Republican National Convention Address(National,Republican,Address)

barry goldwater: 1964 Republican National Convention Address

my 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 who's 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 nature's 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 freedom's model in a searching world. we can be freedom's missionaries in a doubting world. but, ladies and gentlemen, first we must renew freedom's mission in our own hearts and in our own ho ……此处隐藏23108个字……he ladder of liberty, built by decentralized power. on it also we must have balance between the branches of government at every level.

balance, diversity, creative difference: these are the elements of the Republican equation. Republicans agree -- Republicans agree heartily to disagree on many, many of their applications, but we have never disagreed on the basic fundamental issues of why you and i are Republicans.

this is a party. this Republican party is a party for free men, not for blind followers, and not for conformists.

in fact, in 1858 abraham lincoln said this of the Republican party -- and i quote him, because he probably could have said it during the last week or so: "it was composed of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements" -- end of the quote -- in 1858. yet -- yet all of these elements agreed on one paramount objective: to arrest the progress of slavery, and place it in the course of ultimate extinction.

today, as then, but more urgently and more broadly than then, the task of preserving and enlarging freedom at home and of safeguarding it from the forces of tyranny abroad is great enough to challenge all our resources and to require all our strength.

anyone who joins us in all sincerity, we welcome. those who do not care for our cause, we don't expect to enter our ranks in any case. and -- and let our Republicanism, so focused and so dedicated, not be made fuzzy and futile by unthinking and stupid labels.

i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.

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and let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

why the beauty of the very system we Republicans are pledged to restore and revitalize, the beauty of this federal system of ours is in its reconciliation of diversity with unity. we must not see malice in honest differences of opinion, and no matter how great, so long as they are not inconsistent with the pledges we have given to each other in and through our constitution.

our Republican cause is not to level out the world or make its people conform in computer regimented sameness. our Republican cause is to free our people and light the way for liberty throughout the world.

ours is a very human cause for very humane goals.

this party, its good people, and its unquenchable devotion to freedom, will not fulfill the purposes of this campaign, which we launch here and now, until our cause has won the day, inspired the world, and shown the way to a tomorrow worthy of all our yesteryears.

i repeat, i accept your nomination with humbleness, with pride, and you and i are going to fight for the goodness of our land.

thank you.

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