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1、名人演讲：美国总统尼克松“西洋跳棋”小猎犬CheckersRichardM.Nixon“Checkers”deliveredandbroadcastliveontelevision23September1952 演讲背景：在针对有人指控尼克松“私下接受赠款”时，尼克松做了如下著名演讲，对这件事的来龙去脉做了详细说明，同时也说明了自己从出道以来的详细财政情况。标题中的“Checkers”是别人赠送给他的一只小狗的名字，意为“跳棋”。 MyFellowAmericans, Icomebeforeyoutonightas
2、acandidatefortheVicePresidencyandasamanwhosehonestyand--andintegrityhasbeenquestioned. Now,theusualpoliticalthingtodowhenchargesaremadeagainstyouistoeitherignorethemortodenythemwithoutgivingdetails.Ibelievewe’vehadenoughofthatintheUnitedStates,particularlywithth
3、epresentAdministrationinWashington,TometheofficeoftheVicePresidencyoftheUnitedStatesisagreatoffice,andIfeelthatthepeoplehavegottohaveconfidenceintheintegrityofthemenwhorunforthatofficeandwhomightobtainit. Ihaveatheory,too,thatthebestandonlyanswertoasmearortoanho
4、nestmisunderstandingofthefactsistotellthetruth.Andthat’swhyI’mheretonight.Iwanttotellyoumysideofthecase.I’msurethatyouhavereadthecharge,andyou’veheardit,thatI,SenatorNixon,took18,000dollarsfromagroupofmysupporters. Now,wasthatwrong?Andletmesaythatitwaswrong.I’ms
5、aying,incidentally,thatitwaswrong,notjustillegal,becauseitisn’taquestionofwhetheritwaslegalorillegal,thatisn’tenough.Thequestionis,wasitmorallywrong?Isaythatitwasmorallywrong--ifanyofthat18,000dollarswenttoSenatorNixon,formypersonaluse.Isaythatitwasmorallywrongif
6、itwassecretlygivenandsecretlyhandled.AndIsaythatitwasmorallywrongifanyofthecontributorsgotspecialfavorsforthecontributionsthattheymade. Andnowtoanswerthosequestionsletmesaythis:Notonecentofthe18,000dollarsoranyothermoneyofthattypeeverwenttomeformypersonaluse.Eve
7、rypennyofitwasusedtopayforpoliticalexpensesthatIdidnotthinkshouldbechargedtothetaxpayersoftheUnitedStates.Itwasnotasecretfund.Asamatteroffact,whenIwason“MeetthePress”--someofyoumayhaveseenitlastSunday--PeterEdsoncameuptomeaftertheprogram,andhesaid,“Dick,whatabout
8、this“fund”wehearabout?”AndIsaid,“Well,there’snosecretaboutit.GooutandseeDanaSmithwhowastheadministratorofthefund.”AndIgavehim[Edson]his[Smith’s]address.AndIsai
