民主国家间互不交战的观点是基于一个微不足道的历史实例。
The proposition that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample.
民主党不愿意与一个支持率创历史新高的总统较量。
Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high.
And Athens was until only fairly recent times in human history the most famous democracy that ever existed. I say fairly recent times until you know the American democracy.
而雅典是直到近期为止,一直是人类历史上曾存在过,最著名的民主之城,我所谓的近期,当然是指在美国民主出现之前。
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