译者前言
第一篇 正义的呼唤1
Give me Liberty, or give me death 不自由,毋宁死!
【Patrick Henry】【帕特里克亨利】2
The Indians night promises to be dark 印第安人的夜晚注定是黑暗的
【Chief Seattle】【西雅图酋长】8
I feel no consciousness of guilt 我没有丝毫的负罪感
【John Brown】【约翰布朗】16
I have a dream 我有一个梦想
【Martin Luther King】【马丁路德金】20
Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts 文明与暴力是两个对立的概念
【Martin Luther King】【马丁路德金】30
Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight 今天晚上,马丁路德金被枪杀了
【Robert Kennedy】【罗伯特肯尼迪】38
The time for the healing of the wounds has come 愈合伤口的时候已经来到了
【Nelson Mandela】【纳尔逊曼德拉】42
To be indifferent to that suffering is what makes the human being inhuman 对痛苦的冷漠是人类丧失人性的表现
【Elie Wiesel】【艾理威瑟尔】50
To remember is to pray for peace and justice 牢记过去是为了祈求和平与正义
【Pope John Paul II】【教皇约翰保罗二世】60
My story is part of the larger American story 我的故事是整个美国故事的一部分
【Barack Obama】【贝拉克奥巴马】66
第二篇 时代的强音79
Government of the people, by the people, for the people 民有、民治和民享的政府
【Abraham Lincoln】【亚伯拉罕林肯】80
Blood, toil, tears, and sweat 热血、辛劳、眼泪和汗水
【Winston Churchill】【温斯顿丘吉尔】82
A date which will live in infamy 一个永远臭名昭著的日子
【Franklin Roosevelt】【富兰克林罗斯福】88
Americans despise cowards 美国人瞧不起胆小鬼
【George Patton】【乔治巴顿】94
Ask not what your country can do for you 不要问你的国家能为你做什么
【John F. Kennedy】【约翰肯尼迪】104
Duty, honor, country 责任、荣誉、国家
【Douglas MacArthur】【道格拉斯麦克阿瑟】114
We choose to go to the moon 我们选择踏上月球
【John F. Kennedy】【约翰肯尼迪】126
The future doesnt belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave 未来不属于懦夫而属于勇士
【Ronald Reagan】【罗纳德里根】134
Enough of blood and tears 血和泪流够了
【Yitzhak Rabin】【伊扎克拉宾】140
The failure is mine, not yours 失败的是我,不是你们
【John McCain】【约翰麦凯恩】146
第三篇 心灵的倾诉155
Every home in Scotland keeps his fame bright 苏格兰广袤土地上的每一户人家让他的英名闪耀
【Ralph Emerson】【拉尔夫爱默生】156
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have 人只有一个毫无私心的朋友
【George Graham Vest】【乔治格雷厄姆维斯特】162
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind 阅读的习惯是人类最伟大的资源之一
【William Lyon Phelps】【威廉里昂菲尔普斯】166
The most serious decision of my life 我一生中最重大的决定
【King Edward VIII】【爱德华八世】170
When power corrupts, poetry cleanses 当权力导致堕落,诗歌却能净化灵魂
【John F. Kennedy】【约翰肯尼迪】174
Music is an addiction, a religion, and a disease 音乐是一种瘾、一种宗教、一种病
【Sting】【斯汀】182
Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty 戴安娜是同情、责任、优雅和美丽的化身
【Charles Spencer】【查尔斯斯宾塞】192
Even presidents have private lives 即便是总统也有私人生活
【Bill Clinton】【比尔克林顿】200
I have fallen short of what you should expect from a president我辜负了你们对一个总统的期望
【Bill Clinton】【比尔克林顿】204
We will always wake for him 我们会永远为他守夜
【Edward M. Kennedy】【爱德华肯尼迪】208
Art is a way of survival 艺术是一种生存方式
【Yoko Ono】【大野洋子】218
第四篇 人生的箴言227
Success is not just climbing 成功不仅仅是向上爬
【Laurence Peter】【劳伦斯彼德】228
Helping barking pigs find their place 帮助会狗叫的猪找到他们的位置
【Robert Fulghum】【罗伯特福尔格姆】236
Dont let anyone stop you from fulfilling your dreams 不要让任何人阻止你们实现自己的梦想
【Robert D. Ballard】【罗伯特巴拉德】248
Bend down a smell a flower 弯下身来,闻闻花香
【Russell Baker】【罗素贝克】258
Youve come to the right place 你们来对地方了!
【John Hennessy】【约翰汉尼西】270
If you graduate from Yale, you become president 如果你从耶鲁毕业,你就能当总统
【George W. Bush】【乔治布什】286
The only way to do great work is to love what you do 从事一项伟大事业的唯一途径就是热爱你的工作
【Steve Jobs】【史蒂夫乔布斯】294
If there had been no Lakeside, there would have been no Microsoft 没有湖畔中学,就不会有微软
【Bill Gates】【比尔盖茨】306
First and foremost, find and then follow your passions 首先,找到并追随你的爱好
【Shirley M. Tilghman】【雪莉提欧曼】322
Reducing inequity is the highest human achievement 减少不平等是人类的最高成就
【Bill Gates】【比尔盖茨】334