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1、精品文档RemarksattheBrandenburgGateRonaldReagan:RemarksattheBrandenburgGateThankyou.Thankyou,verymuch.ChancellorKohl,GoverningMayorDiepgen,ladiesandgentlemen:Twentyfouryearsago,PresidentJohnF.KennedyvisitedBerlin,andspeakingtothepeopleofthiscityandtheworlda
2、tthecityhall.Wellsincethentwootherpresidentshavecome,eachinhisturntoBerlin.Andtoday,I,myself,makemysecondvisittoyourcity.WecometoBerlin,weAmericanPresidents,becauseit’sourdutytospeakinthisplaceoffreedom.ButImustconfess,we’redrawnherebyotherthingsaswell;
3、bythefeelingofhistoryinthiscitymorethan500yearsolderthanourownnation;bythebeautyoftheGrunewaldandtheTeirgarten;mostofall,byyourcourageanddetermination.Perhapsthecomposer,PaulLinke,understoodsomethingaboutAmericanPresidents.Yousee,likesomanypresidentsbef
4、oreme,IcomeheretodaybecausewhereverIgo,whateverIdo:“IchhabnocheinenhofferinBerlin”[IstillhaveasuitcaseinBerlin2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创15/15精品文档.]OurgatheringtodayisbeingbroadcastthroughoutWesternEuropeandNorthAmerica.Iunderstandthatitisbeingseenand
5、heardaswellintheEast.TothoselisteningthroughoutEasternEurope,IextendmywarmestgreetingsandthegoodwilloftheAmericanpeople.TothoselisteninginEastBerlin,aspecialword:AlthoughIcannotbewithyou,Iaddressmyremarkstoyoujustassurelyastothosestandingherebeforeme.Fo
6、rIjoinyou,asIjoinyourfellowcountrymenintheWest,inthisfirm,thisunalterablebelief:EsgibtnureinBerlin.[ThereisonlyoneBerlin.]Behindmestandsawallthatencirclesthefreesectorsofthiscity,partofavastsystemofbarriersthatdividestheentirecontinentofEurope.FromtheBa
7、lticSouth.thosebarrierscutacrossGermanyinagashofbarbedwire,concrete,dogruns,andguardtowers.Farthersouth,theremaybenovisible,noobviouswall.Butthereremainarmedguardsandcheckpointsallthesamestillarestrictionontherighttotravel,stillaninstrumenttoimposeupono
8、rdinarymenandwomenthewillofatotalitarian2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创15/15精品文档state.Yet,itishereinBerlinwherethewallemergesmostclearly;here,cuttingacrossyourcity,wherethenewsphotoandthetelevisionscreenhaveimprintedthisbrutaldivis