"It is time to do what is right, not for the next election, but for the middle class."

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

What is naturally right what is right by nature in peace time will not be the same as what is naturally right or right by nature in times of war.

太平时的自然正当,天生的正当将非常不同于,战时的自然正当与天生的正当,正常情势的正当。

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Even if you're in a room or a battlefield where people are dying at the same time as you, to your left and your right, dying is not and cannot be something that is a joint undertaking.

即便你处在房间或者战场上,有人和你同时同地死亡，就在你的身边死亡，死亡也不是你们共同完成的。

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For that reason, and because the Taliban is continuing its resurgence, General Myers says President Obama should take enough time to get the strategy right, but not too much time.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16