Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

污染只不过是我们没有得到的资源。我们允许他们散去，因为我们不知道他们的价值。

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.

积极权利包括住房权、受教育权、保健权、生活工资权。这些是——我更恰当地说，是政治权利，而不是积极的权利。它们非常棘手，因为现在我们处理的是零和。

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

没有要求，权力不会让步。它从来没有，也永远不会。

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or impossible to execute.

公众情绪决定一切。有了公众情绪，什么都不会失败;没有它，什么也不能成功。塑造公众情绪的人比制定可能或不可能执行的法规或决定的人更有深度。

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.

读者们，假设你是个白痴。假设你是国会议员。但我再说一遍。

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

真正的政治是权力的占有和分配。

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

请永远记住，我们所有人，尤其是你我，都是移民和革命者的后代。

Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. Some reporters make judgments, but that is not my style. I present both sides and report what I see with my own eyes.

右翼媒体和政界人士正在寻找任何机会批评在场的记者。有些记者会做出判断，但那不是我的风格。我陈述双方的观点，并报告我亲眼所见。

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

讽刺是令人着迷的东西。这是非常严肃的问题，当政治开始崩溃时，人们会倾向于讽刺，因为讽刺是唯一有意义的东西。

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.

科学和艺术属于全世界，在它们之前消除了民族的障碍。

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.

明智而负责任的妇女不想投票。在人类文明的发展过程中，男性和女性所承担的相对地位，在很久以前就由一种比我们更高的智慧赋予了。

Show me a young conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.

给我看一个年轻的保守主义者，我就会给你看一个没有爱心的人。给我看一个老自由派，我就给你看一个没有脑子的人。

Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems.

沉默是造成人类大多数问题的原因。

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

真诚和能力是强有力的结合。在政治上，这就是一切。

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

先生，我关心的不是上帝是否站在我们这边;我最关心的是站在上帝一边，因为上帝永远是对的。