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不读万卷书,行万里路,完成工作的方法,是爱惜每一分钟!1964 Republican National Convebarry goldwater: 1964 republican national convention addressmy good friend and great republican, dick nixon, and your charming wife, pat; my running mate, that wonderful republican who has served us so well for so long, bill miller and his wife, stephanie; to thurston morton whos done such a commendable job in chairmaning this convention; to mr. herbert hoover, who i hope is watching; and to that - that great american and his wife, general and mrs. eisenhower; to my own wife, my family, and to all of my fellow republicans here assembled, and americans across this great nation. from this moment, united and determined, we will go forward together, dedicated to the ultimate and undeniable greatness of the whole man. together - together we will win. i accept your nomination with a deep sense of humility. i accept, too, the responsibility that goes with it, and i seek your continued help and your continued guidance. my fellow republicans, our cause is too great for any man to feel worthy of it. our task would be too great for any man, did he not have with him the hearts and the hands of this great republican party, and i promise you tonight that every fiber of my being is consecrated to our cause; that nothing shall be lacking from the struggle that can be brought to it by enthusiasm, by devotion, and plain hard work. in this world no person, no party can guarantee anything, but what we can do and what we shall do is to deserve victory, and victory will be ours. the good lord raised this mighty republic to be a home for the brave and to flourish as the land of the free - not to stagnate in the swampland of collectivism, not to cringe before the bullying of communism. now, my fellow americans, the tide has been running against freedom. our people have followed false prophets. we must, and we shall, return to proven ways - not because they are old, but because they are true. we must, and we shall, set the tides running again in the cause of freedom. and this party, with its every action, every word, every breath, and every heartbeat, has but a single resolve, and that is freedom - freedom made orderly for this nation by our constitutional government; freedom under a government limited by the laws of nature and of natures god; freedom balanced so that order lacking liberty sic will not become the slavery of the prison shell cell; balanced so that liberty lacking order will not become the license of the mob and of the jungle. now, we americans understand freedom. we have earned it; we have lived for it, and we have died for it. this nation and its people are freedoms model in a searching world. we can be freedoms missionaries in a doubting world. but, ladies and gentlemen, first we must renew freedoms mission in our own hearts and in our own homes. during four futile years, the administration which we shall replace has - has distorted and lost that vision. it has talked and talked and talked and talked the words of freedom, but it has failed and failed and failed in the works of freedom. now, failures cements the wall of shame in berlin. failures blot the sands of shame at the bay of pigs. failures mark the slow death of freedom in laos. failures infest the jungles of vietnam. and failures haunt the houses of our once great alliances and undermine the greatest bulwark ever erected by free nations - the nato community. failures proclaim lost leadership, obscure purpose, weakening will, and the risk of inciting our sworn enemies to new aggressions and to new excesses. and because of this administration we are tonight a world divided; we are a nation becalmed. we have lost the brisk pace of diversity and the genius of individual creativity. we are plodding along at a pace set by centralized planning, red tape, rules without responsibility, and regimentation without recourse. rather than useful jobs in our country, our people have been offered bureaucratic make work; rather than moral leadership, they have been given bread and circuses. they have been given spectacles, and, yes, theyve even been given scandals. tonight, there is violence in our streets, corruption in our highest offices, aimlessness amongst our youth, anxiety among our elders, and theres a virtual despair among the many who look beyond material success for the inner meaning of their lives. and where examples of morality should be set, the opposite is seen. small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity. now, certainly, simple honesty is not too much to demand of men in government. we find it in most. republicans demand it from everyone. they demand it from everyone no matter how exalted or protected his position might be. now the - the growing menace in our country tonight, to personal safety, to life, to limb and property,
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