Presidential Nomination Acceptance -- Barry Morris Goldwater

Delivered 16 July 1964 • Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA

1964 年 7 月 16 日交付 • 加利福尼亚州旧金山 Cow Palace

My good friend and great Republican , Dick Nixon , and your charming wife , Pat; my running mate , that wonderful Republican who has served us so well for so long , Bill Miller and his wife , Stephanie; to Thurston Morton who ’ s done such a commendable job in chairmaning this Convention; to Mr. Herbert Hoover , who I hope is watching; and to that -- that great American and his wife , General and Mrs. Eisenhower; to my own wife , my family , and to all of my fellow Republicans here assembled , and Americans across this great Nation.

我的好朋友、伟大的共和党人迪克·尼克松和你迷人的妻子帕特；我的竞选搭档，比尔·米勒（Bill Miller）和他的妻子斯蒂芬妮（Stephanie），那位出色的共和党人，长期以来为我们提供了如此出色的服务；瑟斯顿·莫顿 (Thurston Morton) 在主持本次大会方面所做的工作非常值得赞扬；致赫伯特·胡佛先生，我希望他正在观看；以及那位伟大的美国人和他的妻子艾森豪威尔将军和夫人；致我自己的妻子、我的家人、所有在座的共和党同胞以及这个伟大国家的美国人。

From this moment , united and determined , we will go forward together , dedicated to the ultimate and undeniable greatness of the whole man.

从这一刻起，我们将团结一致、坚定不移地共同前进，致力于实现人类最终的、不可否认的伟大。

Together -- Together we will win.

齐心协力——我们将共同胜利。

I accept your nomination with a deep sense of humility.

我怀着深深的谦卑接受你的提名。

I accept , too , the responsibility that goes with it , and I seek your continued help and your continued guidance.

我也接受随之而来的责任，并寻求您继续的帮助和指导。

My fellow Republicans , our cause is too great for any man to feel worthy of it.

我的共和党同胞们，我们的事业太过伟大，任何人都觉得不值得。

Our task would be too great for any man , did he not have with him the hearts and the hands of this great Republican Party , and I promise you tonight that every fiber of my being is consecrated to our cause; that nothing shall be lacking from the struggle that can be brought to it by enthusiasm , by devotion , and plain hard work.

如果没有这个伟大的共和党的心和手，我们的任务对任何人来说都将是艰巨的。今晚我向你们保证，我的每一根纤维都将奉献给我们的事业；通过热情、奉献和艰苦努力而奋斗，一切都不能缺少。

In this world no person , no Party can guarantee anything , but what we can do and what we shall do is to deserve victory , and victory will be ours.

在这个世界上，没有任何人、任何政党可以保证任何事情，但我们能做的和我们应该做的就是值得胜利，胜利将是我们的。

The good Lord raised this mighty Republican -- Republic to be a home for the brave and to flourish as the land of the free -- not to stagnate in the swampland of collectivism , not to cringe before the bullying of communism.

善良的上帝培养了这个强大的共和国——共和国是勇敢者的家园，作为自由的土地而繁荣发展——不是在集体主义的沼泽地停滞不前，不是在共产主义的欺凌面前畏缩。

Now , my fellow Americans , the tide has been running against freedom.

现在，我的美国同胞们，潮流已经在反对自由了。

Our people have followed false prophets.

我们的人民追随了假先知。

We must , and we shall , return to proven ways -- not because they are old , but because they are true.

我们必须而且应该回归行之有效的方法——不是因为它们过时，而是因为它们是正确的。

We must , and we shall , set the tides running again in the cause of freedom.

我们必须而且也必将重新推动自由事业的潮流。

And this party , with its every action , every word , every breath , and every heartbeat , has but a single resolve , and that is freedom -- freedom made orderly for this Nation by our constitutional government; freedom under a government limited by the laws of nature and of nature ’ s God; freedom balanced so that order lacking liberty [sic] will not become the slavery of the prison shell [cell]; balanced so that liberty lacking order will not become the license of the mob and of the jungle.

