“Human dignity”, she writes, “requires the love of ideals for their own sake, but nothing requires that the love will be requited.”

“人的尊严，”她写道，“要求为理想而热爱理想，但是这种理想之爱并不一定需要回报。”

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We must always remember the unfulfilled wishes of those martyrs, and we must never forget the ideals for which they spilled their blood.

我们一定要铭记烈士们的遗愿，永志不忘他们为之流血牺牲的伟大理想。

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She hoped that for just one moment she could satisfy her husband's highest ideals.

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To receive in the closing pages of your book one word of recognition for this aspiration, if it were possible for you to give such recognition honestly, would hearten all who believe in American ideals.

其实，在座的很多人,也认同这个，如果我们所有人都持有这种理想,并让其作为星星之火，得以燎原的话,那美国式的理想。

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Because standing for our ideals is a key part of our power.

因为坚持理想,就是力量的关键。

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It probably reflects a perception that the Republican Party under George Bush has subverted many of those ideals for ideology and political gain.

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Nor have we simply defended these ideals for ourselves.

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But at every turn, every crossroads in our past, we know gay Americans fought just as hard, gave just as much to protect this nation and the ideals for which it stands.

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