1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote AddressWord格式.docx
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tunderstandthatfear.Hesaid,"
Why,thiscountryisashiningcityonahill."
Andthepresidentisright.Inmanywaysweareashiningcityonahill.
Butthehardtruthisthatnoteveryoneissharinginthiscity'
ssplendorandglory.AshiningcityisperhapsallthepresidentseesfromtheporticooftheWhiteHouseandtheverandaofhisranch,whereeveryoneseemstobedoingwell.Butthere'
sanothercity;
there'
sanotherparttotheshiningthecity;
thepartwheresomepeoplecan'
tpaytheirmortgages,andmostyoungpeoplecan'
taffordone;
wherestudentscan'
taffordtheeducationtheyneed,andmiddle-classparentswatchthedreamstheyholdfortheirchildrenevaporate.
Inthispartofthecitytherearemorepoorthanever,morefamiliesintrouble,moreandmorepeoplewhoneedhelpbutcan'
tfindit.Evenworse:
Thereareelderlypeoplewhotrembleinthebasementsofthehousesthere.Andtherearepeoplewhosleepinthecitystreets,inthegutter,wheretheglitterdoesn'
tshow.Thereareghettoswherethousandsofyoungpeople,withoutajoboraneducation,givetheirlivesawaytodrugdealerseveryday.Thereisdespair,Mr.president,inthefacesthatyoudon'
tsee,intheplacesthatyoudon'
tvisitinyourshiningcity.
Infact,Mr.president,thisisanation--Mr.presidentyououghttoknowthatthisnationismorea"
TaleofTwoCities"
thanitisjusta"
ShiningCityonaHill."
Maybe,maybe,Mr.president,ifyouvisitedsomemoreplaces;
maybeifyouwenttoAppalachiawheresomepeoplestillliveinsheds;
maybeifyouwenttoLackawannawherethousandsofunemployedsteelworkerswonderwhywesubsidizedforeignsteel.Maybe--Maybe,Mr.president,ifyoustoppedinatashelterinChicagoandspoketothehomelessthere;
maybe,Mr.president,ifyouaskedawomanwhohadbeendeniedthehelpsheneededtofeedherchildrenbecauseyousaidyouneededthemoneyforataxbreakforamillionaireorforamissilewecouldn'
taffordtouse.
Maybe--Maybe,Mr.president.ButI'
mafraidnot.Becausethetruthis,ladiesandgentlemen,thatthisishowwewerewarneditwouldbe.presidentReagantoldusfromtheverybeginningthathebelievedinakindofsocialDarwinism.Survivalofthefittest."
Governmentcan'
tdoeverything,"
weweretold,soitshouldsettlefortakingcareofthestrongandhopethateconomicambitionandcharitywilldotherest.Maketherichricher,andwhatfallsfromthetablewillbeenoughforthemiddleclassandthosewhoaretryingdesperatelytoworktheirwayintothemiddleclass.
Youknow,theRepublicanscalledit"
trickle-down"
whenHoovertriedit.Nowtheycallit"
supplyside."
Butit'
sthesameshiningcityforthoserelativefewwhoareluckyenoughtoliveinitsgoodneighborhoods.Butforthepeoplewhoareexcluded,forthepeoplewhoarelockedout,alltheycandoisstarefromadistanceatthatcity'
sglimmeringtowers.
It'
sanoldstory.It'
sasoldasourhistory.ThedifferencebetweenDemocratsandRepublicanshasalwaysbeenmeasuredincourageandconfidence.TheRepublicans--TheRepublicansbelievethatthewagontrainwillnotmakeittothefrontierunlesssomeoftheold,someoftheyoung,someoftheweakareleftbehindbythesideofthetrail."
Thestrong"
--"
Thestrong,"
theytellus,"
willinherittheland."
WeDemocratsbelieveinsomethingelse.Wedemocratsbelievethatwecanmakeitallthewaywiththewholefamilyintact,andwehavemorethanonce.EversinceFranklinRooseveltliftedhimselffromhiswheelchairtoliftthisnationfromitsknees--wagontrainafterwagontrain--tonewfrontiersofeducation,housing,peace;
thewholefamilyaboard,constantlyreachingouttoextendandenlargethatfamily;
liftingthemupintothewagonontheway;
blacksandHispanics,andpeopleofeveryethnicgroup,andnativeAmericans--allthosestrugglingtobuildtheirfamiliesandclaimsomesmallshareofAmerica.Fornearly50yearswecarriedthemalltonewlevelsofcomfort,andsecurity,anddi
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