A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Elections
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'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。
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
选举是由男人和女人赢得的，主要是因为大多数人投票反对某个人，而不是支持某个人。
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?
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。
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。
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
选举即将来临。世界和平宣告了，狐狸对延长家禽的寿命有着真诚的兴趣。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
政治承诺很像婚姻誓言。它们是在候选人和选民之间的关系刚开始时做出来的，但很快就被遗忘了。
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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。
The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.
这位政治家受过不正确的艺术训练。他的话往往是生硬或圆滑的，因为如果这些话有锋利的锋芒，日后可能会反过来伤害他。
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。
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。
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。