这个政党的每一个行动、每一句话、每一次呼吸、每一次心跳，都只有一个决心，那就是自由——我们的宪政政府为这个国家带来的有序的自由；政府统治下的自由受到自然法和自然之神的限制；自由平衡，这样缺乏自由的秩序[原文如此]就不会成为监狱外壳[牢房]的奴隶；平衡，这样缺乏秩序的自由就不会成为暴民和丛林的通行证。

Now , we Americans understand freedom.

现在，我们美国人理解了自由。

We have earned it; we have lived for it , and we have died for it.

我们已经赢得了它；我们为之而生，也为之而死。

This Nation and its people are freedom ’ s model in a searching world.

这个国家及其人民是探索世界中自由的典范。

We can be freedom ’ s missionaries in a doubting world.

在充满怀疑的世界中，我们可以成为自由的传教士。

But , ladies and gentlemen , first we must renew freedom ’ s mission in our own hearts and in our own homes.

但是，女士们先生们，首先我们必须在我们自己的心中和我们自己的家中重申自由的使命。

During four futile years , the administration which we shall replace has -- has distorted and lost that vision.

在徒劳的四年里，我们将要取代的政府已经扭曲并失去了这一愿景。

It has talked and talked and talked and talked the words of freedom , but it has failed and failed and failed in the works of freedom.

它一直在谈论自由的话语，但它在自由的事业上失败了、失败了、失败了。

Now , failures cement the wall of shame in Berlin.

现在，失败巩固了柏林的耻辱之墙。

Failures blot the sands of shame at the Bay of Pigs.

失败抹去了猪湾的耻辱。

Failures mark the slow death of freedom in Laos.

失败标志着老挝自由的缓慢消亡。

Failures infest the jungles of Vietnam.

失败充斥着越南的丛林。

And failures haunt the houses of our once great alliances and undermine the greatest bulwark ever erected by free nations -- the NATO community.

失败困扰着我们曾经伟大的联盟，并破坏了自由国家——北约共同体——有史以来建立的最伟大的堡垒。

Failures proclaim lost leadership , obscure purpose , weakening will , and the risk of inciting our sworn enemies to new aggressions and to new excesses.

失败宣告了领导力的丧失、目标的模糊、意志的削弱，以及煽动我们的死敌进行新的侵略和新的暴行的风险。

And because of this administration we are tonight a world divided; we are a Nation becalmed.

由于本届政府，今晚我们的世界变得分裂；我们是一个陷入平静的国家。

We have lost the brisk pace of diversity and the genius of individual creativity.

我们已经失去了多样性的快节奏和个人创造力的天才。

We are plodding along at a pace set by centralized planning , red tape , rules without responsibility , and regimentation without recourse.

我们正以集中计划、繁文缛节、没有责任的规则、没有追索权的管制所设定的节奏缓慢前行。

Rather than useful jobs in our country , our people have been offered bureaucratic “ make work ” ; rather than moral leadership , they have been given bread and circuses.

在我们国家，我们的人民得到的不是有用的工作，而是官僚主义的“工作”。他们得到的不是道德领导，而是面包和马戏团。

They have been given spectacles , and , yes , they ’ ve even been given scandals.

他们被赋予了眼镜，是的，他们甚至被赋予了丑闻。

Tonight , there is violence in our streets , corruption in our highest offices , aimlessness amongst our youth , anxiety among our elders , and there ’ s a virtual despair among the many who look beyond material success for the inner meaning of their lives.

今晚，我们的街道上充斥着暴力，我们的最高办公室里有腐败，我们的年轻人漫无目的，我们的长辈们焦虑不安，而许多超越物质成功而寻求生活内在意义的人则陷入了事实上的绝望。

And where examples of morality should be set , the opposite is seen.

