克林顿在2004年美国民主党全国代表大会开幕式上的讲话

美国的希看源于十八世纪一种无畏的信念：人生来皆同等。

在十九世纪，我们的国家横跨大陆，解救了联邦，废除恐怖的奴隶制的蹂躏，这一信念得以流传和扩大。

然后，在辛劳和成功当中，这类希看奔上了世界的舞台，使本世纪成为美国的世纪。

这是怎样的一个世纪啊。

美国成为世界上最强大的产业大国，它把世界从两次世界大战和旷日持久的冷战的暴虐中解救出来，并且一再向全球上百万像我们一样渴看自由赐福的人们伸出支援之手。

……同胞们，让我们建设这样的美国，一个永久前进，以充分发挥全民潜力的国家。

是的，我们必须保持繁华强大。

但是，我们不能忘记：我们已取得的伟大成绩，我们将取得的伟大的成绩，就在人民心中。

到最后，整个世界的财富和千支军队都没法与人类精神气力和精神文明相匹敌。

三十四年前，有一个人，他的一生为我们今天所歌颂，他就在那边，在广场的另外一端对我们演讲，他的话感动了国民的知己。

像是一个古时的预言家，他诉说着他的梦想：有一天美国终会站起来，在法律眼前和人们心中所有公民都将得到同等对待。

马丁·路德·金的梦是美国之梦。

他的要求就是我们的要求，即不断努力实现我们生活信条。

我们的历史就建立在这样的梦想和努力上。

通过我们的梦想和努力，我们重赎二十一世纪美国的希看。

同胞们，我们不能浪费当前宝贵的时机。

由于我们大家都在生命的同一旅途上，我们的旅途会有终点。

但我们的美国之路必须走下往。

让我们从此地之峰，从世纪之巅前进。

愿上帝给我们强有力的双手，做好未来的工作——并且，永久，永久保佑我们美国。

Al Gore 's address at 2004 Democratic National Convention7月26日傍晚，美国民主党全国代表大会在波士顿正式开幕。

大会会场所在地——波士顿富里特中心一直是NBA老牌劲旅波士顿凯尔特人队的主场，现在成为了欢乐的海洋，成为了全美民主党人2004年总统大选的誓师会场, 4353名民主党政要会聚一堂，正式提名克里和爱德华兹为民主党总统和副总统候选人，发动“倒布”总攻。

以下是前副总统及2000年总统候选人戈尔在大会上发表演讲。

My Friends, fellow Democrats, fellow Americans: I'll be candid with you. I had hoped to be back here this week under different circumstances, running for re-election.But you know the old saying: you win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category. I didn't come here tonight to talk about the past. After all, I don't want you to think I lie awake at night counting and recounting sheep. I prefer to focus on the future because I know from my own experience that America is a land of opportunity, where every little boy and girl has a chance to grow up and win the popular vote.In all seriousness, I am deeply grateful for the opportunity you have given me to serve America. I want to thank you as Democrats for the honor of being your nominee for president four years ago. And I want to thank the American people for the privilege of serving as vice-president.And most of all, I want to thank my family with all my heart-my children and grandchildren, and especially my beloved partner in life, Tipper.I love this country deeply, and even though I always look to the future with optimism and hope-I do think it is worth pausing for just a moment as we begin this year's convention, to take note of two very important lessons from four years ago.The first lesson is this: take it from me-every vote counts. In our Democracy, every vote has power. And never forget: that power is yours. Don't let anyone take it away or talk you into throwing it away. And let's make sure that this time every vote is counted.Let's make sure not only that the Supreme Court does not pick the next President, but also that this President is not the one who picks the next Supreme Court.The second lesson from 2000 is this: what happens in a presidential election matters. A lot. The outcome profoundly affects the lives of all 293 million Americans-and people in the rest of the world too. The choice of who is president affects your life and your family's future.And never has this been more true than in 2004, because-let's face it-our country faces deep challenges. These challenges we now confront are not Democratic or Republican challenges; they are American challenges-that we all must overcome together.It is in that spirit, that I sincerely ask those watching at home who supported President Bush four years ago: did you really get what you expected from the candidate you voted for?Is our country more united today? Or more divided?Has the promise of compassionate conservatism been fulfilled? Or do those words now ring hollow?For that matter, are the economic policies really conservative at all? Did you expect, for example, the largest deficits in history? One after another? And the loss of more than a million jobs?By the way, I know about the bad economy. I was the first one laid off. And while it's true that new jobs are being created, they're just not as good as the jobs people have lost. And incidentally, that's been true for me too. Unfortunately, this is no joke for millions of Americans. And the real solutions require us to transcend partisanship.So that's one reason why, even though we meet here as Democrats, we believe this is a time to reach beyond our party lines to Republicans as well.I also ask tonight for the help of those who supported a third party candidate in 2000. I urge you to ask yourselves this question: do you still believe that there was no difference between the candidates? Are you troubled by the erosion of some of America's most basic civil liberties? Are you worried that our environmental laws are being weakened and dismantled to allow vast increases in pollution that are contributing to a global climate crisis? No matter how you voted in the last election, these are profound problems that all voters must take into account this November 2d.And of course, no challenge is more critical than the situation we confront in Iraq. Regardless of your opinion at the beginning of this war, isn't it now obvious that the way the war has been managed by the Administration has gotten us into very serious trouble? Wouldn't we be better off with a new President who hasn't burned his bridges to our allies, and who could rebuild respect for America in the world? Isn't cooperation with other nations crucial to solving our dilemma in Iraq? Isn't it also critical to defeating the terrorists?We have to be crystal clear about the threat we face from terrorism. It is deadly. It is real. It is imminent. But in order to protect our people, shouldn't we focus on the real source of this threat: the group that attacked us and is trying to attack us again-al Qaeda, headed by Osama Bin Laden?Wouldn't we be safer with a President who didn't insist on confusing al Qaeda with Iraq? Doesn't that divert too much of our attention away from the principal danger?I want to say to all Americans this evening that whether it is the threat to the global environment or the erosion of America's leadership in the world, whether it is the challenge to our economy from new competitors or the challenge to our security from new enemies, I believe that we need new leadership that is both strong and wise.And we can have new leadership, because one of our greatest strengths as a democracy is that when we are headed in the wrong direction, we can correct our course. When policies are clearly not working, we can change them. If our leaders make mistakes, we can hold them accountable-even if they never admit their mistakes. I firmly believe America needs new leadership that will make us stronger at home and respected in the world.We are here this week to present to the nation the man who should be our new president: John Kerry.John and I were elected to the US Senate on the same day 20 years ago and I have worked closely with him for all that time. So I want to say a personal word about John Kerry the man.He is a friend who will stand by you. His word is his bond. He has a deep patriotism that goes far beyond words. He has devoted his life to making America a better place for all of us. He showed uncommon heroism on the battlefield in Vietnam. I watched him show that same courage on the Senate floor. He had the best record of protecting the environment against polluters of any of my colleagues-bar none.He never shied away from a fight, no matter how powerful the foe. He was never afraid to take on difficult and thankless issues that few others wanted to touch-like exposing the threat of narcoterrorism and tracing the sources of terrorist financing. He was one of the very first in our party to take on the issue of drastic deficit reduction. He has developed a tough and thoughtful plan to restore our economic strength and fiscal discipline.To put it simply, those of us who have worked with John know that he has the courage, integrity and leadership to be a truly great President of the United States.And he showed wisdom in his very first decision as the leader of our party-when he picked as his running mate an inspiring fighter for middle class families and families struggling to reach the middle class: John Edwards.John Kerry and John Edwards are fighting for us and for all Americans, so after we nominate them here in Boston and return to our home states across this land, we have to fight for them. Talk toyour friends and neighbors, go to "," raise money, register voters and get them to the polls, volunteer your time, and above all: make your vote count.To those of you who felt disappointed or angry with the outcome in 2000, I want you to remember all of those feelings. But then I want you to do with them what I have done: focus them fully and completely on putting John Kerry and John Edwards in the White House.Fellow Democrats, when I look out and see so many friends who have meant so much to me in my own public service, my heart is full tonight. I thank you for all the love you've shown Tipper and me. You will forever be in our hearts.There's someone else I'd like to thank, and that's the man who asked me to join him on the ticket at our convention 12 years ago, my friend-and my partner for eight years-President Bill Clinton. I'll never forget that convention or that campaign-the way we barnstormed the country, carrying a message of hope and change, believing with our whole hearts that America could be made new again.And so it was. And with your help, and with the leadership of John Kerry and John Edwards, so it shall be again.Thank you-God bless you and your families-and may God bless the United States of America.“成千上万人疯狂下载。

Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention无畏的希望让奥巴马迈向白宫的演讲希望就是勇气，希望就是力量：2004年7月27日在民主党全国代表大会上的致辞巴拉克·奥巴马文海星译On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention. Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's fac e it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant.作为伟大的伊利诺斯州——全国的交通枢纽，林肯的故乡——的代表，我为有向此次大会致辞的机会而深感荣幸。

今晚于我而言是一份特殊的荣耀。

我们得承认，我出现在这个讲坛上是件不可思议的事。

我的父亲是个外国留学生，在肯尼亚的一个小村庄出生并长大，他幼时牧羊，在铁皮顶做成的简陋小屋里上学。

他的父亲，我的祖父，是个厨师，一个佣人。

But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magic al place: Americ a, whic h stood as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. While studying here, my father met my mother. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. The day after Pearl Harbor he signed up for duty, joined Patton's army and marched across Europ e. Back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they studied on the GI Bill, bought a house through FHA, and moved west in search of opportunity.但我祖父对他的儿子有更大的梦想。

奥巴马2004年民主党全国代表大会主题演讲谢谢你，德宾。

你让我们所有的骄傲。

代表伊利诺伊州的伟大国家，一个民族的十字路口，林肯土地，让我表达我最深切的感谢为解决这一公约的特权。

今晚对我来说是特别荣幸，因为让我们面对它，我在这个舞台上的存在是相当不可能的。

我的父亲是一个外国学生，在肯尼亚的一个小村庄出生和长大。

他从小放牧山羊，在锡屋顶的窝棚去上学。

他的父亲，我的祖父是一个厨师，一个佣人英国。

但我的祖父为他的儿子更大的梦想。

经过艰苦的努力和毅力，我的父亲得到了一个神奇的地方，美国，作为一个自由和机会，许多人来之前的灯塔照耀一门学问来研究。

虽然在这里学习，我的父亲遇到了我的母亲。

她出生在一个小镇，在世界的另一端，在堪萨斯州。

她的父亲从事石油钻井平台和农场，通过大萧条。

珍珠港后的第二天，我的祖父签署了责任;加入巴顿将军的军队，整个欧洲的游行。

回到家里，我的祖母提出了一个婴儿，并在轰炸机装配线上班去了。

战争结束后，他们研究的G.I.条例草案“，通过FHA的买了一套房子，后来搬到西一路在寻找机会到夏威夷。

，他们也为他们的女儿大梦想。

一个共同的梦想，两个大陆出生。

我的父母共享不仅是不可能的爱，他们共享一个坚定的信念在本民族的可能性。

他们会给我一个非洲名字，巴拉克，或“祝福”，相信，在一个宽容的美国，你的名字是没有成功的障碍。

他们想象我在土地上最好的学校，即使他们并不富裕，因为在一个大手笔没有美国你要丰富，以实现你的潜力。

他们都去世。

然而，我知道，在这个夜晚，他们看不起我感到非常自豪。

而我今天站在这里，感谢我的遗产的多样性，知道我父母的梦想就住在我的两个宝贵的女儿。

站在这里，我知道我的故事是较大的美国故事的一部分，我欠了债，所有那些在我之前来到，并认为，在地球上没有其他国家，甚至是我的故事可能。

今晚，我们聚集在肯定了我们民族的伟大- 因为，我们的摩天大楼，或我军的力量，我们的经济规模的高度。

我们的骄傲，是基于一个非常简单的前提下，总结在两百多年前提出的声明，的：我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的，所有的人都是平等的，他们是赋予他们某些不可剥夺的权利，其中有生命，自由和追求幸福的创造者。

克林顿演讲最新5篇克林顿演讲范文篇一我放弃了，但我会继续战斗——希拉里·克林顿On the day we live in an America where no child, no man, and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger America. That's why we need to help elect Barack Obama our president.当我们有朝一日居住在一个让每个孩子、每个男人、每个女人都享有医疗保障的美国时，我们便拥有了一个更强大的美国。

这就是为什么我们要帮助巴拉克·奥巴马竞选总统职位。

克林顿演讲范文篇二Thank you. Thank you, President Chen, Chairmen Ren, Vice President Chi, Vice Minister Wei. We are delighted to be here today with a very large American delegation, including the ≮≮First Lady and our daughter, who is a student at Stanford, one of the schools with which Beijing University has a relationship. We have six members of the United States Congress; the Secretary of State; Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Chairman of our Council of Economic Advisors; Senator Sasser, our Ambassador; the National Security Advisor and my Chief of Staff, among others. I say that to illustrate the importance that the United States places on our relationship with China.I would like to begin by congratulating all of you, the students, the faculty, the administrators, on celebrating the centennial year of your university. Gongxi, Beida. (Applause.) As I”m sure all of you know, this campus was once home to Yenching University which was founded by American missionaries. Many of its wonderful buildings were designed by an American architect. Thousands of Americans students and professors have come here to study and teach. We feel a special kinship with you.I am, however, grateful that this day is different in one important respect from another important occasion 79 years ago. In June of 1919, the first president of Yenching University, John Leighton Stuart, was set to deliver the very first commencement address on these very grounds. At the appointed hour, he appeared, but no students appeared. They were all out leading the May 4th Movement for China”s political and cultural renewal. When I read this, I hoped that when I walked into the auditorium today, someone would be sitting here. And I thank you for being here, very much. (Applause.)Over the last 100 years, this university has grown to more than 20,000 students. Your graduates are spread throughout China and around the world. You have built the largest university library in all of Asia. Last year, 20 percent of your graduates went abroad to study, including half of your math and science majors. And in this anniversary year, more than a million people in China, Asia, and beyond have logged on to your web site. At the dawn of a new century, this university is leading China into the future.I come here today to talk to you, the next generation of China”s leaders, about the criticalimportance to your future of building a strong partnership between China and the United States.The American people deeply admire China for its thousands of years of contributions to culture and religion, to philosophy and the arts, to science and technology. We remember well our strong partnership in World War II. Now we see China at a moment in history when yourglorious past is matched by your present sweeping transformation and the even greater promise of your future.Just three decades ago, China was virtually shut off from the world. Now, China is a member of more than 1,000 international organizations -- enterprises that affect everything from air travel to agricultural development. You have opened your nation to trade and investment on a large scale. Today, 40,000 young Chinese study in the United States, with hundreds of thousands more learning in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.Your social and economic transformation has been even more remarkable, moving from a closed command economic system to a driving, increasingly market-based and driven economy, generating two decades of unprecedented growth, giving people greater freedom to travel within and outside China, to vote in village elections, to own a home, choose a job, attend a better school. As a result you have lifted literally hundreds of millions of people from poverty. Per capita income has more than doubled in the last decade. Most Chinese people are leading lives they could not have imagined just 20 years ago.Of course, these changes have also brought disruptions in settled patterns of life and work, and have imposed enormous strains on your environment. Once every urban Chinese was guaranteed employment in a state enterprise. Now you must compete in a job market. Once a Chinese worker had only to meet the demands of a central planner in Beijing. Now the global economy means all must match the quality and creativity of the rest of the world. For those who lack the right training and skills and support, this new world can be daunting.In the short-term, good, hardworking people --some, at least will find themselves unemployed. And, as all of you can see, there have been enormous environmental and economic and health care costs to the development pattern and the energy use pattern of the last 20 years -- from air pollution to deforestation to acid rain and water shortage.In the face of these challenges new systems of training and socialsecurity will have to be devised, and new environmental policies and technologies will have to be introduced with the goal of growing your economy while improving the environment. Everything I know about the intelligence, the ingenuity, the enterprise of the Chinese people and everything I have heard these last few days in my discussions with President Jiang, Prime Minister Zhu and others give me confidence that you will succeed.As you build a new China, America wants to build a new relationship with you. We want China to be successful, secure and open, working with us for a more peaceful and prosperous world. I know there are those in China and the United States who question whether closer relations between our countries is a good thing. But everything all of us know about the way the world is changing and the challenges your generation will face tell us that our two nations will be far better off working together than apart.克林顿演讲范文篇三父母是孩子第一任老师，好父母决定孩子一生。

