A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
退位
Abdicate
All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.
所有的战争都会结束，至少是暂时的。但国家获得的权力依然存在;政治权力永不退让。
Anyone happy in this age and place Is daft or corrupt. Better to abdicate From a material and spiritual terrain Fit only for barbarians.
在这个时代和这个地方，任何快乐的人都是愚蠢或腐败的。最好放弃只适合野蛮人的物质和精神领域。
The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.
国家获得权力…由于它对权力的贪得无厌，它无法放弃任何权力。国家从不退位。
A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
一个认识到自己无能的国王，可以委托别人代劳，也可以退位。一个父亲什么都不能做。如果只有儿子能看到这种矛盾，他们就会理解这种困境。
I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.
我非常希望你不要退位，我认为你退位的事实会给全世界带来错误的印象，因为他们会说我本可以阻止这一切。
Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.
政治最终将被形象所取代。这位政治家将非常乐意为了自己的形象而退位，因为这个形象将比他以往任何时候都要强大得多。
But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
但我们没有理由放弃我们的基本原则，因为某些群体不相信它们。你知道，没有哪个多数派应该把自己根深蒂固的信念交给那些什么都不相信的人。