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Remarks by President Trump at South Dakota’s 2020 Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration | Keystone, South Dakota THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. And Governor Noem, Secretary Bernhardt — very much appreciate it — members of Congress, distinguished guests, and a very special hello to South Dakota. (Applause.) As we begin this Fourth of July weekend, the First Lady and I wish each and every one of you a very, very Happy Independence Day. Thank you. (Applause.) Let us show our appreciation to the South Dakota Army and Air National Guard, and the U.S. Air Force for inspiring us with that magnificent display of American air power — (applause) –and of course, our gratitude, as always, to the legendary and very talented Blue Angels. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Let us also send our deepest thanks to our wonderful veterans, law enforcement, first responders, and the doctors, nurses, and scientists working tirelessly to kill the virus. They’re working hard. (Applause.) I want to thank them very, very much. We’re grateful as well to your state’s Congressional delegation: Senators John Thune — John, thank you very much — (applause) — Senator Mike Rounds — (applause) — thank you, Mike — and Dusty Johnson, Congressman. Hi, Dusty. Thank you. (Applause.) And all others with us tonight from Congress, thank you very much for coming. We appreciate it. There could be no better place to celebrate America’s independence than beneath this magnificent, incredible, majestic mountain and monument to the greatest Americans who have ever lived. Today, we pay tribute to the exceptional lives and extraordinary legacies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. (Applause.) I am here as your President to proclaim before the country and before the world: This monument will never be desecrated — (applause) — these heroes will never be defaced, their legacy will never, ever be destroyed, their achievements will never be forgotten, and Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and to our freedom. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! THE PRESIDENT: We gather tonight to herald the most important day in the history of nations: July 4th, 1776. At those words, every American heart should swell with pride. Every American family should cheer with delight. And every American patriot should be filled with joy, because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world, and it will soon be greater than ever before. (Applause.) Our Founders launched not only a revolution in government, but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of America. And no people have done more to promote human progress than the citizens of our great nation. (Applause.) It was all made possible by the courage of 56 patriots who gathered in Philadelphia 244 years ago and signed the Declaration of Independence. (Applause.) They enshrined a divine truth that changed the world forever when they said: “…all men are created equal.” These immortal words set in motion the unstoppable march of freedom. Our Founders boldly declared that we are all endowed with the same divine rights — given [to] us by our Creator in Heaven. And that which God has given us, we will allow no one, ever, to take away — ever. (Applause.) Seventeen seventy-six represented the culmination of thousands of years of western civilization and the triumph not only of spirit, but of wisdom, philosophy, and reason. And yet, as we meet here tonight, there is a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for, struggled, they bled to secure. