If we are ever to create enduring peace, we must seek its origins in human experience and in the record of human idealism.

如果我们想要创造永久的和平, 我们就必须从人类的经验以及人类历史的记载中去探索其渊源。

But the Meuse-Argonne also highlights the fact that hard-won victories do not always lead to a just and enduring peace- a lesson that is as crucial today as it was back then.

不仅如此，默兹-阿贡战役还突出了一个事实：来之不易的胜利并不总能带来公正和持久的和平——于今而言，这一教训的重要性也丝毫不亚于当时的重要性。

Democracy, the right of nations to determine their own fate, a covenant of enduring peace—these were the ideals for which the American people were to pour out their blood and treasure.

民主、各国决定自己命运的权利、持久和平的盟约——这些是美国人民要为之倾注鲜血和财富的理想。