The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything.

  • -- Elihu Root 伊莱休·鲁特

流行的趋势是赞同地听取政治家和演说家最极端的言论和主张,他们通过宣称自己的国家在任何事情上都是正确的,而其他国家在任何事情上都是错误的,来寻求声望。

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One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire population.

我们今天面临的问题之一是,有些国家严重缺乏资源,生活水平很低,这给全体人民造成了根本的不安和不适。

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

政客之所以吸引人,是因为他们构成了这样一个悖论;他们是一个精英,为了公共利益而完成平庸。

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.

我不能给你成功的公式,但我可以给你失败的公式:那就是:试着取悦每一个人。

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.

但我不认为飞行的受欢迎程度有所下降。

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

激情是唯一能说服人的演说家。

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.

每个国家的人都想演奏爵士乐。

Under every stone lurks a politician.

每一块石头下都潜伏着一位政治家。