Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

我们的国家是我们的心所系的地方。

Our country is the world - our countrymen are all mankind.

我们的国家是世界——我们的同胞是全人类。

Our country right or wrong.

我们的国家是对还是错。

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake.

我国正处在历史的紧要关头。我们作为一个移民国家的传统岌岌可危。

Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.

我们判断好坏的标准非常多变，尤其是在这个国家。

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

我们的国家今天是一个强大的国家。

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

在一定程度上，由于该国绝望的经济形势，一度领先的保守主义机构受到了限制。

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.

人们担心国家安全，这使我们没有机会在我们最关心的问题上取得突破——经济、教育和医疗保健。

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.

来自全国各地的人们写信给我，问我，有时甚至告诉我，他们认为桂冠诗人应该做什么。我发现这非常有价值。

Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?

政客的权力有限。他们不能把道德强加于自己。他们怎么能把它强加给这个国家呢?

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

记住，这个国家有一半的医生毕业时成绩在班级的后半名。

Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

根不在风景里，不在一个国家里，不在一个民族里，而是在你的内心。

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

卢旺达被认为是第二类行动;因为它是一个小国，我们能够维持一种现状。他们在谈判，他们接受了新的和平计划，所以我们的印象是一切都会很容易解决。

Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are major issues. We need to do more in the context of domestic security.

其次,安全。我们在世界上面临的挑战和我国在保护我国人民方面的责任都是重大问题。我们需要在国内安全方面做得更多。

Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.

告诉我哪个国家没有罢工，我就告诉你哪个国家没有自由。