I think the only way we can stand for our values is to have a policy consistent with those values.

我认为我们唯一能坚持我们价值观的方法是,制定一套与这些价值观相统一的政策。

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They come up to us and give us these things that they've been holding on for years,

他们来观看这些坚持了这么多年的东西，

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Now, they have no choice, they cannot rely as human beings typically do on just doing what your parents did, just inheriting a tradition that functions, that works, that keeps you going.

不过他们别无选择,他们不能像人类常做的那样,依靠重复父辈做的事,继承传统的职责,工作,这些能激励你坚持下去

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And my arguement is that in our history and today living up to our values or trying to live up to our values is as much a part of our power as a big army.

我要说明的是，无论在历史上还是今天,坚持这些价值观,或者试着坚持,给我们所带来的巨大力量，绝不亚于一只庞大的军队。

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But it's overcoming that and just sticking to it

但是要战胜这些，坚持下来，

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And I think many parents believe that if they didn't persist in using these things their children would never learn to speak.

我相信很多父母认为,如果他们不坚持使用这些东西,他们的孩子将永远也学不会说话

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And we Americans are going try to live up to them to prove that governments can in fact, be based on these values.

我们将试图,坚持这些价值观，从而证明事实上政府可以建立，在这些价值观之上。

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