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children. AUDIENCE: Booo — THE PRESIDENT: Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our Founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities. Many of these people have no idea why they are doing this, but some know exactly what they are doing. They think the American people are weak and soft and submissive. But no, the American people are strong and proud, and they will not allow our country, and all of its values, history, and culture, to be taken from them. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! THE PRESIDENT: One of their political weapons is “Cancel Culture” — driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to our culture and our values, and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America. (Applause.) This attack on our liberty, our magnificent liberty, must be stopped, and it will be stopped very quickly. We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nation’s children, end this radical assault, and preserve our beloved American way of life. (Applause.) In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished. It’s not going to happen to us. (Applause.) Make no mistake: this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In so doing, they would destroy the very civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence, and hunger, and that lifted humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery, and progress. To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Not on my watch! (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: True. That’s very true, actually. (Laughter.) That is why I am deploying federal law enforcement to protect our monuments, arrest the rioters, and prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! THE PRESIDENT: I am pleased to report that yesterday, federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. — (applause) — and, in addition, hundreds more have been arrested. (Applause.) Under the executive order I signed last week — pertaining to the Veterans’ Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act and other laws — people who damage or deface federal statues or monuments will get a minimum of 10 years in prison. (Applause.) And obviously, that includes our beautiful Mount Rushmore. (Applause.) Our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, abolitionists, and many others. The violent mayhem we have seen in the streets of cities that are run by liberal Democrats, in every case, is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism, and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country, and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes, but that were villains. The radical view of American history is a web of lies — all perspective is removed, every virtue is obscured, every motive is twisted, every fact is distorted, and every flaw is magnified until the history is purged and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition. This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore. They defile the memory of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. Today, we will set history and history’s record straight. (Applause.) Before these figures were immortalized in stone, they were American giants in full flesh and blood, gallant men whose intrepid deeds unleashed the greatest leap of human advancement the world has ever known. Tonight, I will tell you and, most importantly, the youth of our nation, the true stories of these great, great