马丁.路德.金被刺杀当晚罗伯特.肯尼迪英语演讲稿
马丁路德金全英文演讲稿
马丁路德金全英文演讲稿Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I Have a Dream” delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we”ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we have come to our nation”s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marke d “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we have come to cash this check, a checkthat will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God”s children.It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro”s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied upwith our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecutions and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave ownerswill be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I havea dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state swelteringwith the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, willbe transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream thatmy four little children will one day live in a nation where they will notbe judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, withits vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with thewords of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabamalittle black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with littlewhite boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today!I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hilland mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, andthe crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shallbe revealed and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. Thisis the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith wewill be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. Withthis faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nationinto a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be ableto work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jailtogether, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be freeone day. And th is will be the day, this will be the day when all of God”schildren will be able to sing with new meaning, “My country “tis of thee,sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, landof the Pilgrim”s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!” Andif America is to be a great nation, this must become true. And so letfreedom ring -- from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring -- from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring -- from the heightening Alleghenies ofPennsylvania. Let freedom ring -- from the snow-cappedRockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring -- from the curvaceousslopes of California. But not only that. Let freedom ring -- from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Letfreedom ring -- from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Letfreedom ring -- from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring! And when this happens, whenwe allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and everyhamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up thatday when all of God”s children, black me n and white men, Jews and Gentiles,Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the wordsof the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”。
【名人演讲】罗伯特·肯尼迪：在马丁·路德·金遇刺后的演说
【名人演讲】罗伯特·肯尼迪：在马丁·路德·金遇刺后的演说在马丁·路德·金遇刺后的演说（美国）罗伯特·肯尼迪女士们先生们：今晚我只想对你们讲几分钟，因为我知道了一个令你们所有人非常悲伤的消息，而且，我认为，它也是令我们所有的公民伙伴，以及令全世界热爱和平的人们非常悲伤的消息。
这个消息是马丁·路德·金今晚在得克萨斯的孟菲斯遭遇枪击而被杀害。
马丁·路德·金为他的同胞们把自己的一生献给爱，献给正义，他因为作出这种努力而被害。
在这艰难的一天，在这个令美国艰难的时刻，追问一下我们是怎样一个民族，我们要走向何方，或许不无稗益。
对于作为黑人的你们——考虑到现场的证据，显然白人须对金的遇刺负责——你们可能义愤填膺，满腔仇恨，亟欲复仇。
我们可能会向着那样一个国家的方向前进，以更加两极化的形式——黑人拥簇黑人，白人拥簇白人，彼此充满敌意。
或者我们能够努力，正如马丁·路德·金所做的，互相理解，用一种以爱心和同情去理解的努力取代那种暴力行为，取代已染遍我们国土的斑斑血迹。
对于你们中那些由这一非正义行动导致对全体白人充满仇恨和怀疑的黑人，我只能说我内心怀着同样的情感。
我有一位家庭成员被害，但他是被一个白人杀害的。
然而我们必须做出努力，必须在美国作出努力，我们必须努力去理解，努力度过这十分艰难的时期。
我最喜爱的诗人是埃斯库罗斯。
他写道：“在我们的睡梦中，不能忘怀的痛苦一点一滴地落在心头，直到我们在自己的绝望中，明智违背我们的意愿受上帝庄严的感召来临。
”在美国我们需要的不是分裂；在美国我们需要的不是仇恨；在美国我们需要的不是暴力行动或无法无天，而是友爱，智慧，和彼此间的同情，以及对于那些在我们的国家中仍承受痛苦的人的一种正义感，无论他们是白人还是黑人。
因此，今晚我请求你们回家为马丁·路德·金的家人祈祷——是的，理应如此——但更重要的是为我们自己的国家，为我们大家热爱的国家祈祷——为我刚才说过的理解和同情祈祷。
肯尼迪：在马丁路德金遇刺后的讲演_演讲稿.doc
肯尼迪：在马丁路德金遇刺后的讲演_演讲稿robert f. kennedyremarks on the assassination of martin luther king, jr.delivered 4 april 1968, indianapolis, in罗伯特·肯尼迪(robert f kennedy, 1925-1968)，美国前总统约翰·肯尼迪的弟弟。
1964年当选为纽约州参议员，1968年3月16日宣布自己的民主党提名总统候选人身份，1968年6月4日在重要的加利福尼亚州初选中旗开得胜，那天晚上他在洛杉矶大使饭店向他的拥护者们演说时，似乎正迈向民主党提名的目标，在穿过一间厨房的过道离开饭店时被一名心怀怨恨的巴勒斯坦移民开枪击中，两天后死去。
1968年4月4日，马丁·路德·金博士在孟菲斯遇刺。
那天晚上，罗伯特·肯尼迪预定要在印地安那波利斯市一个贫穷的黑人区为他争取民主党总统候选人提名的竞选运动发表演说。
警察告诫他当晚不宜去演讲，因为他们不能保证他的安全。
当他到达那个地区时，他发现听众尚未听说马丁·路德·金的遇害。
当晚他的即席讲话回顾了一名狙击手的子弹夺去他兄弟的生命后他个人的巨创深痛。
ladies and gentlemen,i'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because i have some -- some very sad news for all of you --could you lower those signs, please? -- i have some very sad news for all of you, and, i think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee.martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. in this difficult day, in this difficult time for the united states, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. for those of you who are black -- considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible -- you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge.we can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization -- black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. or we can make an effort, as martin luther king did, to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love.for those of you who are black and are tempted to fill with -- be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, i would only say that i can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. i had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.but we have to make an effort in the united states. we haveto make an effort to understand, to get beyond, or go beyond these rather difficult times.my favorite poem, my -- my favorite poet was aeschylus. and he once wrote:even in our sleep, pain which cannot forgetfalls drop by drop upon the heart,until, in our own despair,against our will,comes wisdomthrough the awful grace of god.what we need in the united states is not division; what we need in the united states is not hatred; what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.so i ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of martin luther king -- yeah, it's true -- but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which i spoke.we can do well in this country. we will have difficult times.we've had difficult times in the past, but we -- and we will have difficult times in the future. it is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.but the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land.and let's dedicate ourselves to what the greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.thank you very much.。
