I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.

  • -- William H. Wharton 威廉H.沃顿

我现在要证明的是,墨西哥人完全没有能力自治,只要我们与他们联系在一起,我们的自由、我们的财富和我们的生活就没有保障。

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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

如果你一旦丧失了同胞们的信任,你就永远无法重新获得他们的尊重和尊重。的确,有时候你可能会愚弄所有的人;你甚至可以一直愚弄一些人;但是你不可能一直愚弄所有的人。

More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries.

全球比以往任何时候都更加认识到,如果没有健康的家庭、社区和国家,长期的社会、经济和环境发展将是不可能的。

In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans.

在我的上一篇文章中,我主张殖民者和墨西哥人之间不存在任何必要的纽带,而这些纽带是把一个民族团结在一起并使他们成为一个整体所必需的。

We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.

如果我们对目前所取得的成就感到满意,那就辜负了墨西哥人对变革的希望。