希拉里·克林顿在2004年美国民主党全国代表大会开幕式上的讲话7月26日傍晚，美国民主党全国代表大会在波士顿正式开幕。

大会会场所在地——波士顿富里特中心一直是NBA老牌劲旅波士顿凯尔特人队的主场，现在成为了欢乐的海洋，成为了全美民主党人2004年总统大选的誓师会场，4353名民主党政要会聚一堂，正式提名克里和爱德华兹为民主党总统和副总统候选人，发动“倒布”总攻。

当晚最精彩的一幕，是前总统克林顿和夫人希拉里的压轴演讲。

Senator Hillary Clinton:However,Twelve years ago, when our country needed new leadership, Americans elected a Democrat who gave us eight years of peace, prosperity, and promise. Tonight I have the pleasure of introducing the last great Democratic President.But first I want to say a few words about the next great Democratic president, John Kerry.We meet at a moment of great peril, but also of great hope. Together we can widen the circle of opportunity for all Americans, transcend our differences and divisions, and give our children a safer and more secure future. That's the promise of America. And John Kerry will renew that promise.He will lead the world, not alienate it. Lower the deficit, not raise it. Create good jobs, not lose them. Solve a health care crisis, not ignore it. I know a thing or two about health care. And the problems have only gotten worse in the past four years.We need to rededicate ourselves to the task of providing coverage for the 44 million Americans who are uninsured and the millions of others who face rising costs. We need to lift the ban on stem cell research, and find cures that will help millions of Americans.Health care is a serious issue that requires serious solutions and that's what John Kerry will give us. John Kerry will give America something else, a great vice president. I've served with John Edwards. He's smart, he's energetic, he's empathetic. And he understands the challenges that hard-working Americans face in their daily lives.Americans will be proud to have the Kerry-Edwards team in the White House, and they'll be proud to have their extraordinary partners, Teresa Heinz Kerry and Elizabeth Edwards,there as well.We've been through our share of challenges as Americans, from a Civil War to a Great Depression to World Wars and more. Today we face a new threat.Being a Senator from New York, I saw first-hand the devastation of 9/11. I visited Ground Zero right after we were attacked. I felt like I was standing at the Gates of Hell. I hope no American ever has to witness a sight like that again. That tragedy changed all of us. I know it changed me. And every day now, as a mother, as a Senator, and as an American I worry about whether we are acting as wisely as we can to protect our country and our people.Last week, the bipartisan 9/11 commission issued its report. It was a sober call to action that we ignore at our peril. John Kerry understands what's at stake. We need to fully equip and train our firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians-our first responders in the event of a terrorist attack.We need to secure our borders and our ports, as well as our chemical and nuclear plants. We need to reorganize our federal government to meet the new threats of these times. We need to make sure that homeland security is properly funded and that resources go to the areas at greatest risk.We need to take care of our men and women in uniform who risked their lives for our country. These brave Americans deserve better. We need to increase our troop strength, raise their pay, and provide veterans, the National Guard, and Reserve with the benefits they're entitled to.Do you know what we need to meet these challenges? We need John Kerry. John Kerry is a serious man, for a serious job. So let's work our hearts out and send him to the White House in 2004. And I'm optimistic we will because I know a great leader when I see one. And so does America.In 1992 and 1996, Americans chose a President who left our country in far better shape than when he took office. He still spends his days working to empower the powerless, promote racial, religious, and ethnic reconciliation, inspire young people to citizen service, and bring life saving medicines to people living with HIV/AIDS around the world.He showed Democrats how to win again. And so will John Kerry. Please welcome the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton.。

克林顿两届就职演讲稿尊敬的美国公民们，各位领导和来自世界各地的客人：今天，我们行使我们民主国家的权力——我们的权利和责任，庆祝我们的共和国的东山再起，为我们的未来指明了方向。

50年代末，我10岁。

我依稀记得，我们当时的家是一幢很小的二层独立屋。

我们也许不算很富有，但我们不用为生计担忧。

我父亲是个陈旧的夜班钢铁工人，他从早到晚拼命干活，以支撑我们的家庭。

母亲则是个高中教师，她从我们小时候起就教育我们读书写字，同时还让我们知晓与世界的联系。

我记得，我父亲说过，他不是因为自己找不到好工作，才去干那个夜班的活；而是因为他们只有夜班这份工作，才可以给我们提供一个更好的环境。

50年代末的美国，到了80年代，我们的国家在头脑、手艺和技能等诸多方面发展迅速。

我的父亲在30年间，发现他的工作口味变了，因为工厂变得更加现代化，他的劳动成果也得到了肯定。

我的母亲终其一生，奉献给她的学生们，并为孩子们的未来而不断努力。

我可以肯定的是，即使是一位高中教师，也可以为整个美国的未来而努力。

我们美国人曾战胜过种族隔离、解放了全国范围内的人民；我们在20世纪完成了工业革命、以及同时为整个文明世界贡献了无穷的智力创造；存在很多难题的今天，《美国的时刻》必须艰苦工作，始终保持着信仰，并通过行动来将英美西方各民族更加紧密地连接起来。

为着这个目标，我们每个人的承诺、每个公民的责任都必须给予尊重和坚守，而这健康稳定的社会现在必须─比其在过去哪怕是5年前，还要更为强大。

明年的今天，社会仍会有严峻的挑战，但我每个人的追求、每个政府的工作、每个领袖的效率都将进一步发展，创造自信与勇气，同时继续培养我们这个盛开的、繁荣的民主社会的未来人才。

我们建立了一个强大的美国50年代末，美国总统以色列•艾森豪威尔提出的战斗口号是：“更强大、更自由、更团结。

”今天，因为我们的努力，我们成功地实现了自由，包括民族和个人自由。

说是“巨额亏损”，我们曾在内部的竞争和合作过程中，在常常暴力的环境下，将自由进行了捍卫。

John Kerry ' speech at 2004 Democratic National Convention 为期4天的美国民主党全国代表⼤会7⽉29⽇在波⼠顿闭幕。

在这次⽓氛热闹、“⽕药味”⼗⾜的⼤会上，民主党正式提名克⾥为总统候选⼈。

克⾥突出渲染民主党“让美国更强，在世界上更受尊敬”(make America stronger at home and respected in the world)的竞选⼝号，并通过数万与会者和新闻媒体造势，向⼴⼤选民推出民主党对美国未来的计划。

