A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
国家
Nation
On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty, by going to war with a country with whom they had engaged to enter into arbitration.
相反，全世界都将指出，这个国家违反了一项条约，与他们曾经约定要进行仲裁的国家发生战争。
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
经过一生的工作、养家糊口，以及在无数其他方面为这个国家的成功做出贡献，老年人应该有尊严地退休。
The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation.
政治家的职业生涯主要是使国家的一部分做它不想做的事，以取悦和满足国家的另一部分。
An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.
个人在维护自己的利益时，可能损害社会公共利益;一个国家在促进一般福利时，可以检查其部分成员的利益。
My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.
在我的第一个国会任期内，我的三项首要任务是发展我们的经济;提供高质量、负担得起的卫生保健;保护我们的国家和社区的安全。
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
如果一个国家把自由看得比任何东西都重要，那么它就会失去自由，而具有讽刺意味的是，如果它更看重舒适或金钱，那么它也会失去自由。
This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation.
这一立场是站不住脚的，在把充分的政治权力和责任赋予全国所有妇女之前，不能停止要求充分的政治权力和责任的鼓动。
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
一场输了或赢了的战争很容易描述、理解和欣赏，但一个伟大国家的道德成长需要反思和观察，才能欣赏它。
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.
我们自称是一个自由的国家，然而我们却让自己在酒店门口被一个男人告知我们可以乘坐什么出租车，不可以乘坐什么出租车，仅仅因为他穿了一件鼓少校的制服。
Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.
无论他们的罪行的性质如何或可能发生的任何改造，这些前重罪犯都不能参加这个伟大国家的决策进程。
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
即使我为国家服务而死，我也会为之自豪。我的每一滴血…将为这个国家的发展做出贡献，使其强大和充满活力。
The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
联合国的整个基础是所有国家- -无论大国还是小国- -都有权有分量，有权投票，有权得到注意，有权成为二十世纪的一部分。
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It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.
似乎我们的国家已经变成了一个只有摇滚歌手和棒球运动员为英雄的国家，没有一个正直的大个子可以被召唤来完成这项任务。
I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
我当然不希望我们的国家陷入债务违约，但与此同时，我非常担心我们目前的债务问题。
Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.
每个国家都必须遵循一定的政策:商业、贸易、各种其他类型的政策。
We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
我们是一个法治国家，也是一个移民国家。
Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.
只有当我们每一个人和每一个国家都学会爱全人类的秘密时，世界才会成为一个伟大的管弦乐队，跟随最伟大的指挥家的节拍。
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
我们是世界上最强大的国家。没有任何外部力量，没有任何恐怖组织能够打败我们。但是我们可以通过陷入困境来打败自己。