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国家
Nation
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
今天，我们在这里重申一个新的信念，即通过发扬谦恭、勇气、同情心和个性的精神来实现我们国家的理想。
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
领土只是一个国家的主体。住在山上和山谷里的人是它的灵魂，它的精神，它的生命。
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
我有一个停止战争的计划。就是这样，没有国家被允许进入一场战争，直到他们支付了最后一场战争的费用。
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
我们伟大国家的决心正在经受考验。但毫无疑问，我们将向世界表明，我们将通过考验。
A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
一个没有渣滓和不满的国家是有序的、和平的、愉快的，但也许没有未来的种子。
In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
在任何一个国家，总有要死的人。他们是任何国家都必须作出的牺牲，以实现法律和秩序。
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。
We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
作为一个国家和一个民族，我们需要重新点燃这些价值观和力量……我们必须团结一心，实现一个目标。
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
只有武装的国家才能免除常备军。因此，时刻保持我们的武装和纪律是重要的。
I do not belong to a nation because I speak the same language as they do; I belong to them because I feel the same pain as they did.
我不属于一个国家，因为我和他们说同样的语言;我属于他们，因为我和他们一样感到痛苦。
As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.
作为养子的养父母，我亲眼目睹了这个国家目前所面临的制度的突出问题。
We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
我们是一个由社区组成的国家……灿烂的多样性像星星一样散布开来，像广阔而宁静的天空中的一千个光点。
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Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.
我们国家的安全、经济和在世界舞台上的地位取决于我们教育体系的成功。
Usury once in control will wreck the nation.
高利贷一旦得到控制，就会毁了这个国家。
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
对于一个管理不善的国家来说，第一剂灵丹妙药是货币通胀;第二是战争。两者都带来了短暂的繁荣;两者都会带来永久的毁灭。但两者都是政治和经济机会主义者的避难所。
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。
This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.
这个国家孕育于自由之中，奉行的原则包括:诚实的人可以诚实地提出异议;如果他们都能说出自己的想法，大多数人就能分清是非。
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。