Senator John Kerry: I am John Kerry, and I am reporting for duties.We are here tonight because we love our country. We are proud what American is and what can become.My fellow American, we are here tonight united in one simple purpose: to make America stronger at home and respected in the world. A great American novelist wrote that you can't go home again. He could not have imagined this evening. Tonight, I am home. Home where my public life began and those who made it possible live. Home where our nation's history was written in blood, idealism, and hope. Home where my parents showed me the values of family, faith, and country. Thank you, all of you, for a welcome home I will never forget. I wish my parents could share this moment. They went to their rest in the last few years, but their example, their inspiration, their gift of open eyes, open mind, and endless world are bigger and more lasting than any words. I was born in Colorado, in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, when my dad was a pilot in World War II. Now, I'm not one to read into things, but guess which wing of the hospital the maternity ward was in? I'm not making this up. I was born in the West Wing! My mother was the rock of our family as so many mothers are. She stayed up late to help me do my homework. She sat by my bed when I was sick, and she answered the questions of a child who, like all children, found the world full of wonders and mysteries. She was my den mother when I was a Cub Scout and she was so proud of her fifty year pin as a Girl Scout leader. She gave me her passion for the environment. She taught me to see trees as the cathedrals of nature. And by the power of her example, she showed me that we can and must finish the march toward full equality for all women in our country. My dad did the things that a boy remembers. He gave me my first model airplane, my first baseball mitt and my first bicycle. He also taught me that we are here for something bigger than ourselves; he lived out the responsibilities and sacrifices of the greatest generation to whom we owe so much. When I was a young man, he was in the State Department, stationed in Berlin when it and the world were divided between democracy and communism. I have unforgettable memories of being a kid mesmerized by the British, French, and American troops, each of them guarding their own part of the city, and Russians standing guard on the stark line separating East from West. On one occasion, I rode my bike into Soviet East Berlin. And when I proudly told my dad, he promptly grounded me. But what I learned has stayed with me for a lifetime. I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goose bumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up "Stars and Stripes Forever." I learned what it meant to be America at our best. I learned the pride of our freedom. And I am determined now to restore that pride to all who look to America. Mine were greatest generation parents. And as I thank them, we all join together to thank that whole generation for making America strong, for winning World War II, winning the Cold War, and for the great gift of service which brought America fifty years of peace and prosperity. My parents inspired me to serve, and when I was a junior in high school, John Kennedy called my generation to service. It was the beginning of a great journey – a time to march for civil rights, for voting rights, for the environment, for women, and for peace. We believed we could change the world. And you know what? We did. But we're not finished. The journey isn't complete. The march isn't over. The promise isn't perfected. Tonight, we're setting out again. And together, we're going to write the next great chapter of America's story. We have it in our power to change the world again. But only if we're true to our ideals – and that starts by telling the truth to the American people. That is my first pledge to you tonight. As President, I will restore trust and credibility to the White House. I ask you to judge me by my record: As a young prosecutor, I fought for victim's rights and made prosecuting violence against women a priority. When I came to the Senate, I broke with many in my own party to vote for a balanced budget,because I thought it was the right thing to do. I fought to put a 100,000 cops on the street. And then I reached across the aisle to work with John McCain, to find the truth about our POW's and missing in action, and to finally make peace with Vietnam. I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a Vice President who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a Secretary of Defense who will listen to the best advice of our military leaders. And I will appoint an Attorney General who actually upholds the Constitution of the United States. My fellow Americans, this is the most important election of our lifetime. The stakes are high. We are a nation at war 每 a global war on terror against an enemy unlike any we have ever known before. And here at home, wages are falling, health care costs are rising, and our great middle class is shrinking. People are working weekends; they're working two jobs, three jobs, and they're still not getting ahead. We're told that outsourcing jobs is good for America. We're told that new jobs that pay $9,000 less than the jobs that have been lost is the best we can do. They say this is the best economy we've ever had. And they say that anyone who thinks otherwise is a pessimist. Well, here is our answer: There is nothing more pessimistic than saying America can't do better. We can do better and we will. We're the optimists. For us, this is a country of the future. We're the can do people. Andlet's not forget what we did in the 1990s. We balanced the budget. We paid down the debt. We created 23 million new jobs. We lifted millions out of poverty and we lifted the standard of living for the middle class. We just need to believe in ourselves 每 and we can do it again. So tonight, in the city where America's freedom began, only a few blocks from where the sons and daughters of liberty gave birth to our nation 每 here tonight, on behalf of a new birth of freedom 每 on behalf of the middle class who deserve a champion, and those struggling to join it who deserve a fair shot 每 for the brave men and women in uniform who risk their lives every day and the families who pray for their return 每 for all those who believe our best days are ahead of us 每 for all of you 每 with great faith in the American people, I accept your nomination for President of the United States. I am proud that at my side will be a running mate whose life is the story of the American dream and who's worked every day to make that dream real for all Americans 每 Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. And his wonderful wife Elizabeth and their family. This son of a mill worker is ready to lead 每 and next January, Americans will be proud to have a fighter for the middle class to succeed Dick Cheney as Vice President of the United States. And what can I say about Teresa? She has the strongest moral compass of anyone I know. She's down to earth, nurturing, courageous, wise and smart. She speaks her mind and she speaks the truth, and I love her for that, too. And that's why America will embrace her as the next First Lady of the United States. For Teresa and me, no matter what the future holds or the past has given us, nothing will ever mean as much as our children. We love them not just for who they are and what they've become, but for being themselves, making us laugh, holding our feet to the fire, and never letting me get away with anything. Thank you, Andre, Alex, Chris, Vanessa, and John. And in this journey, I am accompanied by an extraordinary band of brothers led by that American hero, a patriot named Max Cleland. Our band of brothers doesn't march together because of who we are as veterans, but because of what we learned as soldiers. We fought for this nation because we loved it and we came back with the deep belief that every day is extra. We may be a little older now, we may be a little grayer, but we still know how to fight for our country. And standing with us in that fight are those who shared with me the long season of the primary campaign: Carol Moseley Braun, General Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, Dick Gephardt, Bob Graham, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Lieberman and Al Sharpton. To all of you, I say thank you for teaching me and testing me 每 but mostly, we say thank you for standing up for our country and giving us the unity to move America forward. My fellow Americans, the world tonight is very different from the world of four years ago. But I believe the American people are more than equal to the challenge. Remember the hours after September 11th, when we came together as one to answer the attack against our homeland. We drew strength when our firefighters ran up the stairs and risked their lives, so that others might live. When rescuers rushed into smoke and fire at the Pentagon. When the men and women of Flight 93 sacrificed themselves to save our nation's Capitol. When flags were hanging from front porches all across America, and strangers became friends. It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us. I am proud that after September 11th all our people rallied to President Bush's call for unity to meet the danger. There were no Democrats. There were no Republicans. There were only Americans. How we wish it had stayed that way. Now I know there are those who criticize me for seeing complexities 每 and I do 每 because some issues just aren't all that simple. Saying there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq doesn't make it so. Saying we can fight a war on the cheap doesn＊t make it so. And proclaiming mission accomplished certainly doesn't make it so. As President, I will ask hard questions and demand hard evidence. I will immediately reform the intelligence system 每so policy is guided by facts, and facts are never distorted by pol i t i c s . A n d a s P r e s i d e n t , I w i l l b r i n g b a c k t h i s n a t i o n ' s t i m e - h o n o r e d t r a d i t i o n : t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a n e v e r g o e s t o w a r b e c a u s e w e w a n t t o , w e o n l y g o t o w a r b e c a u s e w e h a v e t o . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 2 " > 0 0 I k n o w w h a t k i d s g o t h r o u g h w h e n t h e y a r e c a r r y i n g a n M - 1 6 i n a d a n g e r o u s p l a c e a n d t h e y c a n ' t t e l l f r i e n d f r o m f o e . I k n o w w h a t t h e y g o t h r o u g h w h e n t h e y ' r e o u t o n p a t r o l a t n i g h t a n d t h e y d o n ' t k n o w w h a t ' s c o m i n g a r o u n d t h e n e x t b e n d . I k n o w w h a t i t ' s l i k e t o w r i t e l e t t e r s h o m e t e l l i n g y o u r f a m i l y t h a t e v e r y t h i n g ' s a l l r i g h t w h e n y o u ' r e n o t s u r e t h a t ' s t r u e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 3 " > 0 0 A s P r e s i d e n t , I w i l l w a g e t h i s w a r w i t h t h e l e s s o n s I l e a r n e d i n w a r . B e f o r e y o u g o t o b a t t l e , y o u h a v e t o b e a b l e t o l o o k a p a r e n t i n t h e e y e a n d t r u t h f u l l y s a y : " I t r i e d e v e r y t h i n g p o s s i b l e t o a v o i d s e n d i n g y o u r s o n o r d a u g h t e r i n t o h a r m ' s w a y . B u t w e h a d n o c h o i c e . W e h a d t o p r o t e c t t h e A m e r i c a n p e o p l e , f u n d a m e n t a l A m e r i c a n v a l u e s f r o m a t h r e a t t h a t w a s r e a l a n d i m m i n e n t . " S o l e s s o n o n e , t h i s i s t h e o n l y j u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r g o i n g t o w a r . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 4 " > 0 0 A n d o n m y f i r s td a y i n o f f i ce , I w i l l s e n d a m e s s a g e t o e v e r y m a n a n d w o m a n i n o u r a r m e df o r c e s : Y o u w i l l n e ve r b e a s k e d t of igh t a w a r wi t h o u t a p l a n t o w i n t h e p e a c e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 5 " > 0 0 I k n o w w h a t w e h a v e t o d o i n I r a q . W e n e e d a P r e s i d e n t w h o h a s t h e c r e d i b i l i t y t o b r i n g o u r a l l i e s t o o u r s i d e a n d s h a r e t h e b u r d e n , r e d u c e t h e c o s t t o A m e r i c a n t a x p a y e r s , a n d r e d u c e t h e r i s k t o A m e r i c a n s o l d i e r s . T h a t ' s t h e r i g h t w a y t o g e t t h ej o b d o n e a n d b r i n g o u r t r o o p s h o m e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 6 " > 0 0 H e r e i s t h e r e a l i t y : t h a t w o n ' t h a p p e n u n t i l w e h a v e a p r e s i d e n t w h o r e s t o r e s A m e r i c a ' s r e s p e c t a n d l e a d e r s h i p s o w e d o n ' t h a v e t o g o i t a l o n e i n t h e w o r l d . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 7 " > 0 0 A n d w e n e e d t o r e b u i l d o u r a l l i a n c e s , s o w e c a n g e t t h e t e r r o r i s t s b e f o r e t h e y g e t u s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 8 8 " > 0 0 I d e f e n d e d t h i s c o u n t r y a s a y o u n g m a n a n d I w i l l d e f e n d i t a s P r e s i d e n t . L e t t h e r e b e n o m i s t ak e : I w il l n e v e r h e s i t a t e t o u s e f o r c e w h e n i t i s r e q u i r e d . A n y a t t a c k w i l l b em e t w i t h a s w i f t an d c e r t a i n r e s po n s e . I w i l l n e v e r g i v e a n y n a t i o n o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n a v e t o o v e r o u r n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y . A n d I w i l l b u i l d a s t r o n g e r A m e r i c a n m i l i t a r y . /p >。

