The Evil Empire -- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Delivered 8 March 1983 Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel • Orlando, Florida
1983 年 3 月 8 日交付佛罗里达州奥兰多喜来登双子塔酒店
And , Reverend Clergy all , Senator Hawkins , distinguished members of the Florida congressional delegation , and all of you: I can ’ t tell you how you have warmed my heart with your welcome.
各位神职人员牧师、霍金斯参议员、尊敬的佛罗里达州国会代表团成员以及你们所有人：我无法告诉你们你们的欢迎是如何温暖了我的心。
I ’ m delighted to be here today.
我很高兴今天来到这里。
Those of you in the National Association of Evangelicals are known for your spiritual and humanitarian work.
全国福音派协会的成员因你们的精神和人道主义工作而闻名。
And I would be especially remiss if I didn ’ t discharge right now one personal debt of gratitude.
如果我现在不履行个人的一份感激之情，那我就特别失职了。
Thank you for your prayers.
感谢您的祈祷。
Nancy and I have felt their presence many times in many ways.
南希和我在很多方面多次感受到他们的存在。
And believe me , for us they ’ ve made all the difference.
相信我，对我们来说，他们改变了一切。
The other day in the East Room of the White House at a meeting there , someone asked me whether I was aware of all the people out there who were praying for the President.
有一天，在白宫东厅举行的一次会议上，有人问我是否知道外面所有为总统祈祷的人。
And I had to say , “ Yes , I am.
我不得不说：“是的，我是。”
I ’ ve felt it.
我已经感觉到了。
I believe in intercessionary [sic] prayer.
我相信代祷[原文如此]。
” But I couldn ’ t help but say to that questioner after he ’ d asked the question that -- or at least say to them that if sometimes when he was praying he got a busy signal , it was just me in there ahead of him.
” 但在提问者问完这个问题后，我忍不住对他说——或者至少对他们说，如果有时他在祈祷时收到占线信号，那么只有我在他前面。
I think I understand how Abraham Lincoln felt when he said , “ I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.
我想我理解亚伯拉罕·林肯的感受，他说：“我多次被压倒性的信念驱使跪下，因为我无处可去。
” From the joy and the good feeling of this conference , I go to a political reception.
” 怀着这次会议的喜悦和美好感觉，我去参加了一个政治招待会。
Now , I don ’ t know why , but that bit of scheduling reminds me of a story which I ’ ll share with you.
现在，我不知道为什么，但是这个日程安排让我想起了我将与你们分享的一个故事。
An evangelical minister and a politician arrived at Heaven ’ s gate one day together.
有一天，一位福音派牧师和一位政治家一起来到了天堂之门。
And St. Peter , after doing all the necessary formalities , took them in hand to show them where their quarters would be.
圣彼得在办完所有必要的手续后，牵着他们的手，向他们展示了他们的住处。
And he took them to a small , single room with a bed , a chair , and a table and said this was for the clergyman.
他把他们带到一个小单间，里面有一张床、一把椅子和一张桌子，并说这是给牧师的。
And the politician was a little worried about what might be in store for him.
这位政客有点担心他可能会面临什么。
And he couldn ’ t believe it then when St. Peter stopped in front of a beautiful mansion with lovely grounds , many servants , and told him that these would be his quarters.
当圣彼得在一座美丽的宅邸前停下来时，他简直不敢相信，这座宅邸有可爱的庭院和许多仆人，并告诉他这将是他的住所。
And he couldn ’ t help but ask , he said , “ But wait , how -- there ’ s something wrong -- how do I get this mansion while that good and holy man only gets a single room?
他忍不住问，他说，“但是等等，怎么——有什么问题——我怎么才能得到这座豪宅，而那个善良而神圣的人却只能得到一个房间？
” And St. Peter said , “ You have to understand how things are up here.
” 圣彼得说：“你必须了解这里的情况。
We ’ ve got thousands and thousands of clergy.
我们有成千上万的神职人员。
You ’ re the first politician who ever made it.
你是第一个成功的政治家。
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But I don ’ t want to contribute to a stereotype.
但我不想助长刻板印象。
So I tell you there are a great many God-fearing , dedicated , noble men and women in public life , present company included.
所以我告诉你们，在公共生活中，包括现在的公司里，有很多敬畏上帝、奉献精神、高尚的男女。
And yes , we need your help to keep us ever-mindful of the ideas and the principles that brought us into the public arena in the first place.
