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And nor am I afraid that the precious two-party system is in danger. Certainly the Republican Party looked brutally alive a couple of weeks ago — and I mean both Republican parties. Nor am I afraid that the Democratic Party is old and fat and indolent. After a hundred and fifty years, it has been old for a long time, and it will never be indolent, as long as it looks f...
To an Administration that would savage student loans and education at the dawn of a new technological age, we say: You fit the classic definition of a cynic; you know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.To our students and their parents, we say: We will insist on the highest standards of excellence, because the jobs of the future require skilled minds.To young ...
If the fear is corruption in official position, do you believe with Charles Evans Hughes that guild is personal and knows no Party? Do you doubt the power of any political leader, if he has the will too do so, to set his own house in order without his neighbors having to burn it down? What does concern me, in common with thinking partisans of both parties, is not just winnin...
It was obvious that their minds were made up in advance. Those who recall the fumbling and groping that followed President Johnson's dramatic disclosure of his intention not to seek another term have seen these men in a genuine state of nonpreparedness. This was not it. One commentator twice contradicted the President's statement about the exchange of correspondence ...
For better or for worse, your generation has been appointed by history to deal with those problems and to lead America toward a new age. You have the chance never before afforded to any people in any age. You can help build a society where the demands of morality, and the needs of the spirit, can be realized in the life of the Nation. So, will you join in the battle to give ...
I have asked the Merciful Father — the Father of us all — to let this cup pass from me, but from such dread[ed]responsibility one does not shrink in fear, in self-interest, or in false humility. So, "If this cup may not pass from me," I — "except I drink it, Thy will be done." That my heart has been troubled, that I have not sought this ...
Hello Everybody. 大家好！ For the past couple months, I've been working with people in both parties—with the help of business leaders and ordinary Americans—to come together around a plan to grow the economy and shrink our deficits. 在过去的两个月里，在商界领袖们与美国民众的帮助下，我与两党合作，在经济增长与削减赤字方面达成了一致的议案。 It's a balanced plan—one that...
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgi...
Well, I just want to not only welcome Secretary General Rasmussen to my hometown of Chicago — my understanding is he’s already enjoyed some of the sights, 嗯,我想不仅仅是欢迎秘书长拉斯穆森来到我的家乡芝加哥,我的理解是他喜欢这里的一些风景, and we were hearing about him jogging along the lake and appreciating the outstanding views and the skyline — but more importa...
Tonight I want to discuss the importance of the television news medium to the American people. No nation depends more on the intelligent judgment of its citizens. No medium has a more profound influence over public opinion. Nowhere in our system are there fewer checks on vast power. So, nowhere should there be more conscientious responsibility exercised than by the news medi...
And, my friends even more important than winning the election is governing the nation. That is the test of a political party, the acid, final test. When the tumult and the shouting die, when the bands are gone and the lights are dimmed, there is the stark reality of responsibility in an hour of history haunted with those gaunt, grim specters of strife, dissension,and materia...
This week, I spent some time talking with college students about how we can make higher education more affordable. 本周,我花了一些时间和大学生谈论如何才能使高等教育更能负担得起。 And one of the things I told them was how proud I was that they were making that investment in themselves – because in today’s economy, the best predictor of success is a good education. 我告诉他们...
One minute of Eldrige Cleaver is worth 10 minutes of Roy Wilkins. The labor crisis settled at the negotiating table is nothing compared to the confrontation that results in a strike — or better yet, violence along the picket lines. Normality has become the nemesis of the network news.Now the upshot of all this controversy is that a narrow and distorted picture of Ameri...
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.我们学到的知识越多，认识到的无知就越多。—–肯尼迪 In this 1962 speech given at Rice University in Houston, Texas, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed America's commitment to landing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. The President spoke in philosophical terms about the need to ...
Like my friend Warren Buffet, 就像我的朋友沃伦·布非一样， I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. 我为每天都能做自己热爱的事情而感到无比幸运。 He calls it "tap-dancing to work." 他称之为“踢踏舞工作”。 My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever, 我在微软的工作永远充满挑战， but what makes me "tap-dance to work" is when we ...
It has now been three months since the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut. 自康涅狄格州新城的惨剧发生已经过去三个月。 Three months since we lost 20 innocent children and six dedicated adults who had so much left to give. 三个月前，我们失去了20名无辜的孩子和6位热心教育事业未竟的老师。 Three months since we, as Americans, began asking ourselves if we're really doing eno...
One single years of primary eudcation invested in one kid means 10 to 20 percent increase in the wages in their adult life. For every dollar invested in early childhood development programs, that same child will give back 17 dollars. So yeah, education also boosts economic growth. 对孩子们投入一年的基础教育意味着他们成年后的工资水平会增长10%—20%。在早期儿童教育中，当时1美元...
So here’s my final story: 以下是我要说的最后一个故事： On a day like today, 就像今天的某一日， you might feel exhilarated—like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon at the circus—and even invincible. 你们可能感到欣喜若狂,就像你刚从马戏团的大炮口被射了出来——甚至更加所向无敌。 Don’t ever forget that incredible feeling. 绝不要忘了那种难以名状的美妙感觉。 But also: always rememb...
My third story is about death. 我的第三个故事是关于死亡 When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of ...
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. 今天与你们一起参加世界上最好的大学之一的毕业典礼，我感到很...