A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Elections
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。
To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections.
说句公道话，说谎是公众生活的一部分。每个政客都撒过谎，因为他们被资助选举的特殊利益集团所拥有。
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 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。
Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element.
没有普选，没有不受限制的新闻和集会自由，没有自由的意见斗争，每一个公共机构的生命就会消亡，成为仅仅是表面的生命，其中只有官僚机构仍然是积极的因素。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。