The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.

  • -- Edward R. Murrow 爱德华·默罗

这位政治家受过不正确的艺术训练。他的话往往是生硬或圆滑的,因为如果这些话有锋利的锋芒,日后可能会反过来伤害他。

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I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.

我认为我们应该暂停两年的国会选举,告诉他们,不管他们做出什么决定,我们都不会反对他们,让他们帮助这个国家恢复。我真的希望有人能同意我的看法。

Those who vote decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything.

那些投票的人什么也不能决定;计票的人决定一切。