在应该树立道德榜样的地方，却出现了相反的情况。

Small men , seeking great wealth or power , have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

追求巨大财富或权力的小人物常常、也太长时间地将最高水平的公共服务变成了纯粹的个人机会。

Now , certainly , simple honesty is not too much to demand of men in government.

当然，现在对于政府官员来说，简单的诚实并不算太高的要求。

We find it in most.

我们在大多数情况下都能找到它。

Republicans demand it from everyone.

共和党人要求每个人都这样做。

They demand it from everyone no matter how exalted or protected his position might be.

他们要求每个人都这样做，无论他的地位多么崇高或受到保护。

Now the -- the growing menace in our country tonight , to personal safety , to life , to limb and property , in homes , in churches , on the playgrounds , and places of business , particularly in our great cities , is the mounting concern , or should be , of every thoughtful citizen in the United States.

现在，今晚在我们国家，对人身安全、生命、肢体和财产、家庭、教堂、游乐场和商业场所，特别是在我们的大城市，日益严重的威胁是每一个有思想的美国公民越来越关心的问题，或者应该是。

Security from domestic violence , no less than from foreign aggression , is the most elementary and fundamental purpose of any government , and a government that cannot fulfill this purpose is one that cannot long command the loyalty of its citizens.

防止家庭暴力和防止外国侵略一样，是任何政府最基本和最根本的目的，而一个不能实现这一目的的政府就不能长期赢得其公民的忠诚。

History shows us -- it demonstrates that nothing , nothing prepares the way for tyranny more than the failure of public officials to keep the streets safe from bullies and marauders.

历史告诉我们，没有什么比公职人员未能保护街道免遭恶霸和掠夺者的侵害更能为暴政埋下伏笔。

Now , we Republicans see all this as more , much more , than the result of mere political differences or mere political mistakes.

现在，我们共和党人认为这一切不仅仅是政治分歧或政治错误的结果。

We see this as the result of a fundamentally and absolutely wrong view of man , his nature , and his destiny.

我们认为这是对人、他的本性和他的命运的根本和绝对错误的看法的结果。

Those who seek to live your lives for you , to take your liberties in return for relieving you of yours , those who elevate the state and downgrade the citizen must see ultimately a world in which earthly power can be substituted for Divine Will , and this Nation was founded upon the rejection of that notion and upon the acceptance of God as the author of freedom.

那些寻求为你而活、夺取你的自由以换取你的自由的人、那些抬举国家、贬低公民的人最终必须看到一个世俗权力可以取代神圣意志的世界，而这个国家是建立在拒绝这一观念和接受上帝作为自由创造者的基础上的。

Now those who seek absolute power , even though they seek it to do what they regard as good , are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth.

现在，那些寻求绝对权力的人，尽管他们寻求权力是为了做他们认为好的事情，但他们只是要求有权在地球上执行他们自己的天堂版本。

They -- and let me remind you , they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies.

他们——让我提醒你，他们总是制造最地狱般的暴政。

Absolute power does corrupt , and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.

绝对权力确实会腐败，追求绝对权力的人必须受到怀疑和反对。

Their mistaken course stems from false notions , ladies and gentlemen , of equality.

女士们先生们，他们的错误做法源于错误的平等观念。

Equality , rightly understood , as our founding fathers understood it , leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences.

正如我们的开国元勋所理解的那样，正确理解的平等会带来自由和创造性差异的解放。

Wrongly understood , as it has been so tragically in our time , it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.

如果我们错误地理解它，正如我们这个时代所发生的悲剧一样，它首先会导致顺从，然后导致专制。

Fellow Republicans , it is the cause of Republicanism to resist concentrations of power , private or public , which -- which enforce such conformity and inflict such despotism.

共和党同胞们，共和主义的事业就是抵制权力的集中，无论是私人的还是公共的，权力的集中强化了这种顺从，造成了这种专制主义。

It is the cause of Republicanism to ensure that power remains in the hands of the people.