men. From head to toe, George Washington represented the strength, grace, and dignity of the American people. From a small volunteer force of citizen farmers, he created the Continental Army out of nothing and rallied them to stand against the most powerful military on Earth. Through eight long years, through the brutal winter at Valley Forge, through setback after setback on the field of battle, he led those patriots to ultimate triumph. When the Army had dwindled to a few thousand men at Christmas of 1776, when defeat seemed absolutely certain, he took what remained of his forces on a daring nighttime crossing of the Delaware River. They marched through nine miles of frigid darkness, many without boots on their feet, leaving a trail of blood in the snow. In the morning, they seized victory at Trenton. After forcing the surrender of the most powerful empire on the planet at Yorktown, General Washington did not claim power, but simply returned to Mount Vernon as a private citizen. When called upon again, he presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and was unanimously elected our first President. (Applause.) When he stepped down after two terms, his former adversary King George called him “the greatest man of the age.” He remains first in our hearts to this day. For as long as Americans love this land, we will honor and cherish the father of our country, George Washington. (Applause.) He will never be removed, abolished, and most of all, he will never be forgotten. (Applause.) Thomas Jefferson — the great Thomas Jefferson — was 33 years old when he traveled north to Pennsylvania and brilliantly authored one of the greatest treasures of human history, the Declaration of Independence. He also drafted Virginia’s constitution, and conceived and wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a model for our cherished First Amendment. After serving as the first Secretary of State, and then Vice President, he was elected to the Presidency. He ordered American warriors to crush the Barbary pirates, he doubled the size of our nation with the Louisiana Purchase, and he sent the famous explorers Lewis and Clark into the west on a daring expedition to the Pacific Ocean. He was an architect, an inventor, a diplomat, a scholar, the founder of one of the world’s great universities, and an ardent defender of liberty. Americans will forever admire the author of American freedom, Thomas Jefferson. (Applause.) And he, too, will never, ever be abandoned by us. (Applause.) Abraham Lincoln, the savior of our union, was a self-taught country lawyer who grew up in a log cabin on the American frontier. The first Republican President, he rose to high office from obscurity, based on a force and clarity of his anti-slavery convictions. Very, very strong convictions. He signed the law that built the Transcontinental Railroad; he signed the Homestead Act, given to some incredible scholars — as simply defined, ordinary citizens free land to settle anywhere in the American West; and he led the country through the darkest hours of American history, giving every ounce of strength that he had to ensure that government of the people, by the people, and for the people did not perish from this Earth. (Applause.) He served as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces during our bloodiest war, the struggle that saved our union and extinguished the evil of slavery. Over 600,000 died in that war; more than 20,000 were killed or wounded in a single day at Antietam. At Gettysburg, 157 years ago, the Union bravely withstood an assault of nearly 