Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

  • -- Ulysses S. Grant 格兰特

国家和个人一样,都要为他们的罪行受到惩罚。

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It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and we have but to go back to the last war to see the appalling effect of nations competing in great armaments.

说各国在建设军备方面能够相互竞争而永远不使用军备,这是毫无根据的。历史恰恰相反,我们只要回顾上次战争,就可以看到各国在强大军备中竞争的可怕后果。

Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.

这些条约中的每一项都是维护和平的一个步骤,是防止战争的一项额外保障。正是通过这种机制,国家间的争端才能得到解决,战争才能避免。

To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.

对于那些每个月留出一点钱供孩子生活,或供自己退休后生活的辛勤工作的人们,我要说:你们应该得到奖赏,而不是惩罚。

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

你不会因你的愤怒而受到惩罚,你会因你的愤怒而受到惩罚。