He said the expulsion is obviously a matter of concern to the United States and a step backward,and that North Korea has only brought upon itself further isolation.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

He's a literary power, a figure who could be called upon to supply the voice of tradition in itself.

他是一种文化力量，一个,可以随时用来声援传统文化的人物。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He also shows, however, that normal politics is, itself, dependent upon extraordinary politics, periods of crisis, anarchy, instability, revolution, where the normal rules of the game are suspended.

然而他也同时了解到常态政治，本身有赖于破例政治，诸如危机，失序，不稳定，革命等时期，当游戏的常态规范,遭搁置。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选