There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

政治中没有道德;只有权宜之计。一个恶棍可能对我们有用，因为他是一个恶棍。

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

有那么多人比我更有资格写政治方面的文章。

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

有三类人;逆行，平稳和进步。

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

在政治上，有时你必须站在正确的一边而失败。

There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs, as protection against politica.

集体意见对个人独立的合法干涉是有限度的，找到这种限度并保持它不受侵犯，就像保护人们不受政治侵害一样，对人类事务的良好状态也是必不可少的。

There is a thin line between politics and theatricals.

政治和戏剧之间只有一线之隔。

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

事实上，没有为艺术而艺术，没有高于阶级的艺术，没有脱离或独立于政治的艺术。无产阶级文艺是整个无产阶级革命事业的一部分。

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

即使是那个拥有投票权的女人也不可能净化政治。

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.

在我看来，没有哪句格言比这句格言更容易被误用，因此更需要阐明的是，大多数人的利益是判断是非的政治标准。

There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.

没有什么比对权力的记忆更具有永恒的粘性了。

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.

有一种观点认为政治是肮脏的游戏。

There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.

在我看来，政治中几乎没有事实，至少是可以确定的事实。

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

直到哲学家们成为这个世界上的国王，或者直到我们现在所称的国王和统治者真正真正地成为哲学家，政治权力和哲学就这样落入同一个人的手中，国家或人类自身的麻烦才会结束。

There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.

没有政治，没有“如果”和“但是”;如果我们看到一些事情，觉得需要做一些工作，我们会让我们可以信赖的人来这里，并确保像我们的其他项目一样以同样彻底的方式来完成。

There's not one person in this crowd who's gonna agree with everything I say. Not one.

这群人中没有一个人会同意我说的每件事。没有一个。