确保权力掌握在人民手中是共和主义的事业。

And , so help us God , that is exactly what a Republican President will do with the help of a Republican Congress.

而且，上帝保佑我们，这正是共和党总统在共和党国会的帮助下会做的事情。

It is further the cause of Republicanism to restore a clear understanding of the tyranny of man over man in the world at large.

共和主义的进一步目标是恢复对整个世界上人对人的暴政的清晰认识。

It is our cause to dispel the foggy thinking which avoids hard decisions in the delusion that a world of conflict will somehow mysteriously resolve itself into a world of harmony , if we just don ’ t rock the boat or irritate the forces of aggression -- and this is hogwash.

我们的目标是消除迷雾思维，这种思维避免了做出艰难决定的错觉，即如果我们不破坏现状或激怒侵略势力，冲突的世界就会以某种方式神秘地自行解决为和谐的世界——这是胡言乱语。

It is further the cause of Republicanism to remind ourselves , and the world , that only the strong can remain free , that only the strong can keep the peace.

共和主义进一步提醒我们自己和世界，只有强者才能保持自由，只有强者才能维护和平。

Now , I needn ’ t remind you , or my fellow Americans regardless of party , that Republicans have shouldered this hard responsibility and marched in this cause before.

现在，我不需要提醒你们，或者我的美国同胞们，无论属于哪个党派，共和党人以前都肩负过这一艰巨的责任，并为这一事业而前进。

It was Republican leadership under Dwight Eisenhower that kept the peace , and passed along to this administration the mightiest arsenal for defense the world has ever known.

正是德怀特·艾森豪威尔领导下的共和党领导维护了和平，并向本届政府传递了世界上最强大的国防武器库。

And I needn ’ t remind you that it was the strength and the [un]believable will of the Eisenhower years that kept the peace by using our strength , by using it in the Formosa Straits and in Lebanon and by showing it courageously at all times.

我不需要提醒你，正是艾森豪威尔时代的力量和令人难以置信的意志，通过使用我们的力量，通过在福尔摩沙海峡和黎巴嫩使用它，并通过在任何时候都勇敢地表现出来，来维持和平。

It was during those Republican years that the thrust of Communist imperialism was blunted.

正是在那些共和时期，共产帝国主义的冲力被削弱了。

It was during those years of Republican leadership that this world moved closer , not to war , but closer to peace , than at any other time in the last three decades.

正是在共和党领导的那些年里，这个世界比过去三十年中的任何时候都更接近和平，而不是战争。

And I needn ’ t remind you -- but I will -- that it ’ s been during Democratic years that our strength to deter war has stood still , and even gone into a planned decline.

我不需要提醒你——但我会提醒你——在民主时期，我们阻止战争的力量一直停滞不前，甚至进入了有计划的衰退。

It has been during Democratic years that we have weakly stumbled into conflict , timidly refusing to draw our own lines against aggression , deceitfully refusing to tell even our people of our full participation , and tragically , letting our finest men die on battlefields , unmarked by purpose , unmarked by pride or the prospect of victory.

正是在民主年代，我们软弱地陷入了冲突，胆怯地拒绝划定我们自己的反侵略路线，甚至欺骗性地拒绝告诉我们的人民我们的充分参与，并且悲惨地让我们最优秀的人死在战场上，没有任何目的，没有骄傲或胜利的前景。

Yesterday , it was Korea.

昨天是韩国。

Tonight , it is Vietnam.

今晚，是越南。

Make no bones of this.

不要小题大做。

Don ’ t try to sweep this under the rug.

不要试图掩盖这一点。

We are at war in Vietnam.

我们在越南正处于战争状态。

And yet the President , who is the Commander-in-Chief of our forces , refuses to say -- refuses to say , mind you , whether or not the objective over there is victory.

