A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
政治
Politics
When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.
当你不在办公室的时候，你可以成为一个政治家。
Where the spirit of the lord is, there is freedom.
主的灵在哪里，哪里就有自由。
That most unfortunate war, which I deeply deplore.
这是最不幸的战争，我对此深感遗憾。
There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.
有一种观点认为政治是肮脏的游戏。
Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.
那些不动的人，不会注意到他们的锁链。
We are all revolutionaries now, addicts of change.
我们现在都是革命者，对变革上瘾。
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
转向政治，否则政治就会转向你。
I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.
我区分民族主义和爱国主义。
There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders.
没有好战的人，只有好战的领袖。
Nothing is more egregious than greedy politicians.
没有什么比贪婪的政客更令人震惊的了。
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
政治不是游戏。这是一件严肃认真的事。
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
立法机关代表的是人民，而不是土地或树木。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
如果我们要求尊重法律，我们首先必须使法律受人尊敬。
The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.
希望就在那里。太阳正在升起。我们最好的日子还没有到来。
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
法律是稳定的;我们所说的社会是进步的。一个民族的幸福或多或少取决于缩小鸿沟的快速性。
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
善良，有了力量，就堕落了;没有力量的纯洁的爱会被摧毁。
For now more than ever, we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
现在，我们比以往任何时候都更必须牢记这样一个事实:每当我们剥夺了我们所憎恨的人的自由，我们就为我们所爱的人开辟了失去自由的道路。
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
新闻自由本身不是目的，而是实现自由社会的一种手段。