從權力高峰到歷史評價，每一句話都說明了領導的真諦
在歷任45位美國總統的漫長歷程中，有過高峰，也有過低谷。有些總統受到歷史厚待，有些則留下複雜的評價。然而，美國的民主體制一路走來依然持續穩健發展。以下為你整理出美國總統們的經典語錄，每一句話都蘊含深意，啟發人心。
Andrew Jackson
“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.”
「一個值得尊敬的人會堅持自己認為正確的事，但一個更好的人，會在發現錯誤時立刻毫無保留地承認它。」
William Henry Harrison
“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.”
「沒有什麼比無限權力的運用更能腐化人心，也更能摧毀人性中最崇高與純粹的情感。」
Abraham Lincoln
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.”
「剝奪他人自由者，不配擁有自由；在公義的上帝面前，他們也不可能長久保有它。」
Ulysses S. Grant
“Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.”
「勞動本身不會使人蒙羞，但有時候，是人讓勞動蒙羞。」
Rutherford B. Hayes
“One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.”
「一個國家的文明程度，可從它如何對待罪犯來檢視。」
Benjamin Harrison
“Have you not learned that not stocks or bonds or stately houses, or products of the mill or field are our country? It is a spiritual thought that is in our minds.”
「你難道還不明白，我們的國家不是由股票、債券、豪宅或工廠與農田的產物組成，而是存在於我們心中的一種精神信念。」
William McKinley
“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
「美國的使命，是仁慈地融合他人。」
Theodore Roosevelt
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life, we get nothing save by effort.”
「失敗固然難受，但從未嘗試過成功更為可惜。人生中，我們所擁有的一切，皆來自努力。」
William H. Taft
“Don't write so that you can be understood; write so that you can't be misunderstood.”
「寫作時，不要只是讓人能懂，而是要讓人無法誤解。」
Woodrow Wilson
“No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.”
「沒有任何一個國家有資格審判另一個國家。」
Warren G. Harding
“I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.”
「我對『美國主義』沒什麼了解，但這詞用來打選戰真是絕妙。」
Calvin Coolidge
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.”
「徵收超出必要的稅收，就是合法搶劫。」
Herbert Hoover
“America—a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.”
「美國是一場偉大的社會與經濟實驗，動機高尚，目的深遠。」
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The only thing we have to fear is...fear itself.”
「我們唯一需要害怕的，就是恐懼本身。」
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it.”
「參與任何競賽時，你都應該奮戰到最後一刻，彷彿你仍有可能失敗。」
John F. Kennedy
“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.”
「讓我們決心做歷史的主宰，而不是受害者，以理性控制命運，不被盲目懷疑與情緒牽制。」
Lyndon B. Johnson
“For this is what America is all about: It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground.”
「這就是美國的本質：是那未踏足的沙漠、未登頂的山脊，是未摘的星辰與沉睡在未耕土地裡的收穫。」
Richard Nixon
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.”
「一個人被打敗不代表他結束了，只有當他放棄時，他才真的結束了。」
Jimmy Carter
“Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.”
「不加以抵抗的侵略，將成為一種會傳染的疾病。」
Bill Clinton
“We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.”
「我們必須教導孩子用言語解決衝突，而不是用武器。」