然而，作为我们军队的总司令的总统拒绝透露——请注意，拒绝透露那边的目标是否是胜利。

And his Secretary of Defense continues to mislead and misinform the American people , and enough of it has gone by.

他的国防部长继续误导和误导美国人民，而且已经够多了。

And I needn ’ t remind you -- but I will -- it has been during Democratic years that a billion persons were cast into Communist captivity and their fate cynically sealed.

我不需要提醒你——但我会提醒你——在民主时期，有十亿人被共产党囚禁，他们的命运被冷嘲热讽地封印了。

Today -- Today in our beloved country we have an administration which seems eager to deal with communism in every coin known -- from gold to wheat , from consulates to confidences , and even human freedom itself.

今天——今天，在我们深爱的国家，我们的政府似乎急于处理一切已知货币中的共产主义——从黄金到小麦，从领事馆到信任，甚至人类自由本身。

Now the Republican cause demands that we brand communism as the principal disturber of peace in the world today.

现在，共和党的事业要求我们将共产主义视为当今世界和平的主要破坏者。

Indeed , we should brand it as the only significant disturber of the peace , and we must make clear that until its goals of conquest are absolutely renounced and its relations with all nations tempered , communism and the governments it now controls are enemies of every man on earth who is or wants to be free.

事实上，我们应该将其视为唯一严重的和平扰乱者，并且我们必须明确表示，除非它的征服目标被彻底放弃，它与所有国家的关系得到缓和，否则共产主义及其现在控制的政府将是地球上每一个自由或想要自由的人的敌人。

Now , we here in America can keep the peace only if we remain vigilant and only if we remain strong.

现在，我们美国只有保持警惕、保持坚强，才能维持和平。

Only if we keep our eyes open and keep our guard up can we prevent war.

只有擦亮眼睛、提高警惕，才能避免战争。

And I want to make this abundantly clear: I don ’ t intend to let peace or freedom be torn from our grasp because of lack of strength or lack of will -- and that I promise you , Americans.

我想非常清楚地表明这一点：我不打算因为缺乏力量或缺乏意志而让和平或自由从我们手中被夺走——我向你们保证，美国人。

I believe that we must look beyond the defense of freedom today to its extension tomorrow.

我相信，我们的目光必须超越今天捍卫自由的范围，着眼于明天自由的扩展。

I believe that the communism which boasts it will bury us will , instead , give way to the forces of freedom.

我相信，自夸它会埋葬我们的共产主义将会让位于自由的力量。

And I can see in the distant and yet recognizable future the outlines of a world worthy of our dedication , our every risk , our every effort , our every sacrifice along the way.

我可以在遥远但可辨认的未来看到一个世界的轮廓，值得我们奉献、我们一路走来的每一次风险、我们的每一次努力和我们的每一次牺牲。

Yes , a world that will redeem the suffering of those who will be liberated from tyranny.

是的，这个世界将拯救那些从暴政中解放出来的人们的痛苦。

I can see -- and I suggest that all thoughtful men must contemplate -- the flowering of an Atlantic civilization , the whole of Europe reunified and freed , trading openly across its borders , communicating openly across the world.

我可以看到——而且我建议所有有思想的人都必须思考——大西洋文明的繁荣，整个欧洲的统一和自由，公开的跨境贸易，公开的世界各地的交流。

Now , this is a goal far , far more meaningful than a moon shot.

现在，这是一个比登月计划更有意义的目标。

It ’ s a -- It ’ s a truly inspiring goal for all free men to set for themselves during the latter half of the twentieth century.

这是二十世纪下半叶所有自由人为自己设定的真正鼓舞人心的目标。

I can also see -- and all free men must thrill to -- the events of this Atlantic civilization joined by its great ocean highway to the United States.

我还可以看到——所有自由人都必须为之兴奋——这个大西洋文明的事件及其通往美国的伟大海洋高速公路。

What a destiny!

