Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

贪婪似乎已渗透到我们的各项重要原则之中，以致于与除和平与富裕之外的一切补救希望作斗争。

-- Edmund Pendleton 爱德蒙·彭德尔顿