15,000 men and threw back Pickett’s charge. Lincoln won the Civil War; he issued the Emancipation Proclamation; he led the passage of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery for all time — (applause) — and ultimately, his determination to preserve our nation and our union cost him his life. For as long as we live, Americans will uphold and revere the immortal memory of President Abraham Lincoln. (Applause.) Theodore Roosevelt exemplified the unbridled confidence of our national culture and identity. He saw the towering grandeur of America’s mission in the world and he pursued it with overwhelming energy and zeal. As a Lieutenant Colonel during the Spanish-American War, he led the famous Rough Riders to defeat the enemy at San Juan Hill. He cleaned up corruption as Police Commissioner of New York City, then served as the Governor of New York, Vice President, and at 42 years old, became the youngest-ever President of the United States. (Applause.) He sent our great new naval fleet around the globe to announce America’s arrival as a world power. He gave us many of our national parks, including the Grand Canyon; he oversaw the construction of the awe-inspiring Panama Canal; and he is the only person ever awarded both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was — (applause) — American freedom personified in full. The American people will never relinquish the bold, beautiful, and untamed spirit of Theodore Roosevelt. (Applause.) No movement that seeks to dismantle these treasured American legacies can possibly have a love of America at its heart. Can’t have it. No person who remains quiet at the destruction of this resplendent heritage can possibly lead us to a better future. The radical ideology attacking our country advances under the banner of social justice. But in truth, it would demolish both justice and society. It would transform justice into an instrument of division and vengeance, and it would turn our free and inclusive society into a place of repression, domination, and exclusion. They want to silence us, but we will not be silenced. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We will state the truth in full, without apology: We declare that the United States of America is the most just and exceptional nation ever to exist on Earth. We are proud of the fact — (applause) — that our country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and we understand — (applause) — that these values have dramatically advanced the cause of peace and justice throughout the world. We know that the American family is the bedrock of American life. (Applause.) We recognize the solemn right and moral duty of every nation to secure its borders. (Applause.) And we are building the wall. (Applause.) We remember that governments exist to protect the safety and happiness of their own people. A nation must care for its own citizens first. We must take care of America first. It’s time. (Applause.) We believe in equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion, and creed. Every child, of every color — born and unborn — is made in the holy image of God. (Applause.) We want free and open debate, not speech codes and cancel culture. We embrace tolerance, not prejudice. We support the courageous men and women of law enforcement. (Applause.) We will never abolish our police or our great Second Amendment, which gives us the right to keep and bear arms. (Applause.) We believe that our children should be taught to love their country, honor our history, and respect our great American flag. (Applause.) We stand tall, we stand