是的，我们需要您的帮助，让我们时刻牢记最初将我们带入公共舞台的想法和原则。
The basis of those ideals and principles is a commitment to freedom and personal liberty that , itself is grounded in the much deeper realization that freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought and humbly accepted.
这些理想和原则的基础是对自由和个人自由的承诺，而这种承诺本身是基于更深刻的认识，即只有在热切地寻求和谦卑地接受上帝的祝福时，自由才会繁荣。
The American experiment in democracy rests on this insight.
美国的民主实验就是建立在这种洞察之上的。
Its discovery was the great triumph of our Founding Fathers , voiced by William Penn when he said: “ If we will not be governed by God , we must be governed by tyrants.
它的发现是我们开国元勋们的伟大胜利，威廉·佩恩说：“如果我们不接受上帝的统治，我们就必须接受暴君的统治。
” Explaining the inalienable rights of men , Jefferson said , “ The God who gave us life , gave us liberty at the same time.
杰斐逊在解释人类不可剥夺的权利时说：“上帝赋予了我们生命，同时也赋予了我们自由。
” And it was George Washington who said that “ of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity , religion and morality are indispensable supports.
” 乔治·华盛顿曾说过：“在导致政治繁荣的一切性格和习惯中，宗教和道德是不可或缺的支撑。
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And finally , that shrewdest of all observers of American democracy , Alexis de Tocqueville , put it eloquently after he had gone on a search for the secret of America ’ s greatness and genius -- and he said: “ Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the greatness and the genius of America.
最后，美国民主最精明的观察家亚历克西斯·德·托克维尔在探寻美国伟大和天才的秘密之后，雄辩地说：“直到我走进美国的教堂，听到她的讲坛上燃烧着正义，我才明白美国的伟大和天才。
America is good.
美国很好。
And if America ever ceases to be good , America will cease to be great.
如果美国不再善良，美国也将不再伟大。
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Well , I ’ m pleased to be here today with you who are keeping America great by keeping her good.
好吧，我很高兴今天能和你们在一起，你们通过保持美国的良好状态来保持美国的伟大。
Only through your work and prayers and those of millions of others can we hope to survive this perilous century and keep alive this experiment in liberty , this last , best hope of man.
只有通过你们以及数百万人的努力和祈祷，我们才有希望在这个危险的世纪中生存下来，并保持这一自由实验的活力，这是人类最后、最好的希望。
I want you to know that this administration is motivated by a political philosophy that sees the greatness of America in you , her people , and in your families , churches , neighborhoods , communities: the institutions that foster and nourish values like concern for others and respect for the rule of law under God.
我想让你们知道，本届政府是受一种政治哲学推动的，这种政治哲学在你们、她的人民以及你们的家庭、教堂、邻里、社区中看到了美国的伟大：这些机构培育和滋养了诸如关心他人和尊重上帝之下的法治等价值观。
Now , I don ’ t have to tell you that this puts us in opposition to , or at least out of step with , a -- a prevailing attitude of many who have turned to a modern-day secularism , discarding the tried and time-tested values upon which our very civilization is based.
现在，我不必告诉你，这使我们反对，或者至少与许多人转向现代世俗主义的普遍态度，抛弃了我们文明赖以存在的久经考验的价值观。
No matter how well intentioned , their value system is radically different from that of most Americans.
无论意图多么好，他们的价值体系与大多数美国人的价值体系截然不同。
And while they proclaim that they ’ re freeing us from superstitions of the past , they ’ ve taken upon themselves the job of superintending us by government rule and regulation.
虽然他们宣称他们正在将我们从过去的迷信中解放出来，但他们却承担起了通过政府规则和监管来监督我们的工作。
Sometimes their voices are louder than ours , but they are not yet a majority.
有时他们的声音比我们大，但他们还不是大多数。
An example of that vocal superiority is evident in a controversy now going on in Washington.
这种声音优势的一个例子在华盛顿正在进行的一场争议中显而易见。
And since I ’ m involved I ’ ve been waiting to hear from the parents of young America.
自从我参与其中以来，我一直在等待美国年轻人父母的消息。
How far are they willing to go in giving to government their prerogatives as parents?
他们愿意在多大程度上将作为父母的特权交给政府？
Let me state the case as briefly and simply as I can.