克林顿北大演讲中文稿_公众演讲面临的威胁以及对整个亚太地区本应有的发展和繁荣的威胁。

在二十一世纪，你们这一代将有极大的机会，将我们科学家、医生、工程师的各种才能结合起来，用于追求共同的发展。

我们早就在一些合作领域中取得了突破，包括从医治脊柱对裂到预报恶劣天气和地震等。

这些突破证明，只要我们合作，就能改变中美乃至全世界数以百万计的人的生活。

扩大我们在科技领域的合作是我们给未来奉献的厚礼之一。

在我以上列举的每一个关键领域，显然，只要我们相互合作而不是互不往来，我们就能取得更大的成就。

因此，我们应该努力，确保双方之间目前的建设性关系在下个世纪结出圆满的协作果实。

要做到这一点，我们就必须更好地相互了解，了解各自的共同利益、共有的期望和真诚的分歧。

我相信大家在电视上都看到了，我和江总书记星期六在联合记者招待会上公开直接的交流，有助于澄清和缩小我们的分歧。

更为重要的是，允许人们理解、辩论和探讨这些问题，能使他们对我们建设美好的未来更加充满信心。

从我居住的华盛顿特区白宫的窗口向外眺望，我们第一任总统乔治．华盛顿的纪念碑俯视全城。

那是一座高耸的方形尖塔。

在这个庞大的纪念碑旁，有一块很小的石碑，上面刻着的碑文是：美国决不设置贵族和皇室头衔，也不建立世袭制度。

国家事务由舆论公决。

美国就是这样建立了一个从古至今史无前例的崭新政治体系。

这是最奇妙的事物。

这些话不是美国人写的，而出自福建省巡抚徐继玉(XuJiyu)之手，并于1853年由中国政府刻成碑文，作为礼物送给美国。

我很感激中国送的这份礼物。

它道出了我们全体美国人民的心声，即人人有生命和自由的权利、追求幸福的权利，有不受国家的干涉，辩论和持不同政见的自由、结社的自由和宗教信仰的自由。

这些就是220年前美国立国的核心理想。

这些理想指引我们跨越美洲大陆，走向世界舞台。

这些仍然是美国人民今天珍视的理想。

正如我在和江总书记举行的记者招待会上所说，我们美国人民正在不断寻求实现这些理想。

Thank you for the key to your city and for this magnificent welcome. Here in this ancient capital, China seems very young to me tonight, blessed with both a proud history and the promise of tomorrow. Xi’an was perhaps the most open and culturally advanced city in the entire world. From this place, trade routes extended through Asia to Europe and Africa. And to this place, great thinkers came, spreading philosophy and new ideas that have contributed to the greatness of china.谢谢你们赠予的城市之匙和这个盛大的欢迎仪式。

在这古老的城市，中国今晚显得分外年轻，它天赐般的拥有让人骄傲的历史和美好的未来。

西安曾经是世界文化史上极为开放和发达的城市。

从这个地方，贸易之路延伸到了亚洲，通向了欧洲和非洲。

很多大思想家莅临了这座城市，传播哲学以及新思想，这些观念让中国变得强大起来。

I look forward to seeing the terracotta warriors, the old city walls, the Muslim quarter. I look forward to learning more about china's great contributions to the store of human knowledge from medicine and printing, to mathematics and astronomy. Discoveries on which so much of the whole world progress is based and I want to see more of the new nation you are building on a scale even the emperors could not have foreseen.明天，我期待着看到兵马俑、古城墙和穆斯林广场。

克林顿最成功的演讲稿克林顿总统是美国历史上备受尊敬的一位领导人，他的演讲技巧和口才在世人眼中堪称一绝。

其中，他最成功的演讲之一便是在1993年就职演讲中所作的演讲。

这篇演讲稿不仅在当时赢得了广泛赞誉，也成为了后来政治演讲的经典之作。

今天，我们就来分析一下这篇克林顿总统最成功的演讲稿，看看其中的精彩之处。

首先，克林顿总统在演讲一开始就利用了一个引人注目的开场白，“My fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.”（各位同胞，今天我们庆祝美国更新的奥秘。

）这句话不仅简洁明了，而且充满了激情和力量，立即吸引了听众的注意力。

通过这样的开场白，克林顿总统成功地营造出了整个演讲的氛围，为后续内容的阐述打下了良好的基础。

其次，克林顿总统在演讲中运用了大量的修辞手法和排比句式，使得整个演讲生动而富有感染力。

例如，他在演讲中提到，“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”（美国并无不可医治之症，只要美国的优点依然存在，一切问题都能得到解决。

）这句话巧妙地运用了排比句式，通过对比的手法突出了美国的优点和问题，并表达了对美国未来的乐观信念。

这种修辞手法不仅使演讲更加生动，也让人们对克林顿总统的演讲印象深刻。

此外，克林顿总统在演讲中还运用了大量的事实和数据，为自己的论点提供了有力的支撑。

他指出了美国面临的种种挑战，如经济问题、社会问题等，并提出了自己的解决方案。

通过这些具体的数据和事实，克林顿总统不仅展现了自己的见解和智慧，也让听众对他的演讲充满信心。

最后，克林顿总统在演讲的结尾处再次运用了激情洋溢的语言，呼吁全国人民团结一心，共同面对未来的挑战。

他表示，“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”（美国并无不可医治之症，只要美国的优点依然存在，一切问题都能得到解决。

President Jimmy Carter's address at 2004 Democratic National Convention卡特总统在2004年美国民主党全国代表大会开幕式上的讲话2004-07-267月26日傍晚，美国民主党全国代表大会在波士顿正式开幕,第一个上台演讲的1977-1981年担任美国总统吉米·卡特,卡特已经81岁了，他在演说中一句“我们的领导人如果领导错误，我们就不能领导世界”的精辟话语，博得了全场代表的热烈掌声，也反映出相当一部分美国人民对布什政府奉行单边主义以及在“先发制人”原则指导下发动伊拉克战争的愤怒。

