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国家
Nations
I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.
据我所知，人类最伟大的工作莫过于和平事业，而和平事业只有通过各国和各国人民的认真努力才能实现。
If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.
如果各国只能依靠一个世界法院的公正和不偏不倚的判决，它们就会放弃毫无意义的野蛮战争做法。
On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does.
相反。国际主义也承认，就其名称而言，国家确实存在。它只是限制了他们的范围，而不是片面的民族主义。
These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.
这些措施可能不构成对和平的绝对保证，但我认为，它们是各国有史以来采取的最伟大的预防性措施。
Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
阻止为联合国提供资金的立法在概念和实践上存在根本性缺陷，使我们倒退，弄巧成拙，而且不起作用。
If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.
如果联合国要生存下去，代表它的国家必须支持它;主张它的人必须服从它;相信它的人必须为之奋斗。
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
只有一条适用于所有人的法律，那就是支配所有法律的法律，我们造物主的法律，人类的法律，正义，公平的法律——自然和国家的法律。
It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.
正是因为国家倾向于愚蠢和卑劣，人类才行动得如此缓慢;正是因为个人有能力做更好的事情，它才会发生变化。
There comes a time in the history of nations when their peoples must become fully reconciled to their past if they are to go forward with confidence to embrace their future.
各国历史上有一个时刻，如果它们的人民要满怀信心地向前走，迎接它们的未来，就必须同它们的过去完全和解。
Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.
人性是维系国家和人类团结的基石。当它倒塌时，整个结构就会倒塌。这对棒球队来说就像生活中的其他追求一样真实。
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
从最伟大的国家联盟到市镇会议或法衣室，从来没有存在过一种不互相争吵的人的联盟。
In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.
在世界上每一个特定的国家，那些最强大的国家往往会战胜其他国家;在某些显著的特性中，最强的往往是最好的。
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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
国家就像星星一样，有权利被吞噬。一切都很好，只要光明回来，日食不会变成无尽的黑夜。黎明和复活是同义词。光的再现就如同灵魂的生存。
But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
但是，当人类的自由引起了开明人士的注意，并得到了所有文明国家慷慨大方的感情时，我们难道不能问问这种自由是否得到了正确的理解吗?
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
只要对历史稍有了解，就会发现，强大的共和国是最好战、最肆无忌惮的国家。
The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.
一个依赖政治信心的国家，迟早会在致命的昏睡中结束其政治存在。
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
国家和个人一样，都要为他们的罪行受到惩罚。
As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.
由于国家不能在来世得到奖赏或惩罚，它们必须在来世得到奖赏或惩罚。