A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Political
Clinton's fakery was so deft and deeply ingrained that it was impossible to tell where it ended and the real Bill Clinton began. This constituted a kind of political genius.
克林顿的骗局是如此巧妙和根深蒂固，以至于不可能知道它从哪里结束和真正的比尔克林顿开始。这构成了一种政治天才。
When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is a federal entity so involved in political activity?
当我第一次当选时，我很困惑为什么他们要为我这个大一新生举办这样的活动。我问自己，为什么一个联邦实体会如此积极地参与政治活动?
If I wasn't doing this, I'd be in school studying political science or socioeconomic something. I love visiting different cultures and finding out how they make up a society.
如果我不这样做，我就会在学校里学习政治学或社会经济学之类的东西。我喜欢参观不同的文化，了解他们是如何组成一个社会的。
However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.
然而，近年来我国出现了大量非法移民的涌入，这充其量说明了一些令人震惊的不足之处，最坏的情况是表明了一个支离破碎的制度。
Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that.
不幸的是，现实是，出于政治或其他原因，有必要执行反歧视法，或至少有必要这么做。
But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.
但是，特别是当媒体宣称力求客观时，看门人在帮助人们驾驭新闻、做出有教养的政治决策方面发挥着至关重要的作用。
People like me have to have the discipline only to work for clients, corporations, political people, products, services, networks that we believe in and we want to see succeed.
像我这样的人只有在为客户、公司、政界人士、产品、服务和我们相信并希望看到成功的网络工作时，才需要遵守纪律。
TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.
如今，电视是一种不同的动物。你可以把非常聪明的写作和导演，深入的角色发展，以及非常丰富的政治和情感故事结合在一起。
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.
这里有一切可以抓住眼睛、耳朵和想象的东西——一切可以迷惑和迷惑无知的人的东西。我想知道路德是怎么打破这个魔咒的。
Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.
尽管作为一名水手，我鄙视政治——因为我热爱我的水手生活，直到今天仍然热爱它——但环境迫使我对政治问题采取明确的态度。
If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone.
如果一种自由主义的政治哲学代表任何东西，而且我不再肯定它代表什么，那么它一定意味着我们致力于为每个人创造公平的竞争环境。
If we really want liberty - if we really want liberty - then we need to go out and get it, we need to take it, because nobody is going to give it to us. And we need to do it now.
如果我们真的想要自由——如果我们真的想要自由——那么我们就需要走出去获得它，我们需要拿走它，因为没有人会把它给我们。我们现在就得这么做。
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I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song.
我从来没有做过如此政治化的事情。多年来，我一直在餐桌上大谈特谈一些严肃的问题，但从来没有真正有信心用一首歌来表达我的观点。
No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.
没有开玩笑。这是真的。你用这个来支付自己的账单。这不是一次愉快的经历。
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
如果你想要一个忠心的仆人，一个你喜欢的仆人，那就自己服侍自己吧。
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
在我们这个时代，政治演讲和写作在很大程度上是站不住脚的辩护。
All political power is a trust.
所有的政治权力都是一种信任。
I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.
我宁愿在政治上死去，也不愿虚伪地永垂不朽。