President Jimmy Carter:My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m not running for president. But here’s what I will be doing: everything I can to put John Kerry in the White House with John Edwards right there beside him.Twenty-eight years ago I was running for president, and I said then, “I want a government as good and as honest and as decent and as competent and as compassionate as are the American people.”I say this again tonight, and that is exactly what we will have next January with John Kerry as president of the United States.As many of you know, my first chosen career was in the United States Navy, where I served as a submarine officer. At that time, my shipmates and I were ready for combat and prepared to give our lives to defend our nation and its principles.At the same time, we always prayed that our readiness would preserve the peace. I served under two presidents, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, men who represented different political parties. Both of whom had faced their active military responsibilities with honor.They knew the horrors of war, and later, as commanders-in-chief, they exercised restraint and judgment and had a clear sense of mission. We had confidence that our leaders, military and civilian, would not put our soldiers and sailors in harm’s way by initiating “wars of choice”unless America’s vital interests were endangered.We also were sure that these presidents would not mislead us when it came to issues involving ournation’s security. Today, our Democratic party is led by another former naval officer—one who volunteered for military service. He showed up when assigned to duty, and he served with honor and distinction.He also knows the horrors of war and the responsibilities of leadership, and I am confident that next January he will restore the judgment and maturity to our government that is sorely lacking today. I am proud to call Lieutenant John Kerry my shipmate, and I am ready to follow him to victory in November.As you know, our country faces many challenges at home involving energy, taxation, the environment, education, and health. To meet these challenges, we need new leaders in Washington whose policies are shaped by working American families instead of the super-rich and their armies of lobbyists. But the biggest reason to make John Kerry president is even more important. It is to safeguard the security of our nation.Today, our dominant international challenge is to restore the greatness of America—based on telling the truth, a commitment to peace, and respect for civil liberties at home and basic human rights around the world. Truth is the foundation of our global leadership, but our credibility has been shattered and we are left increasingly isolated and vulnerable in a hostile world. Without truth—without trust—America cannot flourish. Trust is at the very heart of our democracy, the sacred covenant between the president and the people.When that trust is violated, the bonds that hold our republic together begin to weaken. After 9/11, America stood proud, wounded but determined and united. A cowardly attack on innocent civilians brought us an unprecedented level of cooperation and understanding around the world. But in just 34 months, we have watched with deep concern as all this goodwill has been squandered by a virtually unbroken series of mistakes and miscalculations. Unilateral acts and demands have isolated the United States from the very nations we need to join us in combating terrorism.Let us not forget that the Soviets lost the Cold War because the American people combined the exercise of power with adherence to basic principles, based on sustained bipartisan support. We understood the positive link between the defense of our own freedom and the promotion of human rights. Recent policies have cost our nation its reputation as the world’s most admired champion of freedom and justice. What a difference these few months of extremism have made!The United States has alienated its allies, dismayed its friends, and inadvertently gratified its enemies by proclaiming a confused and disturbing strategy of “preemptive”war. With our allies disunited, the world resenting us, and the Middle East ablaze, we need John Kerry to restore life to the global war against terrorism.In the meantime, the Middle East peace process has come to a screeching halt for the first time since Israel became a nation. All former presidents, Democratic and Republican, have attempted to secure a comprehensive peace for Israel with hope and justice for the Palestinians. The achievements of Camp David a quarter century ago and the more recent progress made by President Bill Clinton are now in peril.Instead, violence has gripped the Holy Land, with the region increasingly swept by anti-American passions. Elsewhere, North Korea’s nuclear menace—a threat far more real and immediate than any posed by Saddam Hussein—has been allowed to advance unheeded, with potentially ominous consequences for peace and stability in Northeast Asia. These are some of the prices of our government’s radical departure from the basic American principles and values espoused by John Kerry!In repudiating extremism we need to recommit ourselves to a few common-sense principles that should transcend partisan differences. First, we cannot enhance our own security if we place in jeopardy what is most precious to us, namely, the centrality of human rights in our daily lives and in global affairs. Second, we cannot maintain our historic self-confidence as a people if we generate public panic. Third, we cannot do our duty as citizens and patriots if we pursue an agenda that polarizes and divides our country. Next, we cannot be true to ourselves if we mistreat others. And finally, in the world at large we cannot lead if our leaders mislead.You can’t be a war president one day and claim to be a peace president the next, depending on the latest political polls. When our national security requires military action, John Kerry has already proven in Vietnam that he will not hesitate to act. And as a proven defender of our national security, John Kerry will strengthen the global alliance against terrorism while avoiding unnecessary wars.Ultimately, the issue is whether America will provide global leadership that springs from the unity and integrity of the American people or whether extremist doctrines and the manipulation of truth will define America’s role in the world.At stake is nothing less than our nation’s soul. In a few months, I will, God willing, enter my 81st year of my life, and in many ways the last few months have been some of the most disturbing of all. But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential decency, compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill: do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom. There is a road that leads to a bright and hopeful future. What America needs is leadership. Our job, my fellow Americans, is to ensure that the leaders of this great country will be John Kerry and John Edwards. Thank you and God bless America!“成千上万人疯狂下载。

克林顿就职演讲稿尊敬的各位嘉宾、亲爱的美国公民们，感谢你们在这个特殊的时刻聚集在这里，见证我的就职仪式。

也要向我的前任总统乔治·赫伯特·沃克尔先生表示感谢，他为我们的国家付出了巨大的努力和奉献。

我站在这里时，我意识到我将面临着巨大的挑战。

然而，我相信通过我们的努力和共同合作，我们能够克服这些挑战，建设一个更加繁荣、和谐和蓬勃发展的美国。

首先，我要向全美国公民保证，我将以诚实、透明和坦率的方式执掌政权。

我将秉承政府应当为人民负责的理念，聆听人民的心声，为人民的利益而努力。

在我执政的四年里，我将致力于改善我们的经济状况。

我将推动创造就业机会，促进经济增长，并努力提高中低收入家庭的生活水平。

我将致力于减少贫困和不平等现象，确保每个美国公民都能够获得公平的机会。

此外，我将努力推动技术创新和科学研究，以推动美国在全球科技竞争中的地位。

我们将继续投资于教育，培养下一代的人才，并加强与其他国家的合作，共同解决全球性的问题。

作为一个国际大国，我们要承担起维护世界和平与稳定的责任。

我将致力于加强与其他国家的外交关系，促进国际合作，解决全球性的挑战，如气候变化和恐怖主义。

我还将致力于改善我们国内的社会问题。

我将加强社会福利体系，帮助那些最需要帮助的人们。

我将继续推动平等与多样性，保障每个人的权利和尊严。

为了实现这些目标，我需要每一个美国公民的支持和合作。

我们必须团结一致，超越派之间的分歧，为了我们共同的利益而努力。

最后，我要呼吁每一个美国公民投身社会公益事业。

我们每个人都有责任为我们的国家做出贡献。

无论是通过志愿服务、捐款还是其他方式，我们都可以为社会进步做出自己的贡献。

在我执政的四年里，我将尽力为美国人民服务，推动我们国家的发展与繁荣。

我相信，只要我们团结一致，为同一个目标努力，我们就能够创造一个更加美好的未来。

谢谢大家！愿上帝保佑美国！。

“不要问你的国家能为你做些什么，而要问你能为国家做些什么”——约翰F.肯尼迪的就职演说1961.1.20“不要问你的国家能为你做些什么，而要问你能为国家做些什么。

（ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.）”就笔者阅读所及，这恐怕是美国总统的演辞在神州大地上被引用最多的一句。

如果要选美国总统演讲金句，恐怕非它莫属。

然而，许多它的神州引用者可能不清楚，这是肯尼迪发表于冷战时期的具有强烈意识形态色彩的一篇演辞；紧接着广为称引的上面那句话，他说了另一句话：“全世界的公民伙伴们，不要问美国能为你们做些什么，而要问我们在一起能为人类的自由做些什么。

