Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

自由不是达到更高政治目的的手段。这本身就是最高的政治目的。

Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.

任何形式的自由都不会一下子丧失。

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.

生活是一个腐化的过程，从一个孩子学会在何时上床睡觉的政治问题上挑逗他的母亲和父亲开始;害怕腐败的人害怕生命。

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

与艺术和政治一样，黑帮是融入社会的一个非常重要的途径。

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.

生活能让你更好地理解生活。我希望我的角色能变得更深刻、更全面。更广泛的旅行让我对文化差异如何影响人们、政治和艺术有了更深刻的了解。

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。

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

看看电视覆盖率的下降。看看不断下降的投票率吧。现在推动这个国家的是经济和经济新闻，而不是政治。

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

听着，不是每个人都能在操场上玩得很好。我明白，这就是政治。

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. It's a very subjective experience. And I'm loyal to that experience.

爱情是盲目的。我的政见也是如此。我认为你可以爱上思想，你可以爱上人。这是一种非常主观的体验。我对这段经历很忠诚。

Man is by nature a political animal.

人天生就是政治动物。

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

许多法律肯定会造就坏人，正如坏人会制定许多法律一样。

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

政治上的平庸不能被轻视。不需要伟大。

More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.

在政治中，更多的事情是偶然发生的，而不是由于阴谋。

My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.

我的艺术反映的不一定是有意识的政治，而是我生活中未经分析的政治。

My dog can bark like a congressman, fetch like an aide, beg like a press secretary and play dead like a receptionist when the phone rings.

我的狗能像国会议员一样叫，能像助手一样拿东西，能像新闻秘书一样乞讨，能像接待员一样在电话铃响时装死。