多么命运啊！

What a destiny can be ours to stand as a great central pillar linking Europe , the Americas , and the venerable and vital peoples and cultures of the Pacific.

作为连接欧洲、美洲以及太平洋地区古老而充满活力的人民和文化的伟大中心支柱，我们的命运是多么美好啊。

I can see a day when all the Americas , North and South , will be linked in a mighty system , a system in which the errors and misunderstandings of the past will be submerged one by one in a rising tide of prosperity and interdependence.

我可以预见有一天，所有美洲，无论南北，都将在一个强大的体系中联系在一起，在这个体系中，过去的错误和误解将被一一淹没在不断上涨的繁荣和相互依存的浪潮中。

We know that the misunderstandings of centuries are not to be wiped away in a day or wiped away in an hour.

我们知道，几个世纪的误解不是一天就能消除的，也不是一个小时就能消除的。

But we pledge , we pledge that human sympathy -- what our neighbors to the South call an attitude of "simpático" -- no less than enlightened self ’ -interest will be our guide.

但我们保证，我们保证，人类的同情心——我们的南方邻国称之为“和蔼可亲”的态度——不亚于开明的自身利益将成为我们的指南。

And I can see this Atlantic civilization galvanizing and guiding emergent nations everywhere.

我可以看到这种大西洋文明正在激励和指导世界各地的新兴国家。

Now I know this freedom is not the fruit of every soil.

现在我知道这种自由并不是每片土地都能结出的果实。

I know that our own freedom was achieved through centuries , by unremitting efforts of brave and wise men.

我知道，我们自己的自由是几个世纪以来，通过勇敢和智者的不懈努力而实现的。

And I know that the road to freedom is a long and a challenging road.

我知道，通往自由的道路是一条漫长而充满挑战的道路。

And I know also that some men may walk away from it , that some men resist challenge , accepting the false security of governmental paternalism.

我还知道，有些人可能会放弃它，有些人会抵制挑战，接受政府家长式作风的虚假安全感。

And I -- And I pledge that the America I envision in the years ahead will extend its hand in health , in teaching and in cultivation , so that all new nations will be at least encouraged -- encouraged!

我——我保证，我所设想的美国在未来几年将在健康、教育和耕种方面伸出援助之手，以便所有新国家至少会受到鼓励——受到鼓励！

-- to go our way , so that they will not wander down the dark alleys of tyranny or the dead-end streets of collectivism.

——走我们的路，这样他们就不会在暴政的黑暗小巷或集体主义的死胡同里徘徊。

My fellow Republicans , we do no man a service by hiding freedom ’ s light under a bushel of mistaken humility.

我的共和党同胞们，我们将自由之光隐藏在错误的谦卑之下，对人类没有任何帮助。

I seek an America proud of its past , proud of its ways , proud of its dreams , and determined actively to proclaim them.

我寻求一个为其过去感到自豪、为自己的方式感到自豪、为自己的梦想感到自豪并决心积极宣扬这些梦想的美国。

But our example to the world must , like charity , begin at home.

但我们为世界树立的榜样必须像慈善事业一样从国内开始。

In our vision of a good and decent future , free and peaceful , there must be room , room for deliberation of the energy and the talent of the individual; otherwise our vision is blind at the outset.

在我们对美好、体面、自由、和平的未来的愿景中，必须有充分发挥个人精力和才能的空间；否则我们的愿景从一开始就是盲目的。

We must assure a society here which , while never abandoning the needy or forsaking the helpless , nurtures incentives and opportunities for the creative and the productive.

我们必须确保这里的社会在永不抛弃贫困者或无助者的同时，为创造性和生产力提供激励和机会。

We must know the whole good is the product of many single contributions.

我们必须知道，整体的美好是许多单一贡献的产物。

And I cherish a day when our children once again will restore as heroes the sort of men and women who , unafraid and undaunted , pursue the truth , strive to cure disease , subdue and make fruitful our natural environment and produce the inventive engines of production , science , and technology.

