Speech at the Berlin Wall

’翰’F’甘’’ (JOHN F. KENNEDY)

’’’牆邊’’說 Speech at the Berlin Wall

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1961’8月12’l 3日’間’’’’’’’’’牆把’’’’分’’’’它’’’’’絲網’障’用’防止’’’’’’’’’不’’絲網’’’’’’’牆’’’’由哨’巡邏警戒’’’牆’醜’’’提醒’們’’戰’’’歐’分割’’’’欲’’’方’’’試圖跨’’條邊’’’’黃’’1963’甘’’’統’問歐’’6月26日成爲’’’’高潮’那天’’’’’牆’’’’“Ich bin ein Berliner”’’“我’’個’’’’”

’’’’之’’1989’11月’’’’’打’’’牆’’’’矛’’’止’們成’結隊’’’’’邊’’壓抑’們’’’’’’’’那不平’’’’’’歐國’’’’潰’’’整個歐’’’’’’’們爲’’牆’’’’’’把它’’’戰結’’’’’

’’’’’’最’豪’誇耀’“Civitas Romanus sum.” 今天’’由’’最’豪’誇耀’“Ich bin ein Berlner’”

’’’有’’’’實不懂’’’說’們不’白什麽’’由’’’’産’’’’’’本分’’讓’們’’’’’有’’說’’産’’’未’’潮’’讓’們’’’’’有’’說’我們’’歐’’’’’方’’產黨’’’’讓’們’’’’’’’有那麽’個’說’’産’’’’’種邪’’’’’’它’’’我們’’’濟’’’“Lasst sie nach Ben kom－men.”

’由有’’’難’民’亦’完’’’而我們’未’’’堵牆把我們’’民關’裏面’不准’們離’我們’我’’’’我’’’們－－’們’’們遠’’里’’’’’’’－－’說’’們爲’’遠方’’們’有’’’’’’’歷’’莫’’驕傲’我不’’還有’’個’鎮’都市’圍’’’’’仍有’’’’’種生機’’’’望’’心’’’’都’’’’’牆最生動最’顯’’’’’種失敗’’我們對’’不’’稱心’’’’爲’’牆’’對歷’’’對’’’’犯’它’散’’’’成’離’散骨肉分離’把’冀統’’’個民族分成’’’

’個’市’’實’’用’整個’國’’’’’個’國’中有’個’’剝奪’’由’’基本’’’’’由選擇’’’’那麽歐’’正’’’’平’絕’’’實’’’’’’’平’善’’’’’’’’’’國’終’贏’’由’’’’’’’’’’平中善’’有’’民’實’’’團’’民族統’’’’’’們’’’’’’’’’’由之’’’’’們’生’’’’’’部分’’’讓我’結’講話’請’’們擡’目’’’’今日’’’’’’天’’望’’’’’市’’們’’國’國 ’’由’’’’’’’’’’’’’’牆’’正’’’平’’’’天’’’’們’’’我們’’’’’’類’’由’不’分割’’’’’’’奴’’’有’’都不’由’當’有’’都’由’’那’我們’’期’’’天’’’’’’平’’望’’輝中’’’市獲’統’’’個國’獲’統’’歐’’陸獲’統’’當’’天最終’’’’它必’’’’’’’’’’’民’’對’’’’’’慰’ ’’’’’’’間裏’們’’第’’’’切’由’’不論’們’’’方’’’’’市民’’’’爲’個’由’’我爲 “Ich bin ein Berliner” ’’話’’’豪’

’註’

’’’’爲“我’’個’’’’”
’’’’’爲“我’’個羅馬公民’”
’’’’爲“讓’們’’’’”

Two thousand years ago the proudest boast ― was "Civitas Romanus sum." Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner."

There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin. There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Communists. Let them come to Berlin. And there are even a few who say that it is true that Communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress. "Lasst sie nach Berlin kommen."

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us. I want to say, on behalf of my countrymen, who live many miles away on the other side of the Atlantic, who are far distant from you, that they take the greatest pride that they have been able to share with you, even from a distance, the story of the last eighteen years. I know of no town, no city, that has been besieged for eighteen years that still lives with the vitality and the force, and the hope and the determination of the city of West Berlin. While the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the Communist system. for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is an offense not only against history but an offense against humanity, separating families, dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters, and dividing a people who wish to be joined together.

What is true of this city is true of Germany ― real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured as long as one German out of four is denied the elementary right of free men, and that is to make a free choice. In eighteen years of peace and good faith, this generation of Germans has earned the right to be free, including the right to unite their families and their nation in lasting peace with good will to all people. You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main. So let me ask you, as I close, to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today to the hopes of tomorrow, beyond the freedom merely of this city of Berlin, or your country of Germany, to the advance of freedom everywhere, beyond the wall to the day of peace with justice, beyond ourselves and ourselves to all mankind. Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one― and this country, and this great continent of Europe― in a peaceful and hopeful glow. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."

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