Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them.

正派的人应该忽视政治，只要他们有信心政治会忽视他们。

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

绝望是那些不了解罪恶的根源，看不到出路，也没有能力斗争的人的典型特征。现代工业无产阶级不属于这类阶级。

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

你认为不说教就能讨论政治吗?

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

政治必须注入到每件事中吗?

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

不要爱上政客，他们都令人失望。他们没办法，他们就是这样。

Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.

不要宽容到你能容忍不宽容的程度。

Each act of denial, conscious or unconscious, is an abdication of our power to respond.

每一个否认的行为，无论是有意识的还是无意识的，都是对我们回应能力的放弃。

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

经济、政治和个性往往是密不可分的。

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

选举是选边站队，而就职典礼则是团结一致。

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

选举是由男人和女人赢得的，主要是因为大多数人投票反对某个人，而不是支持某个人。

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

选举属于人民。这是他们的决定。如果他们决定背对着火堆烧屁股，那么他们只能坐在水泡上。

Entitlement spending---the politics of greed wrapped in the language of love.

权利支出——用爱的语言包装的贪婪政治。

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

即使是一种纯粹的道德行为，如果没有任何立即和明显的政治效果的希望，也可以随着时间的推移逐渐和间接地获得政治意义。

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

每一种艺术表现要么受到政治的影响，要么给政治增添了一些东西。

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

每一个来到这里的移民都应该被要求在五年内学习英语或者离开这个国家。