In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

在政治上，夫人，你需要两样东西:朋友，但最重要的是敌人。

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.

奇怪的是，在政治上，打出牌的最好方法是面朝上放在桌上。

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

在政治上，始于恐惧的往往以失败告终。

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

在政治上，昨天的谎言被攻击只是为了迎合今天的。

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

在政治上，你必须让别人为所欲为。

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

在政治上……永不退缩，永不退缩……永远不要承认错误。

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen.

在科学领域，科学家们经常会说，‘你知道这是一个很好的论点;我的立场是错误的’，然后他们就会改变主意，你就再也听不到他们的旧观点了。他们真的做到了。它不会发生。

In the business of politics, emotions and productive dissatisfaction with the world in which we live today are gradually being covered up by the minutiae of ordinary life.

在政治事务中，对我们今天所生活的世界的情感和富有成效的不满正逐渐被日常生活的琐事所掩盖。

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

最终，这就是这次选举的意义所在。我们参与的是愤世嫉俗的政治，还是充满希望的政治?

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

个人权利不受公众投票的限制;多数人无权投票剥夺少数人的权利;权利的政治功能正是保护少数群体不受多数人的压迫(世界上最小的少数群体是个人)。

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

与其把城市的钥匙交给政客，不如换把锁。

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

在人类所有的愚蠢史上，有没有比政治牧师更愚蠢的人?

It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms.

俗话说得好，一个饥饿的人对四个三明治比对四个自由更感兴趣。

It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.

当令人震惊的变化发生时，对每个人来说都是一个巨大的危险。

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

靠政治使人民幸福是徒劳的。