A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Elections
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
我们都想投票给伴郎，但他从来都不是候选人。
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.
政客们都在大言不惭地说个不停。
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。
Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.
组织自由公正的选举比选举结果本身更重要。
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
人们说谎最多的时候是打猎之后、战争期间或选举之前。
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
政治家是一个张大嘴巴处理每一个问题的政治家。
Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.
选举是选边站队，而就职典礼则是团结一致。
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
政治家考虑下一次选举。下一代政治家。
If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.
如果上帝让人们投票，他们就会给我们候选人。
I guess truth can hurt you worse in an election than about anything that can happen to you.
我想，在选举中，真相对你的伤害比发生在你身上的任何事情都要大。
We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.
我们没有受过足够的教育，无法明智地选择我们的领导人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
从长远来看，战争和选举既太大又太小，都无关紧要。每天的工作——就是这样，累积起来。
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。
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。
It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.
这是令人兴奋的;我不知道我是否会赢。我想是的。我知道我已经为这份工作做好了准备。如果不是，那就是这样。
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。