让我尽可能简短地陈述一下这个情况。
An organization of citizens , sincerely motivated , deeply concerned about the increase in illegitimate births and abortions involving girls well below the age of consent , some time ago established a nationwide network of clinics to offer help to these girls and , hopefully , alleviate this situation.
一个由公民组成的组织，出于真诚的动机，深切关注远低于同意年龄的女孩非法生育和堕胎的增加，不久前建立了一个全国性的诊所网络，为这些女孩提供帮助，并希望能够缓解这种情况。
Now , again , let me say , I do not fault their intent.
现在，我再说一遍，我并没有责怪他们的意图。
However , in their well-intentioned effort , these clinics decided to provide advice and birth control drugs and devices to underage girls without the knowledge of their parents.
然而，出于善意的努力，这些诊所决定在未成年女孩父母不知情的情况下向她们提供建议以及节育药物和设备。
For some years now , the federal government has helped with funds to subsidize these clinics.
多年来，联邦政府一直提供资金来补贴这些诊所。
In providing for this , the Congress decreed that every effort would be made to maximize parental participation.
为此，国会颁布法令，将尽一切努力最大限度地提高家长的参与度。
Nevertheless , the drugs and devices are prescribed without getting parental consent or giving notification after they ’ ve done so.
然而，这些药物和设备是在没有得到父母同意或在使用后发出通知的情况下开出的。
Girls termed “ sexually active ” -- and that has replaced the word “ promiscuous ” -- are given this help in order to prevent illegitimate birth or abortion.
被称为“性活跃”的女孩——这已经取代了“滥交”这个词——得到了这种帮助，以防止非婚生或堕胎。
Well , we have ordered clinics receiving federal funds to notify the parents such help has been given.
嗯，我们已命令接受联邦资金的诊所通知家长已提供此类帮助。
One of the nation ’ s leading newspapers has created the term “ squeal rule ” in editorializing against us for doing this , and we ’ re being criticized for violating the privacy of young people.
美国一家主要报纸在针对我们这样做的社论中创造了“尖叫规则”一词，我们因侵犯年轻人的隐私而受到批评。
A judge has recently granted an injunction against an enforcement of our rule.
一位法官最近颁布了一项禁令，禁止执行我们的规则。
I ’ ve watched TV panel shows discuss this issue , seen columnists pontificating on our error , but no one seems to mention morality as playing a part in the subject of sex.
我看过电视专题节目讨论这个问题，看到专栏作家对我们的错误进行武断，但似乎没有人提到道德在性主题中发挥着作用。
Is all of Judeo-Christian tradition wrong?
犹太教和基督教的传统都是错误的吗？
Are we to believe that something so sacred can be looked upon as a purely physical thing with no potential for emotional and psychological harm?
我们是否应该相信如此神圣的东西可以被视为纯粹的物理事物，没有潜在的情感和心理伤害？
And isn ’ t it the parents' right to give counsel and advice to keep their children from making mistakes that may affect their entire lives?
父母难道没有权利提供忠告和建议，防止孩子犯下可能影响一生的错误吗？
Many of us in government would like to know what parents think about this intrusion in their family by government.
我们政府中的许多人都想知道家长们对政府对家庭的这种侵犯有何看法。
We ’ re going to fight in the courts.
我们将在法庭上进行斗争。
The right of parents and the rights of family take precedence over those of Washington-based bureaucrats and social engineers.
父母的权利和家庭的权利优先于华盛顿的官僚和社会工程师的权利。
But the fight against parental notification is really only one example of many attempts to water down traditional values and even abrogate the original terms of American democracy.
但反对家长通知的斗争实际上只是许多淡化传统价值观、甚至废除美国民主的原始条款的尝试之一。
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
当宗教充满活力并且上帝的法治得到承认时，自由就会繁荣。
When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment , they sought to protect churches from government interference.
当我们的开国元勋通过第一修正案时，他们试图保护教会免受政府干预。
They never intended to construct a wall of hostility between government and the concept of religious belief itself.
他们从来没有打算在政府和宗教信仰概念本身之间筑起一道敌对之墙。
The evidence of this permeates our history and our government.
这一点的证据渗透到我们的历史和我们的政府中。
The Declaration of Independence mentions the Supreme Being no less than four times.
《独立宣言》至少四次提到至高无上者。
“ In God We Trust ” is engraved on our coinage.
“我们信仰上帝”被刻在我们的硬币上。
The Supreme Court opens its proceedings with a religious invocation.
