So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics?

于是，一个最近变得越来越紧迫的问题开始了:美学与政治的关系是什么?

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

所以，我想对人们说的是，政治首先必须是原则和价值观。当然，有时你不得不做出调整。

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

社会就像炖肉。如果你不偶尔搅拌一下，一层浮渣就会浮到上面。

Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"

有些人看到事情的本来面目，会说:“为什么?”我梦想着从未有过的事情，我说:“为什么不呢?”

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.

有时候在政治上，你认为你已经看到了一切。结果证明我错了。

Sports and politics don't mix.

体育和政治不能混为一谈。

States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

国家不是道德的行动者，而是人，而且可以将道德标准强加给强大的机构。

Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs.

但我还是担心政治会让我们和战俘之间产生隔阂。

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

除去道德上的合理化和哲学上的自命不凡，犯罪是当权者选择禁止的任何行为。

Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

卓越在于不战而破敌之抵抗。

THE POLITICIAN If it wasn't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics. Men without ambition. Jellyfish!

这位政治家 如果不是因为贪污，你会在政治上得到一个非常低的类型的人。没有野心的男人。水母!

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar.

今天关于公民身份的讨论常常是空洞无物的。这个词在日常会话中有一种略微过时的感觉。当它在国家政治中被唤起时，通常伴随着文化战争迫击炮轰鸣而来。

That is how politics work; if you don’t drink wine they will consider to bring you milk.

这就是政治的运作方式;如果你不喝酒，他们会考虑给你送牛奶。

That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.

穷人是隐形的，这是他们最重要的一点。它们不像旧的改革辞令那样简单地被忽视和遗忘;更糟的是，他们没有被看到。

That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.

这是政策的一部分:不断换挡。