A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
爱国主义
Patriotism
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
只有当一个国家是诚实的、诚实的、有道德的时候,这个国家的生命才是安全的。
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
一个真正的爱国者是那些拿到停车罚单并为这个系统的运行而感到高兴的人。
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
我意识到爱国主义是不够的。我必须对任何人都没有仇恨或怨恨。
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
爱国主义通常强于阶级仇恨,也总是强于国际主义。
The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.
国家分裂了,一半是爱国者,一半是叛徒,谁也分不清谁是爱国者,谁是叛徒。
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
爱国主义。可燃的垃圾随时可以被任何一个野心勃勃的人点燃,照亮他的名字。
The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
自由之树需要不时地用爱国者和暴君的鲜血浇灌。
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
一个国家是一个由对其祖先的错觉和对其邻国的共同仇恨而团结起来的社会。
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"
有些人看到事情的本来面目,会说:“为什么?”我梦想着从未有过的事情,我说:“为什么不呢?”
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
爱国主义就是你坚信这个国家比其他国家优越,因为你出生在这个国家。
Love of country is like love of woman -- he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
对国家的爱就像对女人的爱一样——把最好的东西送给她的人,他也爱她。
The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
我们在这里所说的话,全世界不会注意,也不会长久记住,但他们在这里所做的事情,全世界永远不会忘记。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.
当整个国家都在以最高的声音呼喊爱国主义时,我愿意探索它的双手的清洁和心灵的纯洁。
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
如果爱国主义与文明行为相抵触,我们就不认为爱国主义可取。
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the sound of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.
当我们从旧时代跨入新时代,当一个时代结束,当一个长期受到压制的国家发出声音的时候,一个时刻来临了,这在历史上是罕见的。
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
有些人把自己裹在国旗里,吹响爱国主义的小号,以此愚弄人民。
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
民族主义是一种幼稚的疾病。它是人类的麻疹。