最高法院以宗教祈求开始审理程序。
And the members of Congress open their sessions with a prayer.
国会议员以祈祷开始会议。
I just happen to believe the schoolchildren of the United States are entitled to the same privileges as Supreme Court justices and congressmen.
我只是碰巧相信美国的学童有权享受与最高法院法官和国会议员相同的特权。
Last year , I sent the Congress a constitutional amendment to restore prayer to public schools.
去年，我向国会提交了一项宪法修正案，要求恢复公立学校的祈祷活动。
Already this session , there ’ s growing bipartisan support for the amendment , and I am calling on the Congress to act speedily to pass it and to let our children pray.
在本届会议上，两党对修正案的支持已经越来越多，我呼吁国会迅速采取行动通过它，并让我们的孩子们祈祷。
Perhaps some of you read recently about the Lubbock school case , where a judge actually ruled that it was unconstitutional for a school district to give equal treatment to religious and nonreligious student groups , even when the group meetings were being held during the students' own time.
也许你们中的一些人最近读到了拉伯克学校案件，其中一名法官实际上裁定学区给予宗教和非宗教学生团体平等待遇是违宪的，即使团体会议是在学生自己的时间举行的。
The First Amendment never intended to require government to discriminate against religious speech.
第一修正案从未打算要求政府歧视宗教言论。
Senators Denton and Hatfield have proposed legislation in the Congress on the whole question of prohibiting discrimination against religious forms of student speech.
参议员丹顿和哈特菲尔德已在国会提议就禁止歧视学生言论宗教形式的整个问题立法。
Such legislation could go far to restore freedom of religious speech for public school students.
此类立法可以大大恢复公立学校学生的宗教言论自由。
And I hope the Congress considers these bills quickly.
我希望国会尽快考虑这些法案。
And with your help , I think it ’ s possible we could also get the constitutional amendment through the Congress this year.
在你们的帮助下，我认为我们今年也有可能让宪法修正案在国会获得通过。
More than a decade ago , a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children.
十多年前，最高法院的一项裁决彻底抹去了五十个州保护未出生儿童权利的法规。
Abortion on demand now takes the lives of up to one and a half million unborn children a year.
现在，按需堕胎每年夺去多达五十万名未出生婴儿的生命。
Human life legislation ending this tragedy will someday pass the Congress , and you and I must never rest until it does.
结束这场悲剧的人命立法总有一天会在国会获得通过，在此之前你和我绝不能休息。
Unless and until it can be proven that the unborn child is not a living entity , then its right to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness must be protected.
除非能够证明未出生的孩子不是生命体，否则其生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利必须受到保护。
You may remember that when abortion on demand began , many , and indeed , I ’ m sure many of you , warned that the practice would lead to a decline in respect for human life , that the philosophical premises used to justify abortion on demand would ultimately be used to justify other attacks on the sacredness of human life -- infanticide or mercy killing.
你可能还记得，当按需堕胎开始时，许多人，事实上，我相信你们中的许多人，警告说，这种做法将导致对人类生命的尊重下降，用于证明按需堕胎合理性的哲学前提最终将被用来为其他对人类生命神圣性的攻击——杀婴或安乐死——辩护。
Tragically enough , those warnings proved all too true.
可悲的是，这些警告被证明是千真万确的。
Only last year a court permitted the death by starvation of a handicapped infant.
就在去年，法院允许一名残疾婴儿因饥饿而死亡。
I have directed the Health and Human Services Department to make clear to every health care facility in the United States that the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects all handicapped persons against discrimination based on handicaps , including infants.
我已指示卫生与公众服务部向美国每家医疗保健机构明确表示，1973 年《康复法案》保护所有残疾人，包括婴儿，免受基于残疾的歧视。
And we have taken the further step of requiring that each and every recipient of federal funds who provides health care services to infants must post and keep posted in a conspicuous place a notice stating that “ discriminatory failure to feed and care for handicapped infants in this facility is prohibited by federal law.
我们还采取了进一步的措施，要求每一个为婴儿提供医疗保健服务的联邦资金接受者都必须在显眼的地方张贴并保持这样的通知，说明“联邦法律禁止在该设施中歧视性地未能喂养和照顾残疾婴儿。”
” It also lists a twenty-four-hour; toll-free number so that nurses and others may report violations in time to save the infant ’ s life.
