A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Political
I look back on my liberal political beliefs with a sort of wonder - as another exercise in self-involvement - rewarding myself for some superiority I could not logically describe.
回顾我的自由主义政治信仰时，我有一种奇怪的感觉——这是另一种自我参与的方式——因为某种我无法从逻辑上描述的优越感而奖励自己。
We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.
我们必须保护它，可持续地使用它。短期使用资源破坏这个国家的长期遗产不是我们可以奉行的政策。
That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you don't see them they don't exist.
这是任何新闻话题，任何国家正在经历的政治进程——无论他们何时出现在新闻中，这就是他们存在的时刻。如果你看不到它们，它们就不存在。
The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
生产力发展的阶段决定了社会的政治上层建筑和思想上层建筑，社会上层建筑形成社会组织体系。
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
渴望被他的同伴们观察、考虑、尊重、赞扬、喜爱和钦佩，这是人类心灵中发现的最早也是最敏锐的性情之一。
Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.
我们许多人都对医疗费用的飞涨感到震惊，包括病人，他们是消费者。然而，医疗事故并不是这些费用增加的原因。
When people say 'let's do something about it,' they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you.
当人们说“让我们做点什么吧”时，他们的意思是“让我们掌握政治机制，这样我们就能对别人做点什么。”而那个人总是你。
Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like our physical existence - still breaks down along geographical lines.
地方政治就像其他一切一样，已经今非昔比。但事实是，我们的政治体系——就像我们的物质存在一样——仍在沿着地理界线瓦解。
Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!
快点，清醒的年轻人!迅速掌权，这样政治决策就可以基于对所有人的更大利益，而不是少数人的更大利益。快点，否则就太晚了!
What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the political spectrum, sort of left-right terms we used to describe people don't really hold here exactly.
我发现人们对这些问题有着极大的兴趣，跨越政治领域，我们用来描述人们的左右两派的术语在这里并不完全适用。
And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense.
我知道年轻一代正在做一些非常有创意的事情。对他们来说，这不是一个政治信仰或环境立场的问题。这只是常识。
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.
尽管我与圣人和英雄交谈得很多，但他们很少有我的爱和钦佩。我渴望乡村和家庭的景色，渴望鸟鸣和孩子们的闲聊。
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Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.
闲暇是做有用之事的时间。这种闲暇，勤奋的人能够获得，懒惰的人却永远得不到。
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。
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
如果你想要很多东西，很多东西看起来就会很少。
I can't give political advice to politicians.
我不能给政客们政治建议。
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
建立良好的声誉需要很多好的行为，而只有一个坏的行为才能失去它。
There is a process of social and of political differentiation going on in the real working class all the time.
在真正的工人阶级中一直存在着一个社会和政治分化的过程。