And in such a world, even a sovereign state will be endangered either from other states or from groups and individuals devoted to terror and destruction.

在这样的世界里,即使是主权国家,也可能受到来自他国的侵犯,或者是个人以及团体的恐怖破坏。

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So, a part of you wants to become the greatest whatever it is that you want to become and you wouldn't be here if you weren't very competitive and very eager to come out first, devoted to arete and your own version of that kind of thing.

所以 你的一部分意识想变成最伟大的人,不论你想要在哪个领域变得伟大,而且如果你没有竞争力,或不是一直争取第一,那你也不会坐在这里,力图更上一层楼,以穷千里目

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