” 它还列出了二十四小时；免费电话号码，以便护士和其他人员及时举报违规行为，挽救婴儿的生命。
In addition , recent legislation introduced by -- in the Congress by Representative Henry Hyde of Illinois not only increases restrictions on publicly financed abortions , it also addresses this whole problem of infanticide.
此外，伊利诺伊州众议员亨利·海德最近在国会提出的立法不仅增加了对公共资助堕胎的限制，还解决了整个杀婴问题。
I urge the Congress to begin hearings and to adopt legislation that will protect the right of life to all children , including the disabled or handicapped.
我敦促国会开始听证会并通过立法，保护所有儿童，包括残疾人的生命权。
Now , I ’ m sure that you must get discouraged at times , but there you ’ ve done better than you know , perhaps.
现在，我确信你有时一定会感到沮丧，但也许你做得比你想象的要好。
There ’ s a great spiritual awakening in America , a renewal of the traditional values that have been the bedrock of America ’ s goodness and greatness.
美国正在经历一场伟大的精神觉醒，传统价值观正在复兴，而这些价值观一直是美国善良和伟大的基石。
One recent survey by a Washington-based research council concluded that Americans were far more religious than the people of other nations; 95 percent of those surveyed expressed a belief in God and a huge majority believed the Ten Commandments had real meaning in their lives.
华盛顿研究委员会最近的一项调查得出的结论是，美国人比其他国家的人民更加虔诚。 95% 的受访者表示相信上帝，绝大多数人相信十诫在他们的生活中具有真正的意义。
And another study has found that an overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of adultery , teenage sex , pornography , abortion , and hard drugs.
另一项研究发现，绝大多数美国人不赞成通奸、青少年性行为、色情、堕胎和毒品。
And this same study showed a deep reverence for the importance of family ties and religious belief.
这项研究还显示了对家庭关系和宗教信仰重要性的深深敬意。
I think the items that we ’ ve discussed here today must be a key part of the nation ’ s political agenda.
我认为我们今天在这里讨论的项目一定是国家政治议程的关键部分。
For the first time the Congress is openly and seriously debating and dealing with the prayer and abortion issues and that ’ s enormous progress right there.
国会第一次公开、认真地辩论和处理祈祷和堕胎问题，这是巨大的进步。
I repeat: America is in the midst of a spiritual awakening and a moral renewal.
我再说一遍：美国正处于精神觉醒和道德更新之中。
And with your biblical keynote , I say today , “ Yes , let justice roll on like a river , righteousness like a never-failing stream.
今天，我以你的圣经基调说：“是的，让正义像河流一样滚滚，正义像永不枯竭的溪流一样。”
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Now , obviously , much of this new political and social consensus I ’ ve talked about is based on a positive view of American history , one that takes pride in our country ’ s accomplishments and record.
现在，显然，我谈到的这种新的政治和社会共识很大程度上是基于对美国历史的积极看法，这种看法对我们国家的成就和记录感到自豪。
But we must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man.
但我们决不能忘记，任何政府计划都无法使人变得完美。
We know that living in this world means dealing with what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or , as theologians would put it , the doctrine of sin.
我们知道，生活在这个世界上意味着要面对哲学家所说的邪恶现象学，或者用神学家的话说，罪孽的教义。
There is sin and evil in the world , and we ’ re enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might.
世界上存在罪恶和罪恶，圣经和主耶稣吩咐我们要竭尽全力反对它。
Our nation , too , has a legacy of evil with which it must deal.
我们的国家也有必须处理的邪恶遗产。
The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past.
这片土地的荣耀在于它有能力超越我们过去的道德罪恶。
For example , the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights , once a source of disunity and civil war is now a point of pride for all Americans.
例如，少数族裔公民争取平等权利的长期斗争曾经是不团结和内战的根源，现在却成为所有美国人的骄傲。
We must never go back.
我们绝不能回去。
There is no room for racism , anti-Semitism , or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.
这个国家没有种族主义、反犹太主义或其他形式的民族和种族仇恨的空间。
I know that you ’ ve been horrified , as have I , by the resurgence of some hate groups preaching bigotry and prejudice.
我知道你和我一样，对一些宣扬偏执和偏见的仇恨团体的死灰复燃感到震惊。
Use the mighty voice of your pulpits and the powerful standing of your churches to denounce and isolate these hate groups in our midst.
