We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

  • -- Patrick J. Kennedy 帕特里克J.肯尼迪

我们相信一些基本的人类原则——每个人都应该有机会,不仅仅是生存,而是超越上帝赋予他们的天赋和能力。这些价值观应该反映在我们的预算中。

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It's not about what the speaker wants. It's not about necessarily what I want. There's two other principles involved here. It's what the constituents in my district want, and they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling unless there were significant structural reforms and spending cuts to help us balance our budget.

这不是演讲者想要什么。不一定是我想要什么。这里涉及到另外两个原则。这是我所在选区的选民想要的,他们不想提高债务上限,除非有重大的结构性改革和削减开支来帮助我们平衡预算。

On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away.

在某种程度上,你也会有这样的感觉,我们被骗了。如果纯粹是意识形态,你就会更了解这个世界。这是一个非常奇怪的时期,基本的东西都被拿走了。

In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday.

在生活面临危机的时候,无论是野火还是闷烧的压力,我做的第一件事就是回归基本……我的饮食健康吗?我的睡眠充足吗?

These students are courageous and this is an experience they will never forget, ... They held on to hope and had the strength and determination to survive.

这些学生很勇敢,这是一次他们永远不会忘记的经历。他们抱着希望,有力量和决心活下去。

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

我们成功的企业,需要我们所拥有的积极的品质,但我们在那些也可以利用我们的缺点。

Music is one of the easy things to eliminate because of budget cuts, but it's important to give kids the avenue to express themselves.

由于预算削减,音乐是很容易消除的东西之一,但重要的是给孩子们表达自己的途径。

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

美德超群的人最有权利造反,但他们是所有人中最不愿意造反的。

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

和谐、团结和互助是使动物物种得以生存的最重要手段。