proud, and we only kneel to Almighty God. (Applause.) This is who we are. This is what we believe. And these are the values that will guide us as we strive to build an even better and greater future. Those who seek to erase our heritage want Americans to forget our pride and our great dignity, so that we can no longer understand ourselves or America’s destiny. In toppling the heroes of 1776, they seek to dissolve the bonds of love and loyalty that we feel for our country, and that we feel for each other. Their goal is not a better America, their goal is the end of America. AUDIENCE: Booo — THE PRESIDENT: In its place, they want power for themselves. But just as patriots did in centuries past, the American people will stand in their way — and we will win, and win quickly and with great dignity. (Applause.) We will never let them rip America’s heroes from our monuments, or from our hearts. By tearing down Washington and Jefferson, these radicals would tear down the very heritage for which men gave their lives to win the Civil War; they would erase the memory that inspired those soldiers to go to their deaths, singing these words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic: “As He died to make men Holy, let us die to make men free, while God is marching on.” (Applause.) They would tear down the principles that propelled the abolition of slavery in America and, ultimately, around the world, ending an evil institution that had plagued humanity for thousands and thousands of years. Our opponents would tear apart the very documents that Martin Luther King used to express his dream, and the ideas that were the foundation of the righteous movement for Civil Rights. They would tear down the beliefs, culture, and identity that have made America the most vibrant and tolerant society in the history of the Earth. My fellow Americans, it is time to speak up loudly and strongly and powerfully and defend the integrity of our country. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! THE PRESIDENT: It is time for our politicians to summon the bravery and determination of our American ancestors. It is time. (Applause.) It is time to plant our flag and protect the greatest of this nation, for citizens of every race, in every city, and every part of this glorious land. For the sake of our honor, for the sake of our children, for the sake of our union, we must protect and preserve our history, our heritage, and our great heroes. (Applause.) Here tonight, before the eyes of our forefathers, Americans declare again, as we did 244 years ago: that we will not be tyrannized, we will not be demeaned, and we will not be intimidated by bad, evil people. It will not happen. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! THE PRESIDENT: We will proclaim the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, and we will never surrender the spirit and the courage and the cause of July 4th, 1776. Upon this ground, we will stand firm and unwavering. In the face of lies meant to divide us, demoralize us, and diminish us, we will show that the story of America unites us, inspires us, includes us all, and makes everyone free. We must demand that our children are taught once again to see America as did Reverend Martin Luther King, when he said that the Founders had signed “a promissory note” to every future generation. Dr. King saw that the mission of justice required us to fully embrace our founding ideals. Those ideals are so important to us — the founding ideals. He called on his fellow citizens not to rip down their heritage, but to live up to their