。
The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win.
自由选举的问题在于，你永远不知道谁会赢。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards.
联邦选举的投票和计票是高度分散和多变的，没有统一的选票，也没有多少国家标准。
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
最终，这就是这次选举的意义所在。我们参与的是愤世嫉俗的政治，还是充满希望的政治?
A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation.
一个政治家只盼望下一次选举。一位政治家对下一代充满期待。
I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.
我认为我们应该暂停两年的国会选举，告诉他们，不管他们做出什么决定，我们都不会反对他们，让他们帮助这个国家恢复。我真的希望有人能同意我的看法。
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
那些远离选举的人认为一票不会有什么好处:认为一票不会有什么坏处，这只是多了一步。
Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.
选民们想知道选举将会公正而准确地进行。