（My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.）”另一个有意思的细节是，尽管有些美国总统在他们的演辞中也要求人们“不要问你的国家能为你做些什么，而要问你能为国家做些什么”（譬如克林顿1992接受民主党总统候选人提名的演辞中就说过类似的话），美国人民却并不买账，有一位教授甚至在他的政治学专著中专辟一章来批驳此话与宪政思想的背道而驰——国家就是为人民服务的，人民就是要问国家能为他做什么。

说实话，我能够理解一切处于强势地位的人对此金句的钟爱——他们可以根据需要在“不要问……而要问……”的句式中填上自己喜欢的任何内容,不要问政府不要问公司不要问家不要问领导不要问老板不要问长辈你要做的只是问你自己；但那些处于社会底层，本身问的权力问的机会问的能力就极度匮乏的人们也痴迷于这样的表述，我总怀疑他们脑袋有问题。

随着柏林墙的倒塌，冷战的结束，回望当初美苏争霸的血雨腥风，不知今夕何夕，油然浮上心头竟是苏东坡的诗句：“回首向来萧瑟处，归去，也无风雨也无晴。

Former President Bill Clinton's remarks to the Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery. Clinton veered from these prepared remarks multiple times throughout his speech.We're here to nominate a President, and I've got one in mind.I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before the election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression. A man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs were created and saved, there were still millions more waiting, trying to feed their children and keep their hopes alive.I want to nominate a man cool on the outside but burning for America on the inside. A man who believes we can build a new American Dream economy driven by innovation and creativity, education and cooperation. A man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama.I want Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States and I proudly nominate him as the standard bearer of the Democratic Party.In Tampa, we heard a lot of talk about how the President and theDemocrats don't believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everyone to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy.The Republican narrative is that all of us who amount to anything are completely self-made. One of our greatest Democratic Chairmen, Bob Strauss, used to say that every politician wants you to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself, but it ain't so. We Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think "we're all in this together" is a better philosophy than "you're on your own."Who's right? Well since 1961, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24. In those 52 years, our economy produced 66 million private sector jobs. What's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 million!It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs andnew wealth for all of us.Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate President Obama and the Democrats. After all, President Eisenhower sent federal troops to my home state to integrate Little Rock Central High and built the interstate highway system. And as governor, I worked with President Reagan on welfare reform and with President George H.W. Bush on national education goals.I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake. Through my foundation, in America and around the world, I work with Democrats, Republicans and Independents who are focused on solving problems and seizing opportunities, not fighting each other.When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. All of us are destined to live our lives between those two extremes. Unfortunately, the faction that now dominates the Republican Party doesn't see it that way. They think government is the enemy, andcompromise is weakness.One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008, and trusted him to oversee the successful end of the war in Iraq and the implementation of the recovery act. And Joe Biden did a great job with both. He appointed Cabinet members who supported Hillary in the primaries. Heck, he even appointed Hillary! I'm so proud of her and grateful to our entire national security team for all they've done to make us safer and stronger and to build a world with more partners and fewer enemies. I'm also grateful to the young men and women who serve our country in the military and to Michelle Obama and Jill Biden for supporting military families when their loved ones are overseas and for helping our veterans, when they come home bearing the wounds of war, or needing help with education, housing, and jobs.President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.He also tried to work with Congressional Republicans on Health Care, debt reduction, and jobs, but that didn't work out so well.Probably because, as the Senate Republican leader, in a remarkable moment of candor, said two years before the election, their number one priority was not to put America back to work, but to put President Obama out of work. Senator, I hate to break it to you, but we're going to keep President Obama on the job!In Tampa, the Republican argument against the President's re-election was pretty simple: we left him a total mess, he hasn't cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in.In order to look like an acceptable alternative to President Obama, they couldn't say much about the ideas they have offered over the last two years. You see they want to go back to the same old policies that got us into trouble in the first place: to cut taxes for high income Americans even more than President Bush did; to get rid of those pesky financial regulations designed to prevent another crash and prohibit future bailouts; to increase defense spending two trillion dollars more than the Pentagon has requested without saying what they'll spend the money on; to make enormous cuts in the rest of the budget, especially programs that help the middle class and poor kids. As another President once said – there they go again.I like the argument for President Obama's re-election a lot better. He inherited a deeply damaged economy, put a floor under thecrash, began the long hard road to recovery, and laid the foundation for a modern, more well-balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant new businesses, and lots of new wealth for the innovators. Are we where we want to be? No. Is the President satisfied? No. Are we better off than we were when he took office, with an economy in free fall, losing 750,000 jobs a month. The answer is YES.I understand the challenge we face. I know many Americans are still angry and frustrated with the economy. Though employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend and even housing prices are picking up a bit, too many people don't feel it.I experienced the same thing in 1994 and early 1995. Our policies were working and the economy was growing but most people didn't feel it yet. By 1996, the economy was roaring, halfway through the longest peacetime expansion in American history.President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. No President –not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. But conditions are improving and if you'll renew the President's contract you will feel it.I believe that with all my heart.President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version ofthe American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities.So back to the story. In 2010, as the President's recovery program kicked in, the job losses stopped and things began to turn around. The Recovery Act saved and created millions of jobs and cut taxes for 95% of the American people. In the last 29 months the economy has produced about 4.5 million private sector jobs. But last year, the Republicans blocked the President's jobs plan costing the economy more than a million new jobs. So here's another jobs score: President Obama plus 4.5 million, Congressional Republicans zero.Over that same period, more than more than 500,000 manufacturing jobs have been created under President Obama –the first time manufacturing jobs have increased since the 1990s. The auto industry restructuring worked. It saved more than a million jobs, not just at GM, Chrysler and their dealerships, but in auto parts manufacturing all over the country. That's why even auto-makers that weren't part of the deal supported it. They needed to save the suppliers too. Like I said, we're all in this together.Now there are 250,000 more people working in the auto industry than the day the companies were restructured. Governor Romney opposed the plan to save GM and Chrysler. So here's another jobsscore: Obama two hundred and fifty thousand, Romney, zero.The agreement the administration made with management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage over the next few years is another good deal: it will cut your gas bill in half, make us more energy independent, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and add another 500,000 good jobs.President Obama's "all of the above" energy plan is helping too –the boom in oil and gas production combined with greater energy efficiency has driven oil imports to a near 20 year low and natural gas production to an all time high. Renewable energy production has also doubled.We do need more new jobs, lots of them, but there are already more than three million jobs open and unfilled in America today, mostly because the applicants don't have the required skills. We have to prepare more Americans for the new jobs that are being created in a world fueled by new technology. That's why investments in our people are more important than ever. The President has supported community colleges and employers in working together to train people for open jobs in their communities. And, after a decade in which exploding college costs have increased the drop-out rate so much that we've fallen to 16th in the world in the percentage of our young adults with college degrees,his student loan reform lowers the cost of federal student loans and even more important, gives students the right to repay the loans as a fixed percentage of their incomes for up to 20 years. That means no one will have to drop-out of college for fear they can't repay their debt, and no one will have to turn down a job, as a teacher, a police officer or a small town doctor because it doesn't pay enough to make the debt payments. This will change the future for young Americans.I know we're better off because President Obama made these decisions.That brings me to health care.The Republicans call it Obamacare and say it's a government takeover of health care that they'll repeal. Are they right? Let's look at what's happened so far. Individuals and businesses have secured more than a billion dollars in refunds from their insurance premiums because the new law requires 80% to 85% of your premiums to be spent on health care, not profits or promotion. Other insurance companies have lowered their rates to meet the requirement. More than 3 million young people between 19 and 25 are insured for the first time because their parents can now carry them on family policies. Millions of seniors are receiving preventive care including breast cancer screenings and tests for heartproblems. Soon the insurance companies, not the government, will have millions of new customers many of them middle class people with pre-existing conditions. And for the last two years, health care spending has grown under 4%, for the first time in 50 years.So are we all better off because President Obama fought for it and passed it? You bet we are.There were two other attacks on the President in Tampa that deserve an answer. Both Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan attacked the President for allegedly robbing Medicare of 716 billion dollars. Here's what really happened. There were no cuts to benefits. None. What the President did was save money by cutting unwarranted subsidies to providers and insurance companies that weren't making people any healthier. He used the saving to close the donut hole in the Medicare drug program, and to add eight years to the life of the Medicare Trust Fund. It's now solvent until 2024. So President Obama and the Democrats didn't weaken Medicare, they strengthened it.When Congressman Ryan looked into the TV camera and attacked President Obama's "biggest coldest power play" in raiding Medicare, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. You see, that 716 billion dollars is exactly the same amount of Medicare savings Congressman Ryan had in his own budget.At least on this one, Governor Romney's been consistent. He wants to repeal the savings and give the money back to the insurance companies, re-open the donut hole and force seniors to pay more for drugs, and reduce the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by eight years. So now if he's elected and does what he promised Medicare will go broke by 2016. If that happens, you won't have to wait until their voucher program to begins in 2023 to see the end Medicare as we know it.But it gets worse. They also want to block grant Medicaid and cut it by a third over the coming decade. Of course, that will hurt poor kids, but that's not all. Almost two-thirds of Medicaid is spent on nursing home care for seniors and on people with disabilities, including kids from middle class families, with special needs like, Downs syndrome or Autism. I don't know how those families are going to deal with it. We can't let it happen.Now let's look at the Republican charge that President Obama wants to weaken the work requirements in the welfare reform bill I signed that moved millions of people from welfare to work.Here's what happened. When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama Administration said they would only do it if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20%. You hear that? More work. So theclaim that President Obama weakened welfare reform's work requirement is just not true. But they keep running ads on it. As their campaign pollster said "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers." Now that is true. I couldn't have said it better myself – I just hope you remember that every time you see the ad.Let's talk about the debt. We have to deal with it or it will deal with us. President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.I think the President's plan is better than the Romney plan, because the Romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility: The numbers don't add up.It's supposed to be a debt reduction plan but it begins with five trillion dollars in tax cuts over a ten-year period. That makes the debt hole bigger before they even start to dig out. They say they'll make it up by eliminating loopholes in the tax code. When you ask "which loopholes and how much?," they say "See me after the election on that." People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets. What new ideas did we bring? I always give aone-word answer: arithmetic. If they stay with a 5 trillion dollar tax cut in a debt reduction plan – the – arithmetic tells us that one of three things will happen: 1) they'll have to eliminate so many deductions like the ones for home mortgages and charitable giving that middle class families will see their tax bill go up two thousand dollars year while people making over 3 million dollars a year get will still get a 250,000 dollar tax cut; or 2) they'll have to cut so much spending that they'll obliterate the budget for our national parks, for ensuring clean air, clean water, safe food, safe air travel; or they'll cut way back on Pell Grants, college loans, early childhood education and other programs that help middle class families and poor children, not to mention cutting investments in roads, bridges, science, technology and medical research; or 3) they'll do what they've been doing for thirty plus years now – cut taxes more than they cut spending, explode the debt, and weaken the economy. Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on trickle-down.President Obama's plan cuts the debt, honors our values, and brightens the future for our children, our families and our nation. My fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take allsociety you should support the Republican ticket. If you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibilities – a "we're all in it together" society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. If you want every American to vote and you think its wrong to change voting procedures just to reduce the turnout of younger, poorer, minority and disabled voters, you should support Barack Obama. If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama. If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. I love our country –and I know we're coming back. For more than 200 years, through every crisis, we've always come out stronger than we went in. And we will again as long as we do it together. We champion the cause for which our founders pledged their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor –to form a more perfect union.If that's what you believe, if that's what you want, we have to re-elect President Barack Obama.God Bless You – God Bless America.。