heritage. (Applause.) Above all, our children, from every community, must be taught that to be American is to inherit the spirit of the most adventurous and confident people ever to walk the face of the Earth. Americans are the people who pursued our Manifest Destiny across the ocean, into the uncharted wilderness, over the tallest mountains, and then into the skies and even into the stars. We are the country of Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Frederick Douglass. We are the land of Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill Cody. (Applause.) We are the nation that gave rise to the Wright Brothers, the Tuskegee Airmen — (applause) — Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Jesse Owens, George Patton — General George Patton — the great Louie Armstrong, Alan Shepard, Elvis Presley, and Mohammad Ali. (Applause.) And only America could have produced them all. (Applause.) No other place. We are the culture that put up the Hoover Dam, laid down the highways, and sculpted the skyline of Manhattan. We are the people who dreamed a spectacular dream — it was called: Las Vegas, in the Nevada desert; who built up Miami from the Florida marsh; and who carved our heroes into the face of Mount Rushmore. (Applause.) Americans harnessed electricity, split the atom, and gave the world the telephone and the Internet. We settled the Wild West, won two World Wars, landed American astronauts on the Moon — and one day very soon, we will plant our flag on Mars. We gave the world the poetry of Walt Whitman, the stories of Mark Twain, the songs of Irving Berlin, the voice of Ella Fitzgerald, the style of Frank Sinatra — (applause) — the comedy of Bob Hope, the power of the Saturn V rocket, the toughness of the Ford F-150 — (applause) — and the awesome might of the American aircraft carriers. Americans must never lose sight of this miraculous story. You should never lose sight of it, because nobody has ever done it like we have done it. So today, under the authority vested in me as President of the United States — (applause) — I am announcing the creation of a new monument to the giants of our past. I am signing an executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live. (Applause.) From this night and from this magnificent place, let us go forward united in our purpose and re-dedicated in our resolve. We will raise the next generation of American patriots. We will write the next thrilling chapter of the American adventure. And we will teach our children to know that they live in a land of legends, that nothing can stop them, and that no one can hold them down. (Applause.) They will know that in America, you can do anything, you can be anything, and together, we can achieve anything. (Applause.) Uplifted by the titans of Mount Rushmore, we will find unity that no one expected; we will make strides that no one thought possible. This country will be everything that our citizens have hoped for, for so many years, and that our enemies fear — because we will never forget that American freedom exists for American greatness. And that’s what we have: American greatness. (Applause.) Centuries from now, our legacy will be the cities we built, the champions we forged, the good we did, and the monuments we created to inspire us all. My fellow citizens: America’s destiny is in our sights. America’s heroes are embedded in our hearts. America’s future is in our hands. And ladies and gentlemen: the best is yet to come. