Obama悼念曼德拉逝世中英文演講稿

1、bama悼念曼德拉逝世中英文演講稿At his trial in 1964, Nelsn Mandela clsed his statement frm the dck saying, I have fught against white dminatin, and I have fught against black dminatin. I have cherished the ideal f a demcratic and free sciety in which all persns live tgether in harmny and with equal pprtunities. I

2、t is an ideal which I hpe t live fr and t achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal fr which I am prepared t die.And Nelsn Mandela lived fr that ideal, and he made it real. He achieved mre than culd be epected f any man. Tday, he has gne hme. And we have lst ne f the mst influential, curageus, and pr

3、fundly gd human beings that any f us will share time with n this Earth. He n lnger belngs t us - he belngs t the ages.Thrugh his fierce dignity and unbending will t sacrifice his wn freedm fr the freedm f thers, Madiba transfrmed Suth Africa - and mved all f us. His jurney frm a prisner t a Presiden

4、t embdied the prmise that human beings - and cuntries - can change fr the better. His cmmitment t transfer pwer and recncile with thse wh jailed him set an eample that all humanity shuld aspire t, whether in the lives f natins r ur wn persnal lives. And the fact that he did it all with grace and gd

5、humr, and an ability t acknwledge his wn imperfectins, nly makes the man that much mre remarkable. As he nce said, I am nt a saint, unless yu think f a saint as a sinner wh keeps n trying.I am ne f the cuntless millins wh drew inspiratin frm Nelsn Mandelas life. My very first plitical actin, the fir

6、st thing I ever did that invlved an issue r a plicy r plitics, was a prtest against apartheid. I studied his wrds and his writings. The day that he was released frm prisn gave me a sense f what human beings can d when theyre guided by their hpes and nt by their fears. And like s many arund the glbe,

7、 I cannt fully imagine my wn life withut the eample that Nelsn Mandela set, and s lng as I live I will d what I can t learn frm him.T Graa Machel and his family, Michelle and I etend ur deepest sympathy and gratitude fr sharing this etrardinary man with us. His lifes wrk meant lng days away frm thse

8、 wh lved him the mst. And I nly hpe that the time spent with him these last few weeks brught peace and cmfrt t his family.T the peple f Suth Africa, we draw strength frm the eample f renewal, andrecnciliatin, and resilience that yu made real. A free Suth Africa at peace with itself - thats an eample

9、 t the wrld, and thats Madibas legacy t the natin he lved.We will nt likely see the likes f Nelsn Mandela again. S it falls t us as best we can t frward the eample that he set: t make decisins guided nt by hate, but by lve; t never discunt the difference that ne persn can make; t strive fr a future that is wrthy f his sacrifice.Fr nw, let us pause and give thanks fr the fact that Nelsn