A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
爱国主义
Patriotism
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
增加我们对祖国的爱的正确方法是在国外居住一段时间。
Patriotism is seen not only as the last refuge of the scoundrel but as the first bolt-hole of the hypocrite.
爱国主义不仅被看作是恶棍的最后避难所，而且被看作是伪君子的第一个避难所。
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.
我们的国家并不是我们唯一应该效忠的国家。这也归功于正义和人类。
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
爱国主义不在于挥舞国旗，而在于为使我们的国家既正义又强大而奋斗。
Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.
爱国主义是一种生动的集体责任感。民族主义是一只在自己粪堆上啼叫的蠢公鸡。
We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.
我们将努力与国税局充分合作，因为作为公民，我们有强烈的爱国责任不去坐牢。
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。
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
在我最好的音乐里，隐藏着一种真正的爱国主义，但这是一种批判的、质疑的、常常是愤怒的爱国主义。
Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.
爱国主义不能迫使我们默认自由的毁灭。至少，爱国主义迫使我们质疑它。
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
爱国主义是把对自己人民的爱放在首位;民族主义，当你首先憎恨的不是你自己的人时。
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
在战争时期，仇恨变得相当可敬，尽管它常常要以爱国主义的名义伪装起来。
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
爱国主义，当它想让自己在学习的领域中得到感受时，是一个应该被扔出门外的肮脏的家伙。
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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!
真正爱国主义的概念已经丧失，这个词已经被用在最坏的目的上。一个爱国者,先生!啊，爱国者像蘑菇一样冒出来了!
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。
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
我一直认为牺牲是爱国主义的最高境界。
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?”
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.
一直以来的呼声是，一旦宣战，所有的反对意见都应保持沉默。对于一个自由国家来说，一种更不值得的情绪是难以传播的。