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: USA! USA! USA! THE PRESIDENT: This has been a great honor for the First Lady and myself to be with you. I love your state. I love this country. I’d like to wish everybody a very happy Fourth of July. To all, God bless you, God bless your families, God bless our great military, and God bless America. Thank you very much. (Applause.) 发布日期:2020年7月4日,南达科他州Keystone 总统:非常感谢。州长诺姆、国务卿伯恩哈特——非常感谢——国会议员、贵宾们,并向南达科他州致以特别的问候。(掌声) 在7月4日这个周末开始之际,我和第一夫人祝愿你们每一个人独立日快乐。谢谢。(掌声) 让我们向南达科他州陆军和空军国民警卫队以及美国空军表示感谢,感谢他们出色地展示了美国的空中力量——(掌声)——当然,我们也一如既往地感谢传奇的、才华横溢的蓝天使。非常感谢。(掌声) 让我们也向我们出色的退伍军人、执法人员、急救人员以及为消灭病毒而不懈努力的医生、护士和科学家致以最深切的感谢。他们正在努力工作。(掌声)我要非常非常感谢他们。 我们也感谢你们州的国会代表团:参议员约翰·图恩-约翰,非常感谢-(掌声)-参议员迈克·朗兹-(掌声。 在这座壮丽、令人难以置信、雄伟的山下,没有比这座纪念有史以来最伟大的美国人的纪念碑更适合庆祝美国独立的地方了。 今天,我们向乔治·华盛顿、托马斯·杰斐逊、亚伯拉罕·林肯和泰迪·罗斯福的杰出一生和非凡遗产致敬,他们的成就永远不会被忘记,拉什莫尔山将永远屹立不倒,成为对我们祖先和自由的永恒致敬。(掌声) 观众:美国!美国!美国! 总统:今晚,我们聚集在一起,为各国历史上最重要的一天:1776年7月4日做准备。听到这句话,每个美国人的心中都应该充满自豪。每个美国家庭都应该高兴地欢呼。每个美国爱国者都应该充满喜悦,因为你们每个人都生活在世界历史上最壮丽的国家,它很快就会比以往任何时候都更伟大。(掌声) 我们的缔造者不仅发动了一场政府革命,而且发动了一次追求正义、平等、自由和繁荣的革命。没有哪个国家比美利坚合众国在改善人类状况方面做得更多。没有哪个人民比我们伟大国家的公民在促进人类进步方面做得更多。(掌声) 244年前,56名爱国者聚集在费城,签署了《独立宣言》,他们的勇气使这一切成为可能。(掌声)他们信奉一个神圣的真理,永远改变了世界,他们说:“……人人生而平等。” 这些不朽的话语启动了势不可挡的自由之旅。我们的创始人大胆地宣称,我们都被赋予了同样的神圣权利,这是我们在天堂的创造者赋予我们的。上帝赋予我们的权利,我们永远不会允许任何人夺走。(掌声) 1776年代表了数千年西方文明的顶峰,不仅是精神的胜利,也是智慧、哲学和理性的胜利。 然而,当我们今晚在这里会面时,有一种越来越大的危险威胁着我们祖先为之奋斗、挣扎、流血的每一件祝福。 我们的国家正在目睹一场无情的运动,以抹去我们的历史,诋毁我们的英雄,抹去我们的价值观,并向我们的孩子灌输思想。 观众:Booo- 总统:愤怒的暴徒正试图拆除我们创始人的雕像,破坏我们最神圣的纪念馆,并在我们的城市引发暴力犯罪浪潮。这些人中的许多人不知道他们为什么这么做,但有些人确切地知道他们在做什么。他们认为美国人民软弱、顺从。但不,美国人民坚强、自豪,他们不会允许我们的国家及其所有价值观、历史和文化被剥夺。(掌声) 观众:美国!美国!美国! 总统:他们的政治武器之一是“取消文化”——将人们赶出工作岗位,羞辱持不同政见者,并要求任何持不同政见的人完全服从。这正是极权主义的定义,它与我们的文化和价值观完全不同,在美利坚合众国绝对没有立足之地,我们伟大的自由,必须被阻止,而且会很快被阻止。我们将揭露这场危险的运动,保护我们国家的孩子们,结束这场激进的袭击,维护我们深爱的美国人的生活方式。(掌声) 在我们的学校、新闻编辑室,甚至公司董事会,都有一种新的极左法西斯主义,要求绝对忠诚。如果你不说它的语言,不履行它的仪式,不背诵它的咒语,不遵守它的戒律,那么你将被审查、驱逐、列入黑名单、迫害和惩罚。这不会发生在我们身上。(掌声) 毫无疑问:这场左翼文化革命旨在推翻美国革命。这样做,他们将摧毁正是将数十亿人从贫困、疾病、暴力和饥饿中拯救出来的文明,并将人类提升到成就、发现和进步的新高度。 为了实现这一点,他们决心拆除我们国家遗产的每一座雕像、象征和记忆。 观众:不在我的任期内!(掌声) 总统:是的。事实上,这是非常正确的。(笑声)这就是为什么我部署联邦执法部门来保护我们的纪念碑,逮捕暴徒,并在法律允许的范围内起诉罪犯。(掌声) 观众:再过四年!再过四年!再过四年! 总统:我很高兴地报告,昨天,联邦特工逮捕了袭击华盛顿特区安德鲁·杰克逊雕像的嫌疑犯头目(掌声),此外,还有数百人被捕 根据我上周签署的与《退伍军人纪念物保护和承认法》和其他法律有关的行政命令,破坏或污损联邦雕像或纪念碑的人将被判处至少10年监禁。(掌声。)很明显,这包括我们美丽的拉什莫尔山。(掌声) 我们的人民有着美好的记忆。他们永远不会忘记乔治·华盛顿、亚伯拉罕·林肯、尤利西斯·S·格兰特、废奴主义者和其他许多人的雕像和纪念碑被摧毁。 我们在自由民主党管理的城市街道上看到的暴力混乱,在任何情况下,都是多年来教育、新闻和其他文化机构极端灌输和偏见的可预测结果。 我们的孩子在学校里被教导要憎恨自己的国家,并相信建立国家的男人和女人不是英雄,而是恶棍。激进的美国历史观是一张谎言网-所有的视角都被抹去了,每一种美德都被掩盖了,每种动机都被扭曲了,每一个缺陷都被放大,直到历史被清除,记录被毁容得面目全非。 这场运动公开攻击拉什莫尔山上每个人的遗产。他们玷污了华盛顿、杰斐逊、林肯和罗斯福的记忆。今天,我们将澄清历史和历史记录。(掌声) 在这些人物在石头上永垂不朽之前,他们都是有血有肉的美国巨人,英勇无畏的事迹开启了世界上人类进步的最大飞跃。今晚,我将告诉你,最重要的是,告诉我们国家的年轻人,这些伟大的人的真实故事。 乔治·华盛顿从头到脚代表了美国人民的力量、风度和尊严。他从一支由公民农民组成的小型志愿部队中,无中生有地创建了大陆军,并团结他们对抗地球上最强大的军队。 在漫长的八年里,在福吉谷度过了残酷的冬天,在战场上经历了一次又一次的挫折,他带领这些爱国者取得了最终的胜利。1776年圣诞节,当军队人数减少到几千人时,当失败似乎是绝对确定的时候,他带着剩余的部队在夜间大胆穿越特拉华河。 他们在寒冷的黑暗中行进了九英里,许多人脚上没有穿靴子,在雪地里留下了血迹。第二天早上,他们在特伦顿取得了胜利。在迫使地球上最强大的帝国在约克镇投降后,华盛顿将军没有声称拥有权力,只是以普通公民的身份回到了弗农山庄。 当再次被召唤时,他在费城主持了制宪会议,并一致当选为我们的第一任总统。(掌声)当他在两届任期后卸任时,他的前对手乔治国王称他为“时代上最伟大的人”。直到今天,他仍然是我们心中的第一人。只要美国人热爱这片土地,我们将尊敬并珍视我们国家的国父乔治·华盛顿。(掌声)他永远不会被罢免、废除,最重要的是,他永远不会忘记。(掌声。) 托马斯·杰斐逊——伟大的托马斯·杰斐逊——33岁时北上宾夕法尼亚州,出色地撰写了人类历史上最伟大的宝藏之一《独立宣言》。他还起草了弗吉尼亚州宪法并构思和撰写了《弗吉尼亚宗教自由法令》,这是我们珍视的第一修正案的典范。 在担任第一任国务卿和副总统后,他被选为总统。他命令美国战士粉碎巴巴里海盗,他通过购买路易斯安那州使我们的国家规模扩大了一倍,他还派遣著名的探险家刘易斯和克拉克到西部进行了一次大胆的太平洋探险。 他是一位建筑师、发明家、外交家、学者,是世界上最伟大的大学之一的创始人,也是自由的坚定捍卫者。美国人将永远钦佩美国自由的作者托马斯·杰斐逊。(掌声)他也永远不会被我们抛弃 亚伯拉罕·林肯,我们国家的救世主,是一位自学成才的乡村律师,在美国边境的一间小木屋里长大。 作为第一位共和党总统,他凭借其反奴隶制信念的力量和明确性,从默默无闻升任要职。 他签署了修建横贯大陆铁路的法律;他签署了《宅地法案》,赋予了一些令人难以置信的学者——简单地说,普通公民可以在美国西部的任何地方自由定居;他带领美国度过了美国历史上最黑暗的时刻,竭尽全力确保民有、民治、民享的政府不会从这个地球上灭亡。(掌声) 他在我们最血腥的战争中担任美国武装部队总司令,这场斗争拯救了我们的联邦,消灭了奴隶制的邪恶;157年前,在葛底斯堡,联邦勇敢地抵御了近15000人的袭击,击退了皮克特的冲锋。 