We Americans must choose for President one of two strong men who both love our country, but who have very different worldviews: Democrats favor shared responsibility, shared opportunity, and more global cooperation. Republicans favor concentrated wealth an d power, leaving people to fend for themselves and more unilateral action. I think we’re right for two reasons: First, America works better when all people have a chance to live their dreams. Second, we live in an interdependent world in which we can’t kil l, jail, or occupy all our potential adversaries, so we have to both fight terror and build a world with more partners and fewer terrorists. We tried it their way for twelve years, our way for eight, and then their way for four more.By the only test that matters, whether people were better off when we finished than when we started, our way works better—it produced over 22 million good jobs, rising incomes, and 100 times as many people moving out of poverty into the middle class. It produced more health care, the largest increase in college aid in 50 years, record home ownership, a cleaner environment, three surpluses in a row, a modernized defense force, strong efforts against terror, and an America respected as a world leader for peace, security and prosperity.More importantly, we have great new champions in John Kerry and John Edwards. Two good men with wonderful wives—Teresa a generous and wise woman who understands the world we are trying to shape. And Elizabeth, a lawyer and mother who understands the lives we are all trying to lift. Here is what I know about John Kerry. During the Vietnam War, many young men—including the current president, the vice president and me—could have gone to Vietnam but didn’t. John Kerry came from a privileged background an d could have avoided it too. Instead he said, send me.When they sent those swift-boats up the river in Vietnam, and told them their job was to draw hostile fire—to show the American flag and bait the enemy to come out and fight—John Kerry said, send me. When it was time to heal the wounds of war and normalize relations with Vietnam—and to demand an accounting of the POWs and MIAs we lost there—John Kerry said, send me.When we needed someone to push the cause of inner-city kids struggling to avoid a life of crime, or to bring the benefits of high technology to ordinary Americans, or to clean the environment in a way that creates jobs, or to give small businesses a better chance to make it, John Kerry said send me.Tonight my friends, I ask you to join me for the next 100 days in telling John Kerry’s story and promoting his plans. Let every person in this hall and all across America say to him what he has always said to America: Send Me. The bravery that the men who fought by his side saw in battle I’ve se en in the political arena. When I was President, John Kerry showed courage and conviction on crime, on welfare reform, on balancing the budget at a time when those priorities were not exactly a way to win a popularity contest in our party.He took tough positions on tough problems. John Kerry knows who he is and where he’s going. He has the experience, the character, the ideas and the values to be a great President. In a time of change he has two other important qualities: his insatiable curiosity to understand the forces shaping our lives, and a willingness to hear the views even of those who disagree with him. Therefore his choices will be full of both conviction and common sense.He proved that when he picked a tremendous partner in John Edwards. Everybody talks about John Edwards’ energy, intellect, and charisma. The important thing is how he has used his talents to improve the lives of people who—like John himself—had to work hard for all they’ve got. He has always championed the cause of people too often left out or left behind. And that’s what he’ll do as our Vice President.Their opponents will tell you to be afraid of John Kerry and John Edwards, because they won’t stand up to the terrorists—don’t you believe it. Strength and wisdom are not conflicting values—they go hand in hand. John Kerry has both. His first priority will be keeping America safe. Remember the scripture: Be Not Afraid.John Kerry and John Edwards, have good ideas:· To make this economy work again for middle-class Americans;· To restore fiscal responsibility;· To save Social Security; to make healthcare more affordable and college more available; · To free us from dependence on foreign oil and create new jobs in clean energy;· To rally the world to win the war on terror and to make more friends and fewer terrorists.At every turning point in our history we the people have chosen unity over division, heeding our founders’ call to America’s eternal mission: to form a more perfect union, to widen the circle of opportunity, deepen the reach of freedom, and strengthen the bonds of community.It happened because we made the right choices. In the early days of the republic, America was at a crossroads much like it is today, deeply divided over whether or not to build a real nation with a national economy, and a national legal system. We chose a more perfect union.In the Civil War, America was at a crossroads, divided over whether to save the union and end slavery—we chose a more perfect union. In the 1960s, America was at a crossroads, divided again over civil rights and women’s rights. Again, we chose a more perfect union. As I said in 1992, we’re all in this together; we have an obligation both to work hard and to help our fellow citizens, both to fight terror and to build a world with more cooperation and less terror. Now again, it is time to choose.Since we’re all in the same boat, let us chose as the captain of our ship a brave good man who knows how to steer a vessel though troubled waters to the calm seas and clear skies of our more perfect union. We know our mission. Let us join as one and say in a loud, clear voice: Send John Kerry.。

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