A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
国家
Nation
Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal.
我们国家最古老的罪恶和最深的罪恶是少数民族儿童- -特别是黑人儿童- -在学校里受到隔离，这不仅是种族隔离，而且是可耻的不平等。
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。
Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
我们的国家必须为退伍军人提供足够的医疗保健、足够的福利，以及他们所承诺的、也是他们迫切需要的补充资源。我们同样欠我们的英雄。
There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
最大的错误莫过于期望或计算国与国之间的实际恩情。这是一种幻觉，经验必须医治它，一种正当的骄傲应该抛弃它。
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.
尽管这个国家自豪地认为自己是一个民族大熔炉，但在种族问题上，我们在很多方面一直是并将继续是一个本质上由懦夫组成的国家。
We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.
当有人说我国作为一个联合国在其整个历史上从来没有享有这样一种令人鼓舞的可能性的集合时，我们并不是傲慢或自满。
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。
Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate.
现在出生的许多人，到他们成为选民的时候，将成为这个国家的一部分，而这个国家的天才是其他任何地方都无法比拟的，而且这个国家拥有广阔的领土，可以让这些能量和天才发挥作用。
There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.
你们周围有各种力量想要利用分裂，剥夺你们的自由，告诉你们该怎么想。但年轻人可以重新点燃这个沉睡国家的疲惫精神。
As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.
在国会继续就如何处理非法移民问题进行辩论之际，我们必须记住许多辛勤工作的合法移民，他们为我们国家的经济和文化做出了巨大贡献。
The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?
我们应该考虑的那种国家目标远远超出了国民生产——那就是作为一个国家，我们如何帮助我们的孩子成为他们可能成为的最好的人?
I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia's number one servant. Servant - one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves.
没有你我无法统治。你和我有同样的责任。我是玻利维亚的头号仆人。仆人——为国家服务的人，而不是为国家服务的人。
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.
任何拒绝与其他国家交往的国家都将被排除在这个大家庭之外。
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。
In this nation, leadership is dollars.
在这个国家，领导力就是金钱。
It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.
探索是我们的使命。成为一个航天国家是我们的命运。
For enslaving a nation, just kill the conscientious people, the rest can be bought.
为了奴役一个国家，只要杀了有良心的人，其余的都可以收买。