利用你们讲坛的强大声音和你们教会的强大地位来谴责和孤立我们中间的这些仇恨团体。
The commandment given us is clear and simple: “ Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
给我们的诫命简单明了：“你要爱人如己。
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But whatever sad episodes exist in our past , any objective observer must hold a positive view of American history , a history that has been the story of hopes fulfilled and dreams made into reality.
但无论我们的过去存在什么悲伤的事件，任何客观的观察者都必须对美国历史抱有积极的看法，这是一部充满希望、梦想成为现实的历史。
Especially in this century , America has kept alight the torch of freedom , but not just for ourselves but for millions of others around the world.
特别是在本世纪，美国一直点燃着自由的火炬，不仅是为了我们自己，也是为了全世界数百万人。
And this brings me to my final point today.
这就是我今天的最后一点。
During my first press conference as president , in answer to a direct question , I pointed out that , as good Marxist-Leninists , the Soviet leaders have openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is that which will further their cause , which is world revolution.
在我担任主席的第一次新闻发布会上，在回答一个直接问题时，我指出，作为优秀的马克思列宁主义者，苏联领导人公开宣称，他们所承认的唯一道德是能够推进他们的事业的道德，即世界革命。
I think I should point out I was only quoting Lenin , their guiding spirit , who said in 1920 that they repudiate all morality that proceeds from supernatural ideas -- that ’ s their name for religion -- or ideas that are outside class conceptions.
我想我应该指出，我只是引用了他们的精神领袖列宁的话，列宁在 1920 年说过，他们否认所有源自超自然思想（这是他们对宗教的称呼）或阶级观念之外的思想的道德。
Morality is entirely subordinate to the interests of class war.
道德完全服从阶级战争的利益。
And everything is moral that is necessary for the annihilation of the old , exploiting social order and for uniting the proletariat.
消灭旧有、剥削社会秩序和团结无产阶级所必需的一切都是道德的。
Well , I think the refusal of many influential people to accept this elementary fact of Soviet doctrine illustrates a historical reluctance to see totalitarian powers for what they are.
嗯，我认为许多有影响力的人拒绝接受苏联学说的这一基本事实，说明了历史上不愿看到极权主义权力的本质。
We saw this phenomenon in the 1930s.
我们在 20 世纪 30 年代就看到了这种现象。
We see it too often today.
今天我们经常看到这种情况。
This doesn ’ t mean we should isolate ourselves and refuse to seek an understanding with them.
这并不意味着我们应该孤立自己并拒绝寻求与他们的理解。
I intend to do everything I can to persuade them of our peaceful intent , to remind them that it was the West that refused to use its nuclear monopoly in the forties and fifties for territorial gain and which now proposes 50 percent cut in strategic ballistic missiles and the elimination of an entire class of land-based , intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
我打算尽我所能说服他们我们的和平意图，提醒他们，是西方拒绝利用四五十年代的核垄断来获取领土，现在又提议削减50%的战略弹道导弹，并消除一整类陆基中程核导弹。
At the same time , however , they must be made to understand we will never compromise our principles and standards.
但与此同时，必须让他们明白我们绝不会妥协我们的原则和标准。
We will never give away our freedom.
我们永远不会放弃我们的自由。
We will never abandon our belief in God.
我们永远不会放弃对神的信仰。
And we will never stop searching for a genuine peace.
我们永远不会停止寻求真正的和平。
But we can assure none of these things America stands for through the so-called nuclear freeze solutions proposed by some.
但我们无法通过一些人提出的所谓核冻结解决方案来保证美国所代表的这些事情。
The truth is that a freeze now would be a very dangerous fraud , for that is merely the illusion of peace.
事实上，现在的冻结将是一个非常危险的骗局，因为那只是和平的幻想。
The reality is that we must find peace through strength.
现实是我们必须通过力量找到和平。
I would agree to a freeze if only we could freeze the Soviets' global desires.
如果我们能够冻结苏联的全球欲望，我就会同意冻结。
A freeze at current levels of weapons would remove any incentive for the Soviets to negotiate seriously in Geneva and virtually end our chances to achieve the major arms reductions which we have proposed.
冻结目前的武器水平将消除苏联在日内瓦认真谈判的任何动力，并实际上终止我们实现我们所提议的大规模军备削减的机会。
Instead , they would achieve their objectives through the freeze.
相反，他们将通过冻结来实现他们的目标。
A freeze would reward the Soviet Union for its enormous and unparalleled military buildup.
