Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

政治和战争是非常相似的情况。

Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.

政治是美丽的。它们使社区能够彼此共同生活。这不是互相背后捅刀子;它是关于让人们实现他们的梦想和追求幸福。

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.

政治是给外国人的，他们有无尽的错误和微不足道的权利。政治是一种糟糕的做事方式。政治就像上帝无限的仁慈一样，是最后的手段。

Politics are not a science based on logic.

政治不是一门建立在逻辑基础上的科学。

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

政治通常是人类不成熟的表现。

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

作为战争的政治已经让位于作为奇观的政治。

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

政治可以比作夜间驾车穿越陌生的山丘和山脉。必须密切注意光束能到达什么地方以及下一个弯道。

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

在历史的呼吸空间里，政治可以相对公平;在其关键的转折点上，除了旧的规则外，没有其他规则是可能的，即目的证明手段是正当的。

Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.

政治决定谁拥有权力，而不是谁拥有真相。

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable -- tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

政治一直是可能性的艺术。如今，这往往是一种可能性的艺术——在没有更大远见、没有乐观和想象力的情况下，在边缘修修补补。

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

政治已经变得如此昂贵，甚至要花很多钱才能被击败。

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.

政治讨厌真空。如果没有希望，就会有人充满恐惧。

Politics have no relation to morals.

政治与道德无关。

Politics is a contact sport.

政治是一项身体接触的运动。

Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.

政治是不同背景和哲学的人之间的一场竞赛，主张用不同的方法来解决共同的问题。只有当有原则、精力充沛的人参与进来时，这个体系才会发挥作用。