What's more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea — the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny.

更为重要的是，我们是第一个凭靠一种理念建国的国家，这个理念就是，我们每一个人享有自己决定自己命运的机会。

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Mr Olmert has no interest in concessions that reinforce the idea that he led his warrior nation to defeat.

奥莫特对于强化他使得自己拥有强大武力的国家战败的这样意识的让步并没有兴趣。

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But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one.

这个故事也使我在基因组成上就烙下了这样的观念，这就是，这个国家大于各部分之和——我们虽各各不同，实则一心。

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For Sullenberger -- perhaps the nation's most famous pilot -- the idea of remote-controlled airliners triggers a lot of critical questions.

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This then infiltrated the nation's best-loved game, reinforcing the idea of a "warrior" culture, when grit and determination were valued over technical skill.

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This argument can be paired with the idea that, in the modern world, the nation state is peculiarly wrong-sized for government.

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