冻结将奖励苏联庞大且无与伦比的军事建设。
It would prevent the essential and long overdue modernization of United States and allied defenses and would leave our aging forces increasingly vulnerable.
它将阻碍美国及其盟国防御系统早该实现的重要现代化，并使我们日益老化的军队变得越来越脆弱。
And an honest freeze would require extensive prior negotiations on the systems and numbers to be limited and on the measures to ensure effective verification and compliance.
诚实的冻结需要就限制系统和数量以及确保有效验证和合规的措施进行广泛的事先谈判。
And the kind of a freeze that has been suggested would be virtually impossible to verify.
而所建议的那种冻结几乎不可能得到验证。
Such a major effort would divert us completely from our current negotiations on achieving substantial reductions.
如此重大的努力将使我们完全偏离当前关于实现大幅削减的谈判。
A number of years ago , I heard a young father , a very prominent young man in the entertainment world , addressing a tremendous gathering in California.
几年前，我听到一位年轻的父亲，一位娱乐界非常杰出的年轻人，在加利福尼亚州的一次大型聚会上发表讲话。
It was during the time of the cold war , and communism and our own way of life were very much on people ’ s minds.
那是在冷战时期，共产主义和我们自己的生活方式非常受到人们的关注。
And he was speaking to that subject.
他正在谈论这个话题。
And suddenly , though , I heard him saying , “ I love my little girls more than anything.
但突然间，我听到他说：“我爱我的小女儿胜过一切。
” And I said to myself , “ Oh , no , don ’ t.
” 我对自己说，“哦，不，不要。
You can ’ t -- don ’ t say that.
你不能——别这么说。
” But I had underestimated him.
” 但我还是低估了他。
He went on: “ I would rather see my little girls die now; still believing in God , than have them grow up under communism and one day die no longer believing in God.
他接着说：“我宁愿看到我的小女儿们现在死去，仍然相信上帝，也不愿让她们在共产主义下长大，有一天死去时不再相信上帝。
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There were thousands of young people in that audience.
观众中有数千名年轻人。
They came to their feet with shouts of joy.
他们欢呼雀跃地站起来。
They had instantly recognized the profound truth in what he had said , with regard to the physical and the soul and what was truly important.
他们立即认识到了他所说的关于身体和灵魂以及真正重要的深刻真理。
Yes , let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness.
是的，让我们为所有生活在极权主义黑暗中的人们祈祷。
Pray they will discover the joy of knowing God.
祈祷他们会发现认识上帝的喜乐。
But until they do , let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the State , declare its omnipotence over individual man , and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the earth , they are the focus of evil in the modern world.
但在他们这样做之前，让我们意识到，虽然他们鼓吹国家至高无上，宣称国家对个人拥有无所不能，并预测国家最终统治地球上所有人民，但他们却是现代世界邪恶的焦点。
It was C.S.
是 C.S.
Lewis who , in his unforgettable Screw Tape Letters , wrote: “ The greatest evil is not done now in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint.
刘易斯在他令人难忘的《螺丝带信件》中写道：“最大的罪恶现在还没有发生在狄更斯喜欢画的那些肮脏的‘犯罪窝点’里。
It is not even done in concentration camps and labor camps.
甚至在集中营和劳改营里也没有这样做。
In those we see its final result.
在这些中我们看到了它的最终结果。
But it is conceived and ordered; moved , seconded , carried and minuted in clear , carpeted , warmed , and well-lighted offices , by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice.
但它是被构思和命令的；在干净、铺着地毯、温暖且光线充足的办公室里，由白领、指甲剪短、脸颊刮得光滑的安静男人搬家、借调、搬运和记录，他们不需要提高声音。
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Well , because these quiet men do not raise their voices , because they sometimes speak in soothing tones of brotherhood and peace , because , like other dictators before them , they ’ re always making “ their final territorial demand , ” some would have us accept them at their word and accommodate ourselves to their aggressive impulses.
好吧，因为这些安静的人不会提高声音，因为他们有时会用兄弟情谊与和平的舒缓语气说话，因为像他们之前的其他独裁者一样，他们总是提出“他们最后的领土要求”，所以有些人会让我们接受他们的诺言并适应他们的侵略冲动。
But if history teaches anything , it teaches that simpleminded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
但如果说历史有什么教训的话，那就是对我们的对手采取简单的绥靖政策或一厢情愿的想法是愚蠢的。
It means the betrayal of our past , the squandering of our freedom.
