They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

  • -- Chinua Achebe 奇努阿切贝

他们并不总是选出最好的领导人,特别是在他们长期没有利用这种自由选举的便利之后。你往往会失去这个习惯。

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It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison.

这取决于我们,人民,去打破不道德的法律,去反抗。一个国家的领导人一旦对你说谎,他们就没有权力控制你。这些疯子对我们没有权威。他们也许能把我们的肉体关进监狱,但他们不能把我们的灵魂关进监狱。

A playwright must be his own audience. A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.

剧作家必须是他自己的观众。小说家可能几页就失去读者;剧作家一刻也不敢失去观众。

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

领导人不会左右民意。相反,他们通过自己的言行左右着民意。

The more we lose, the more we become the survivors.

我们失去的越多,我们就越能成为幸存者。