The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

仅仅使用武力是暂时的。它可能会暂时屈服;但这并不能消除再次征服的必要性。一个国家不受统治,却永远要被征服。

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We need not renounce the use of conventional force. We will be ready to repel any clear and present danger that poses a genuine threat to our national security and survival.

我们不需要放弃使用常规武力。我们将准备击退对我们的国家安全和生存构成真正威胁的任何明显和目前的危险。

Disunion by force is treason.

武力分裂是叛国。