When I thought about the calibre of people in the room I realized we might just have a credible candidate for Mayor who will would finally enforce the laws of the city. It was almost too good to be true.

  • -- Herbert Baker 赫伯特·贝克

当我想到在座各位的才能时,我意识到我们可能只有一位可靠的市长候选人,他将最终执行本市的法律。这简直好得令人难以置信。

相关名言

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.

事实上,牛津只是一个非常美丽的城市,在这里,人们可以很方便地隔离这个国家的一部分正在成长的年轻人。

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

我们读的书越多,就越清楚地认识到,作家的真正职责是创作一部杰作,没有其他任何任务是重要的。

So the mayor of New Orleans would have used his own buses had the people had been white?

那么,如果这些人是白人,新奥尔良市长会使用他自己的公共汽车吗?

Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.

任何认为小城镇比大城市更友好的人都生活在大城市里。

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.

没有什么比温柔更坚强,也没有什么比真正的力量更温柔。

Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

移民应按比例和人道的方式执行。