这意味着对我们过去的背叛，对我们自由的挥霍。
So , I urge you to speak out against those who would place the United States in a position of military and moral inferiority.
因此，我敦促你们公开反对那些将美国置于军事和道德劣势地位的人。
You know , I ’ ve always believed that old Screw Tape reserved his best efforts for those of you in the Church.
你知道，我一直相信老螺丝带把他最好的努力留给了你们教会里的人。
So , in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals , I urge you to beware the temptation of pride --the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault , to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire , to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.
因此，在你们讨论核冻结提案时，我敦促你们提防骄傲的诱惑，即高调地宣称自己凌驾于一切之上并给双方贴上同样的错误标签的诱惑，无视历史事实和邪恶帝国的侵略冲动，简单地将军备竞赛称为巨大的误解，从而使自己脱离是非善恶的斗争。
I ask you to resist the attempts of those who would have you withhold your support for our efforts , this administration ’ s efforts , to keep America strong and free , while we negotiate real and verifiable reductions in the world ’ s nuclear arsenals and one day , with God ’ s help , their total elimination.
我请你们抵制那些想让你们停止支持我们的努力、本届政府为保持美国的强大和自由而做出的努力的人的企图，同时我们将就世界核武库的真正和可核查的削减进行谈判，并有一天在上帝的帮助下将其彻底消除。
While America ’ s military strength is important , let me add here that I ’ ve always maintained that the struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets , by armies or military might.
虽然美国的军事实力很重要，但让我在这里补充一点，我一直认为，世界上正在发生的斗争永远不会由炸弹或火箭、军队或军事力量来决定。
The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root , it is a test of moral will and faith.
我们今天面临的真正危机是精神危机。从根本上来说，这是对道德意志和信仰的考验。
Whittaker Chambers , the man whose own religious conversion made him a witness to one of the terrible traumas of our time , the Hiss-Chambers case , wrote that the crisis of the Western world exists to the degree in which the West is indifferent to God , the degree to which it collaborates in communism ’ s attempt to make man stand alone without God.
惠特克·钱伯斯（Whittaker Chambers）的宗教皈依使他亲眼目睹了我们这个时代可怕的创伤之一——希斯-钱伯斯案，他写道，西方世界的危机存在程度取决于西方对上帝的冷漠程度，以及西方世界与共产主义合作的程度，试图让人类在没有上帝的情况下独立存在。
And then he said , for Marxism-Leninism is actually the second-oldest faith , first proclaimed in the Garden of Eden with the words of temptation , “ Ye shall be as gods.
然后他说，因为马克思列宁主义实际上是第二古老的信仰，首先是在伊甸园里用诱惑的话语宣布的，“你们将如神一样。”
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The Western world can answer this challenge , he wrote , “ but only provided that its faith in God and the freedom He enjoins is as great as communism ’ s faith in Man.
他写道，西方世界可以应对这一挑战，“但前提是它对上帝及其所赋予的自由的信仰与共产主义对人类的信仰一样伟大。
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I believe we shall rise to the challenge.
我相信我们一定会迎接挑战。
I believe that communism is another sad , bizarre chapter in human history whose last -- last pages even now are being written.
我相信，共产主义是人类历史上又一个悲伤而奇异的篇章，它的最后一页甚至现在正在被书写。
I believe this because the source of our strength in the quest for human freedom is not material , but spiritual.
我相信这一点，因为我们追求人类自由的力量源泉不是物质的，而是精神的。
And because it knows no limitation , it must terrify and ultimately triumph over those who would enslave their fellow man.
因为它没有任何限制，所以它必须恐吓并最终战胜那些想要奴役其同胞的人。
For in the words of Isaiah:
因为用以赛亚的话来说：
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increase[th] strength.
他赐力量给软弱的人；对于那些没有力量的人，他会增加他们的力量。
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary.
但那等候耶和华的，必从新得力；他们必如鹰展翅上腾；他们奔跑，并不困倦。
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Yes , change your world.
是的，改变你的世界。
One of our Founding Fathers , Thomas Paine , said , “ We have it within our power to begin the world over again.
我们的开国元勋之一托马斯·潘恩说：“我们有能力重新开始这个世界。
” We can do it , doing together what no one church could do by itself.
“我们可以做到，一起做任何一个教会单独做不到的事情。