Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.

-- Eric Hobsbawm 埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆

没有过去的国家在某些方面是矛盾的。造就一个国家的是过去，证明一个国家反对其他国家的正当性的是过去，历史学家是创造历史的人。

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There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.

国与国之间总会有争端，这些争端有时会激怒公众，威胁到冲突，但最重要的是教育世界人民永远记住，解决这些争端有比战争更好的办法。

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I do believe as human beings we are a great mass of contradictions.

我确实相信，作为人类，我们有大量的矛盾。

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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

一个国家的力量来自家庭的完整。

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History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

历史重演。历史学家彼此重复。

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