An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.

  • -- Friedrich List 李斯特

个人在维护自己的利益时,可能损害社会公共利益;一个国家在促进一般福利时,可以检查其部分成员的利益。

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In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

实际上,是追随,而不是强迫公众的意愿;立法的真正目的是为社会的普遍意识指明方向、提供形式、提供技术服装和给予具体的制裁。

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.

我在波特兰市的一家律师事务所找到了一份工作,之前我在参议员穆斯基那里工作了几年。但那时候,我对政治的兴趣已经被激发了,因为我见到了参议员穆斯基,因为我看到了他所做的一切。

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

我有一个停止战争的计划。就是这样,没有国家被允许进入一场战争,直到他们支付了最后一场战争的费用。

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.

我收听国家公共广播电台,至少对我来说,这是对事物最全面的看法。

I'm on the radio station touring round the nation, leaving the scene in devastation.

我在电台上周游全国,离开满目疮痍的现场。