我珍惜这一天，我们的子孙将再次恢复英雄般的男男女女，他们无所畏惧，无所畏惧，追求真理，努力治愈疾病，征服和使我们的自然环境富有成效，并创造出生产、科学和技术的创造性引擎。

This Nation , whose creative people have enhanced this entire span of history , should again thrive upon the greatness of all those things which we , we as individual citizens , can and should do.

这个国家，其富有创造力的人民增强了整个历史的跨度，应该再次依靠我们作为公民个体能够而且应该做的所有这些伟大的事情而繁荣发展。

And during Republican years , this again will be a nation of men and women , of families proud of their role , jealous of their responsibilities , unlimited in their aspirations -- a Nation where all who can will be self-reliant.

在共和时期，这将再次成为一个男人和女人、家庭为自己的角色感到自豪、嫉妒自己的责任、无限的抱负的国家——一个所有有能力的人都将自力更生的国家。

We Republicans see in our constitutional form of government the great framework which assures the orderly but dynamic fulfillment of the whole man , and we see the whole man as the great reason for instituting orderly government in the first place.

我们共和党人在我们的宪法政府形式中看到了一个伟大的框架，它确保了整个人有序而充满活力的实现，并且我们将整个人视为首先建立有序政府的重要原因。

We see -- We see in private property and an economy based upon and fostering private property , the one way to make government a durable ally of the whole man , rather than his determined enemy.

我们看到——我们看到，在私有财产和以私有财产为基础并促进私有财产的经济中，这是使政府成为整个人的持久盟友而不是他的坚定敌人的唯一途径。

We see in the sanctity of private property the only durable foundation for constitutional government in a free society.

我们认为私有财产的神圣性是自由社会宪政的唯一持久基础。

And -- And beyond that , we see , in cherished diversity of ways , diversity of thoughts , of motives and accomplishments.

而且——除此之外，我们还看到了值得珍视的多样性的方式、多样性的思想、多样性的动机和成就。

We don ’ t seek to lead anyone ’ s life for him.

我们不寻求为任何人过他的生活。

We only seek -- only seek to secure his rights , guarantee him opportunity -- guarantee him opportunity to strive , with government performing only those needed and constitutionally sanctioned tasks which cannot otherwise be performed.

我们只寻求——只寻求确保他的权利，保证他的机会——保证他有奋斗的机会，而政府只执行那些需要的和宪法认可的任务，否则这些任务就无法完成。

We Republicans seek a government that attends to its inherent responsibilities of maintaining a stable monetary and fiscal climate , encouraging a free and a competitive economy and enforcing law and order.

我们共和党人寻求一个能够履行其固有责任的政府，即维持稳定的货币和财政环境、鼓励自由和竞争性的经济以及执行法律和秩序。

Thus , do we seek inventiveness , diversity , and creative difference within a stable order , for we Republicans define government ’ s role where needed at many , many levels -- preferably , though , the one closest to the people involved.

因此，我们是否在稳定的秩序中寻求创造性、多样性和创造性差异，因为我们共和党人在许多、许多层面上根据需要定义政府的角色——不过，最好是最接近所涉及的人民的角色。

Our towns and our cities , then our counties , then our states , then our regional compacts -- and only then , the national government.

我们的城镇和城市，然后是我们的县，然后是我们的州，然后是我们的地区契约——然后是国家政府。

That , let me remind you , is the ladder of liberty , built by decentralized power.

让我提醒你，这是自由的阶梯，是由分散的权力建造的。

On it also we must have balance between the branches of government at every level.

在这方面，我们还必须在各级政府部门之间保持平衡。

Balance , diversity , creative difference: These are the elements of the Republican equation.

平衡、多样性、创造性差异：这些是共和党方程式的要素。

Republicans agree -- Republicans agree heartily to disagree on many , many of their applications , but we have never disagreed on the basic fundamental issues of why you and I are Republicans.

