河河亭铁板烧让我们继续---林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊演讲(英文)

2021年1月17日发(作者：企业人力资源管理论文)
L
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B
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J
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Let Us Continue
delivered 27 November 1963

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House, Members of the Senate, my
fellow Americans:

All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today.

The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time.
Today, John Fitzgerald Kennedy lives on in the immortal words and works that he
left behind. He lives on in the mind and memories of mankind. He lives on in the
hearts of his countrymen. No words are sad enough to express our sense of loss. No
words are strong enough to express our determination to continue the forward
thrust of America that he began.

The dream of conquering the vastness of space, the dream of partnership across the
Atlantic -- and across the Pacific as well -- the dream of a Peace Corps in less
developed nations, the dream of education for all of our children, the dream of jobs
for all who seek them and need them, the dream of care for our elderly, the dream
of an all-out attack on mental illness, and above all, the dream of equal rights for all
Americans, whatever their race or color. These and other American dreams have
been vitalized by his drive and by his dedication. And now the ideas and the ideals
which he so nobly represented must and will be translated into effective action.

Under John Kennedy's leadership, this nation has demonstrated that it has the
courage to seek peace, and it has the fortitude to risk war. We have proved that we
are a good and reliable friend to those who seek peace and freedom. We have shown
that we can also be a formidable foe to those who reject the path of peace and those
who seek to impose upon us or our allies the yoke of tyranny. This nation will keep
its commitments from South Vietnam to West Berlin. We will be unceasing in the
search for peace, resourceful in our pursuit of areas of agreement -- even with those
with whom we differ -- and generous and loyal to those who join with us in common
cause.

In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must
recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint. We must
be prepared at one and the same time for both the confrontation of power and the
limitation of power. We must be ready to defend the national interest and to
negotiate the common interest. This is the path that we shall continue to pursue.
Those who test our courage will find it strong, and those who seek our friendship will
find it honorable. We will demonstrate anew that the strong can be just in the use of
strength, and the just can be strong in the defense of justice.

And let all know we will extend no special privilege and impose no persecution. We
will carry on the fight against poverty, and misery, and disease, and ignorance, in
other lands and in our own. We will serve all the nation, not one section or one
sector, or one group, but all Americans.

These are the United States: A united people with a united purpose.

Our American unity does not depend upon unanimity. We have differences; but now,
as in the past, we can derive from those differences strength, not weakness,
wisdom, not despair. Both as a people and a government, we can unite upon a
program, a program which is wise and just, enlightened and constructive.

For 32 years Capitol Hill has been my home. I have shared many moments of pride
with you, pride in the ability of the Congress of the United States to act, to meet any
crisis, to distill from our differences strong programs of national action. An
assassin's bullet has thrust upon me the awesome burden of the Presidency. I am
here today to say I need your help. I cannot bear this burden alone. I need the help
of all Americans, and all America.

This nation has experienced a profound shock, and in this critical moment, it is our
duty, yours and mine, as the Government of the United States, to do away with
uncertainty and doubt and delay, and to show that we are capable of decisive action;
that from the brutal loss of our leader we will derive not weakness, but strength;
that we can and will act and act now.

From this chamber of representative government, let all the world know and none
misunderstand that I rededicate this Government to the unswerving support of the
United Nations, to the honorable and determined execution of our commitments to
our allies, to the maintenance of military strength second to none, to the defense of
the strength and the stability of the dollar, to the expansion of our foreign trade, to
the reinforcement of our programs of mutual assistance and cooperation in Asia and
Africa, and to our Alliance for Progress in this hemisphere.

On the 20th day of January, in 19 and 61, John F. Kennedy told his countrymen that
our national work would not be finished
this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.