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。
Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.
和很多人一样，我对公共服务很感兴趣，我希望尽我所能改变这个国家的方向，并在中期选举后考虑这个问题。
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
我向我的对手提出一个条件:如果他们不再对我们说谎，我就不再对他们说实话。
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。
Those who vote decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything.
那些投票的人什么也不能决定;计票的人决定一切。
I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.
当我们能够选出和一些已经任职的男性一样无能的女性担任公职时，我将感到平等已经到来。
I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
我很乐意回答或回避你的问题，这取决于我认为什么对我们的选举最有帮助。