共和党人同意——共和党人衷心同意在他们的许多申请上存在分歧，但我们从未在你我为何是共和党人的基本问题上存在分歧。

This is a Party.

这是一个派对。

This Republican Party is a Party for free men , not for blind followers , and not for conformists.

这个共和党是自由人的政党，不是盲目追随者的政党，也不是墨守成规的政党。

In fact , in 1858 Abraham Lincoln said this of the Republican party -- and I quote him , because he probably could have said it during the last week or so: “ It was composed of strange , discordant , and even hostile elements ” -- end of the quote -- in 1958 [sic; 1858].

事实上，亚伯拉罕·林肯 (Abraham Lincoln) 在 1858 年对共和党说过这样的话——我引用他的话，因为他可能在上周左右说过这样的话：“它是由奇怪的、不和谐的、甚至是敌对的元素组成的”——引文结尾——在 1958 年[原文如此； 1858]。

Yet -- Yet all of these elements agreed on one paramount objective: To arrest the progress of slavery , and place it in the course of ultimate extinction.

然而——然而，所有这些因素都同意一个最重要的目标：阻止奴隶制的发展，并将其置于最终灭绝的境地。

Today , as then , but more urgently and more broadly than then , the task of preserving and enlarging freedom at home and of safeguarding it from the forces of tyranny abroad is great enough to challenge all our resources and to require all our strength.

今天，与当时一样，但比当时更紧迫、更广泛，维护和扩大国内自由以及保卫自由免受国外暴政势力侵害的任务艰巨，足以挑战我们所有的资源，需要我们全力以赴。

Anyone who joins us in all sincerity , we welcome.

我们欢迎任何有诚意的人加入我们。

Those who do not care for our cause , we don ’ t expect to enter our ranks in any case.

那些不关心我们事业的人，我们无论如何也别想加入我们的行列。

And -- And let our Republicanism , so focused and so dedicated , not be made fuzzy and futile by unthinking and stupid labels.

并且——让我们如此专注和奉献的共和主义，不要被不假思索和愚蠢的标签变得模糊和徒劳。

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.

我想提醒您，捍卫自由的极端主义并不是罪恶。

And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

我还要提醒大家，追求正义时的节制并不是美德。

The -- The beauty of the very system we Republicans are pledged to restore and revitalize , the beauty of this Federal system of ours is in its reconciliation of diversity with unity.

我们共和党人承诺恢复和振兴的制度的美妙之处在于它能够调和多样性与统一性。

We must not see malice in honest differences of opinion , and no matter how great , so long as they are not inconsistent with the pledges we have given to each other in and through our Constitution.

我们决不能在诚实的意见分歧中看到恶意，无论分歧有多大，只要它们不违背我们在宪法中并通过宪法向彼此作出的承诺。

Our Republican cause is not to level out the world or make its people conform in computer regimented sameness.

我们共和党的事业并不是要让世界变得平坦，也不是要让人们遵守计算机控制的千篇一律。

Our Republican cause is to free our people and light the way for liberty throughout the world.

我们的共和事业是解放我们的人民并照亮全世界的自由之路。

Ours is a very human cause for very humane goals.

我们的事业是一项非常人性化的事业，旨在实现非常人道的目标。

This Party , its good people , and its unquenchable devotion to freedom , will not fulfill the purposes of this campaign , which we launch here and now , until our cause has won the day , inspired the world , and shown the way to a tomorrow worthy of all our yesteryears.

这个党、它的优秀人民以及它对自由的不屈不挠的奉献，将无法实现我们此时此地发起的这场运动的目的，除非我们的事业赢得胜利，激励世界，并为我们所有过去的明天指明道路。

I repeat , I accept your nomination with humbleness , with pride , and you and I are going to fight for the goodness of our land.

我再说一遍，我谦虚、自豪地接受你的提名，你和我将为我们土地的美好而奋斗。