Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.

Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.

国家之所以成为现在的样子，总是有很好的理由，而最重要的是，它们不可能成为另外的样子。

-- Marquis de Custine 古斯丁