马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」
马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」好的演讲稿可以引导听众，使听众能更好地理解演讲的内容。
现如今，越来越多地方需要用到演讲稿，那么，怎么去写演讲稿呢？以下是小编帮大家整理的马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」，仅供参考，希望能够帮助到大家。
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.今天，我高兴地同大家一起，参加这次将成为我国历史上为了争取自由而举行的最伟大的示威集会。
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.100年前，一位伟大的美国人——今天我们就站在他象征性的身影下——签署了《解放宣言》。
这项重要法令的颁布，对于千百万灼烤于非正义残焰中的黑奴，犹如带来希望之光的硕大灯塔，恰似结束漫漫长夜禁锢的欢畅黎明。
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so weve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.然而，100年后，黑人依然没有获得自由。
马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」
马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」好的演讲稿可以引导听众，使听众能更好地理解演讲的内容。
现如今，越来越多地方需要用到演讲稿，那么，怎么去写演讲稿呢？以下是小编帮大家整理的马丁路德金著名演讲稿「中英对照」，仅供参考，希望能够帮助到大家。
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.今天，我高兴地同大家一起，参加这次将成为我国历史上为了争取自由而举行的最伟大的示威集会。
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light ofhope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.100年前，一位伟大的美国人——今天我们就站在他象征性的身影下——签署了《解放宣言》。
这项重要法令的颁布，对于千百万灼烤于非正义残焰中的黑奴，犹如带来希望之光的硕大灯塔，恰似结束漫漫长夜禁锢的欢畅黎明。
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so weve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.然而，100年后，黑人依然没有获得自由。
肯尼迪有关马丁路德金遇刺的讲话
Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.Delivered on April 4, 1968Ladies and Gentlemen,I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because I have some very sad news for all of you could you lower those signs, please? -I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in.For those of you who are black-considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible-you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge.We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization-black(两极化，分化) people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand, and to comprehend(理解，包容), and replace that violence(暴力，暴行), that stain of bloodshed(留血) that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion(同情，怜惜) and love.For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to get beyond, or go beyond these rather difficult times.My favorite poem, my favorite poet was Aeschylus. And he once wrote:"Even in our sleep,pain which cannot forgetfalls drop by drop upon the heart,until, in our own despair,against our will,comes wisdomthrough the awful grace of God."What we need in the United States is not division(分裂，分开); what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness(非法行为，违法行为), but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King-yeah, it's true-but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country,which all of us love-a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past. And we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide忍受in our land.Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people, Thank you very much,就马丁·路德·金遇刺事件评论发表干1968年4月4日女士们、先生们：今天晚上，我打算只占用大家大概几分钟的时间。
I have a dream 马丁路德金的演讲稿
I have a dream 我有一个梦想Five score years ago, a great American，in whose symbolic shadow we stand today，signed the Emancipation Proclamation. 一百年前，一位伟大的美国人签署了解放黑奴宣言，今天我们就是在他的雕像前集会.This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice。
这一庄严宣言犹如灯塔的光芒，给千百万在那摧残生命的不义之火中受煎熬的黑奴带来了希望.It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of bad captivity。
它的到来犹如欢乐的黎明，结束了束缚黑人的漫漫长夜。
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free。
One hundred years later，the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. 然而一百年后的今天,黑人还没有得到自由,一百年后的今天，在种族隔离的镣铐和种族歧视的枷锁下，黑人的生活备受压榨。
One hundred years later，the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity。
英语演讲稿-Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by 罗伯特·肯尼迪
英语演讲稿Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by 罗伯特·肯尼迪Ladies and Gentlemen,I’m only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because I have some -- some very sad news for all of you -- Could you lower those signs, please? -- I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it’s perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black -- considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible -- you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire forrevenge.We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization -- black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love.For those of you who are black and are tempted to fill with -- be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.But we have to make an effort in the United States. We have to make an effort to understand, to get beyond, or go beyond these rather difficult times.My favorite poem, my -- my favorite poet was Aeschylus. And he once wrote:Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forgetfalls drop by drop upon the heart,until, in our own despair,against our will,comes wisdomthrough the awful grace of God.What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King -- yeah, it’s true -- but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We’ve had difficult times in the past, but we -- and we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it’s not the end of disorder.But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice forall human beings that abide in our land.And let’s dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.Thank you very much.delivered 4 April 1968, Indianapolis, IN。
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马丁.路德.金被刺杀当晚罗伯特.肯尼迪英语演讲稿Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ladies and Gentlemen: I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because I have some very sad news for all of you -- Could you lower those signs, please? -- I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.
Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black -- considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible -- you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge.
We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization --black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with
hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.
For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.
But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to get beyond, or go beyond these rather difficult times.
My favorite poem, my favorite poet was Aeschylus. And he once wrote:
"Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God."
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.
So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King --yeah, it's true --but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.
We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past. And we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.
But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land.
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.
Thank you very much.。