We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war.

We have the melancholy dilemma of not being in a state to make peace or to prosecute war.

我们面临着一个悲哀的两难境地，既不能缔造和平，也不能发动战争。

-- George Montagu 乔治·蒙塔古