林肯赢得了南北战争;他发布了《解放奴隶宣言》;他领导通过了第13条修正案,废除了奴隶制-(掌声)-最终,他维护我们国家和联邦的决心让他付出了生命的代价。只要我们活着,美国人就会维护和崇敬亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的不朽记忆。(掌声) 西奥多·罗斯福(Theodore Roosevelt)体现了我们对国家文化和身份的无限信心。他看到了美国在世界上的崇高使命,并以压倒性的精力和热情追求它。 作为美西战争期间的中校,他带领著名的“野蛮骑士”在圣胡安山击败了敌人。他以纽约市警察局长的身份清除了腐败,然后担任纽约州州长、副总统,42岁时成为美国有史以来最年轻的总统。(掌声) 他派遣我们伟大的新海军舰队环游世界,宣布美国作为世界强国的到来。他给了我们许多国家公园,包括大峡谷;他监督了令人敬畏的巴拿马运河的建设;他是唯一一位同时获得诺贝尔和平奖和国会荣誉勋章的人。他是——(掌声)——美国自由的化身。美国人民永远不会放弃西奥多·罗斯福大胆、美丽和无拘无束的精神。(掌声) 任何试图摧毁这些珍贵的美国遗产的运动都不可能以爱美国为核心。不可能。任何对这一辉煌遗产的破坏保持沉默的人都不可能带领我们走向更美好的未来。 攻击我国的激进意识形态打着社会正义的旗号前进。但事实上,它将摧毁正义和社会。它将把正义变成分裂和复仇的工具,它将把我们自由和包容的社会变成镇压、统治和排斥的地方。 他们想让我们沉默,但我们不会沉默。(掌声) 观众:美国!美国!美国! 观众:我们爱你! 主席:谢谢。非常感谢。非常感谢你。 我们将不道歉地全面陈述真相:我们宣布美利坚合众国是地球上有史以来最公正和最杰出的国家。 我们为我们的国家建立在犹太-基督教原则之上而感到自豪,我们理解这些价值观极大地推动了全世界的和平与正义事业。 我们知道,美国家庭是美国人生活的基石。(掌声) 我们承认每个国家都有保护边境安全的庄严权利和道德义务。(掌声)我们正在修建隔离墙。(掌声。) 我们记得,政府的存在是为了保护本国人民的安全和幸福。一个国家必须首先照顾本国公民。我们必须首先照顾美国。是时候了。(掌声) 我们相信机会平等,正义平等,平等对待各种种族、背景、宗教和信仰的公民。每一个孩子,无论是出生的还是未出生的,都是按照上帝的圣像出生的。(掌声) 我们想要自由和公开的辩论,而不是言论准则和取消文化。 我们信奉宽容,而不是偏见。 我们支持勇敢的执法人员。(掌声)我们永远不会废除我们的警察或伟大的第二修正案,该修正案赋予我们持有和携带武器的权利。(掌声) 我们相信,我们的孩子应该被教导爱他们的国家,尊重我们的历史,尊重我们伟大的美国国旗。(掌声) 我们站得很高,我们骄傲地站着,我们只向全能的上帝下跪。(掌声) 这就是我们。这就是我们所相信的。这些价值观将指导我们努力建设一个更美好、更美好的未来。 那些试图抹去我们传统的人希望美国人忘记我们的骄傲和伟大的尊严,这样我们就无法再了解自己或美国的命运。在推翻1776年的英雄时,他们试图解除我们对国家和彼此的爱和忠诚。他们的目标不是一个更好的美国,他们的目标是美国的终结。 观众:Booo- 总统:取而代之的是,他们希望自己拥有权力。但正如爱国者在过去几个世纪所做的那样,美国人民将挡在他们的道路上——我们将获胜,并以极大的尊严迅速获胜。(掌声) 我们决不会让他们把美国的英雄从我们的纪念碑上或我们的心中夺走。通过摧毁华盛顿和杰斐逊,这些激进分子将摧毁人们为赢得内战而献出生命的传统;他们会抹去那些激励士兵走向死亡的记忆,唱着《共和国战歌》中的这句话:“正如他为使人神圣而死,让我们为使人自由而死,而上帝正在前进。”(掌声) 他们将推翻推动美国乃至世界各地废除奴隶制的原则,结束困扰人类数千年的邪恶制度。我们的反对者会撕毁马丁·路德·金用来表达他的梦想的文件,以及作为民权正义运动基础的思想。他们将摧毁使美国成为地球历史上最具活力和宽容的社会的信仰、文化和身份。 我的美国同胞们,是时候大声、有力、有力地发声,捍卫我们国家的完整了。(掌声) 观众:美国!美国!美国! 总统(以英语发言):现在是我们的政治家们鼓起我们美国祖先的勇气和决心的时候了。时间到了。(掌声)是时候插上我们的旗帜,保护这个国家最伟大的人,保护这个光荣土地上每一个种族、每一个城市和每一个地方的公民了。为了我们的荣誉,为了我们的孩子,为了我们国家的统一,我们必须保护和保存我们的历史、我们的遗产和我们伟大的英雄。(掌声) 今晚,在我们祖先面前,美国人再次像244年前一样宣布:我们不会被暴政,我们不会被贬低,我们不会受到坏人的恐吓。这不会发生。(掌声) 观众:美国!美国!美国! 总统:我们将宣布《独立宣言》的理想,我们永远不会放弃1776年7月4日的精神、勇气和事业。 在此基础上,我们将坚定不移。面对旨在分裂我们、打击我们士气和削弱我们的谎言,我们将表明,美国的故事将我们团结在一起,激励我们,包括我们所有人,并使每个人都获得自由。 我们必须要求我们的孩子们再次被教导要看到美国,就像马丁·路德·金牧师所说的那样,他说创始人们已经向每一代后代签署了“期票”。金博士认为,正义的使命要求我们充分接受我们的建国理想。这些理想对我们来说是如此重要——创始理想。他呼吁他的同胞们不要破坏他们的传统,而是要不辜负他们的传统。(掌声) 最重要的是,我们每个社区的孩子都必须被教导,成为美国人就是要继承有史以来最具冒险精神和自信的人在地球上行走的精神。 美国人是那些追求我们明确命运的人,他们跨越海洋,进入未知的荒野,越过最高的山脉,然后进入天空,甚至进入星星。 我们是安德鲁·杰克逊、尤利西斯·S·格兰特和弗雷德里克·道格拉斯的国家。我们是瓦爾德·比尔·希科克和水牛比尔·科迪的故乡。(掌声)我们是造就了莱特兄弟、塔斯基吉空军的国家——(掌声)——哈里特·塔布曼、克拉拉·巴顿、杰西·欧文斯、乔治·巴顿——乔治将军-伟大的路易·阿姆斯特朗、艾伦·谢泼德、埃尔维斯·普雷斯利和穆罕默德·阿里。(掌声)只有美国才能把它们全部生产出来。(掌声)没有其他地方。 我们是建造胡佛大坝、铺设高速公路、塑造曼哈顿天际线的文化。我们是做了一个壮观的梦的人——它被称为:内华达沙漠中的拉斯维加斯;他从佛罗里达沼泽地建立了迈阿密;把我们的英雄刻在拉什莫尔山的脸上。(掌声) 美国人利用电力,分裂原子,并为世界提供了电话和互联网。我们定居在狂野的西部,赢得了两次世界大战,让美国宇航员登上了月球——很快有一天,我们将在火星上插上我们的国旗。 我们给了世界沃尔特·惠特曼的诗歌,马克·吐温的故事,欧文·柏林的歌曲,艾拉·菲茨杰拉德的声音,弗兰克·辛纳屈的风格——(掌声)——鲍勃·霍普的喜剧,土星五号火箭的力量,福特F-150的坚韧——(鼓掌)——以及美国航空母舰令人敬畏的力量。 美国人决不能忽视这个神奇的故事。你永远不应该忽视它,因为从来没有人像我们这样做过。因此,今天,在我作为美国总统的权力下——(掌声)——我宣布为我们过去的巨人建造一座新的纪念碑。我正在签署一项行政命令,建立美国英雄国家花园,这是一个巨大的户外公园,将以有史以来最伟大的美国人的雕像为特色。(掌声) 从今晚开始,从这个壮丽的地方开始,让我们在目标上团结一致,在决心上重新奉献。我们将培养下一代美国爱国者。我们将书写美国冒险的下一个激动人心的篇章。我们将教育我们的孩子们知道,他们生活在一片充满传奇的土地上,没有什么能阻止他们,没有人能压制他们。(掌声)他们会知道,在美国,你可以做任何事情,你可以成为任何人,我们一起可以取得任何成就。(掌声) 在拉什莫尔山的巨人们的鼓舞下,我们将找到无人期待的团结;我们将取得任何人都认为不可能取得的进展。这个国家将是我们的公民多年来所希望的一切,也是我们的敌人所害怕的——因为我们永远不会忘记,美国的自由是为了美国的伟大而存在的。这就是我们所拥有的:美国的伟大。(掌声) 几个世纪后,我们的遗产将是我们建造的城市,我们打造的冠军,我们所做的好事,以及我们为激励我们所有人而创造的纪念碑。 同胞们:美国的命运就在我们的眼前。美国的英雄深深植根于我们的心中。美国的未来掌握在我们手中。女士们,先生们:最好的还在后头。(掌声) 观众:美国!美国!美国! 总统:第一夫人和我本人非常荣幸能与你在一起。我爱你的状态。我爱这个国家。我谨祝大家七月四日快乐。上帝保佑你们,上帝保佑你们的家人,上帝保佑我们伟大的军队,上帝保佑美国。非常感谢。(掌声)
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