After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

  • -- Adlai E. Stevenson II 阿德莱·史蒂文森二世

在联合国工作四年之后,我有时渴望政治会议的和平与安宁。

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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.

一个人可以在一片宁静的海洋中失去自我意识,这并不意味着他的意识是非物质的,也不意味着他的意识主导了宇宙的诞生。

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

这个国家所需要的——每个国家偶尔都需要的——是一场好的、艰苦的、血腥的战争,以重振爱国主义的恶习。

Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.

如果有人说我写政治人物是因为我对政治人物感兴趣,那就大错特错了。

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

如果你想要一个忠心的仆人,一个你喜欢的仆人,那就自己服侍自己吧。

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

我们是一个法治国家,也是一个移民国家。

Movement is tranquility.

运动是宁静。