詹姆斯·諾克斯·波爾克
第11任美國總統(tǒng)
The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable.
國會(huì)議員對職位的熱情非常強(qiáng)烈，即使不是絕對不名譽(yù)的。
The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great.
我寧愿親自監(jiān)督政府的全部運(yùn)作，而不是將公共事務(wù)委托給下屬，這使我的職責(zé)非常重大。
No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.
The United States, in their expansive capacity, are capable of containing within their limits the whole population of the earth.
美國以其廣闊的能力，能夠在其境內(nèi)容納地球上所有的人口。
The gratitude of every home in our Union goes out to the brave men who have fought and died in the service of our country.
我們聯(lián)邦中每個(gè)家庭的感激之情都獻(xiàn)給那些為我們的國家服務(wù)而戰(zhàn)斗和犧牲的勇敢的人們。
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
人民就是政府，通過他們的代理人來管理它；他們就是政府，是主權(quán)權(quán)力。
The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance.
所有公職人員的職責(zé)都是，或者至少可以變得如此簡單明了，以至于有才智的人可以很容易地勝任。
The office of President is great, but the man who holds it is not.
總統(tǒng)的職位是偉大的，但擔(dān)任這個(gè)職位的人并不偉大。
The passion for office among members of Congress is very great.
國會(huì)議員對職位的熱情非常強(qiáng)烈。
Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our Government.