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1、RonaldReagan:RemarksattheBrandenburgGateThankyou.Thankyou,verymuch.ChancellorKohl,GoverningMayorDiepgen,ladiesandgentlemen:Twentyfouryearsago,PresidentJohnF.KennedyvisitedBerlin,andspeakingtothepeopleofthiscityandtheworldatthecityhall.Wellsincethentwoother
2、presidentshavecome,eachinhisturntoBerlin.Andtoday,I,myself,makemysecondvisittoyourcity.WecometoBerlin,weAmericanPresidents,becauseit'sourdutytospeakinthisplaceoffreedom.ButImustconfess,we’redrawnherebyotherthingsaswell;bythefeelingofhistoryinthiscity--more
3、than500yearsolderthanourownnation;bythebeautyoftheGrunewaldandtheTeirgarten;mostofall,byyourcourageanddetermination.Perhapsthecomposer,PaulLinke,understoodsomethingaboutAmericanPresidents.Yousee,likesomanypresidentsbeforeme,IcomeheretodaybecausewhereverIgo
4、,whateverIdo:“IchhabnocheinenhofferinBerlin”[IstillhaveasuitcaseinBerlin.]OurgatheringtodayisbeingbroadcastthroughoutWesternEuropeandNorthAmerica.IunderstandthatitisbeingseenandheardaswellintheEast.TothoselisteningthroughoutEasternEurope,Iextendmywarmestgr
5、eetingsandthegoodwilloftheAmericanpeople.TothoselisteninginEastBerlin,aspecialword:AlthoughIcannotbewithyou,Iaddressmyremarkstoyoujustassurelyastothosestandingherebeforeme.ForIjoinyou,asIjoinyourfellowcountrymenintheWest,inthisfirm,thisunalterablebelief:Es
6、gibtnureinBerlin.[ThereisonlyoneBerlin.]Behindmestandsawallthatencirclesthefreesectorsofthiscity,partofavastsystemofbarriersthatdividestheentirecontinentofEurope.FromtheBalticSouth.thosebarrierscutacrossGermanyinagashofbarbedwire,concrete,dogruns,andguardt
7、owers.Farthersouth,theremaybenovisible,noobviouswall.Butthereremainarmedguardsandcheckpointsallthesame--stillarestrictionontherighttotravel,stillaninstrumenttoimposeuponordinarymenandwomenthewillofatotalitarianstate.Yet,itishereinBerlinwherethewallemergesm
8、ostclearly;here,cuttingacrossyourcity,wherethenewsphotoandthetelevisionscreenhaveimprintedthisbrutaldivisionofacontinentuponthemindoftheworld.StandingbeforetheBrandenburgGate,everymanisaGermanseparatedfromhis
