曼德拉勵志英文演講稿：I Am Prepared to Die for an Ideal

　　以下這篇英文演講稿是南非前總統曼德拉1990年2月11日所作的一篇英文演講I Am Prepared to Die for an Ideal，由應屆畢業(yè)生演講稿網(wǎng)站整理提供，供大家學(xué)習。

　　I Am Prepared to Die for an Ideal

　　為理想我愿獻出生命

　　February 11,1990

　　1990年2月11日

　　I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to see realized. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

　　我反對白人統治，也反對黑人統治。我珍視民主和自由社會(huì )的理想，在這個(gè)社會(huì )中，人人和睦相處，機會(huì )均等。我希望為這個(gè)理想而生，并希望能實(shí)現這個(gè)理想。但是如果需要，為理想我愿獻出生命。

　　My friends, comrades, and fellow South Africans: I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy, and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore have placed the remaining years of my life in your , I extend my sincere and warmest gratitude to the millions of my compatriots and those in every corner of the globe who have campaigned tirelessly for my release. I extend special greetings to the people of Cape Town, the city through which — which has been my home for three decades. Your mass marches and other forms of struggle have served as a constant source of strength to all political . It has fulfilled our every expectation in its role as leader of the great march to , Comrade Oliver Tambo, for leading the ANC even under the most difficult circumstances.

　　我的朋友們、同志們和南非同胞們： 我以和平、民主和全人類(lèi)自由的名義，向你們大家致意。今天我站在你們面前，不是作為一名預言家，而是作為人民的謙卑公仆。你們不懈的奮斗和英勇的犧牲才使我今天有可能站在這里，因此，我要把余生獻給你們。在我獲釋的今天，我要向千百萬(wàn)同胞，向世界各地為我的獲釋作出過(guò)不懈努力的人們，致以真誠的、最熱烈的感謝。 我要特別感謝開(kāi)普敦的人民，我以開(kāi)普敦為家住了30年。你們大規模的游行請愿和其他形式的斗爭一直是所有政治犯們的力量源泉。我向非國大會(huì )議致敬。作為一個(gè)領(lǐng)導我們奔向自由的政黨，它實(shí)現了我們對它的所有期望。我向我們的主席——奧利弗·坦博同志致敬，他在最艱難的環(huán)境下領(lǐng)導著(zhù)非國大。

　　I salute the rank?and?file members of the ANC: You have sacrificed life and limb in the pursuit of the noble cause of our , like Solomon Mahlangu and Ashley Kriel, who have paid the ultimate price for the freedom of all South Africans. I salute the South African Communist Party for its sterling contribution to the struggle for democracy. You have survived 40 years of unrelenting persecution. The memory of great communists like Moses Kotane, Yusuf Dadoo, Bram Fischer, and Moses Mabhida will be cherished for generations to come. I salute General Secretary Joe Slovo, one of our finest patriots. We are heartened by the fact that the alliance between ourselves and the Party remains as strong as it — it always , the National Education Crisis Committee, the South African Youth Congress, the Transvaal and Natal Indian Congresses, and COSATU, and the many other formations of the Mass Democratic Movement. I also salute the Black Sash and the National Union of South African Students. We note with pride that you have looked — that you have acted as the conscience of white South Africa. Even during the darkest days in the history of our struggle you held the flag of liberty high. The large?scale mass mobilization of the past few years is one of the key factors which led to the opening of the final chapter of our — Your organized strength is the pride of our movement. You remain the most dependable force in the struggle to end exploitation and oppression.

　　我向非國大的普通黨員們致敬：你們在爭取自由的偉大事業(yè)中赴湯蹈火英勇獻身。我向“民族之矛”的戰士們——如所羅門(mén)·馬赫蘭古和艾希莉·柯瑞爾——致敬，他們?yōu)榱巳�體南非人的自由而流盡了最后一滴血。我向南非共產(chǎn)黨致敬，它為南非的民主斗爭作出了非凡的貢獻。你們經(jīng)受了40年的無(wú)情迫害而堅持了下來(lái)。南非世世代代的人民都將懷念摩西·科達恩、余素夫·達都、布萊姆·費舍爾以及摩西·馬西達等偉大的共產(chǎn)主義者。我向秘書(shū)長(cháng)喬·斯洛沃致敬，他是我們最杰出的愛(ài)國者之一。一個(gè)鼓舞人心的事實(shí)是，我們和共產(chǎn)黨的聯(lián)盟依然一如既往地堅不可摧。我向統一民主陣線(xiàn)、國民教育危機處理委員會(huì )、南非青年會(huì )、德蘭士瓦省及納塔爾印度人大會(huì )、南非貿易聯(lián)合會(huì )以及其他各種形式的群眾民主運動(dòng)組織致敬。我還要向“黑肩帶”婦女協(xié)會(huì )以及南非學(xué)生國民聯(lián)合會(huì )致敬。我們驕傲地看到你們的言行代表了南非白人的良知。即便在我們斗爭史上最黑暗的歲月里，你們也高舉著(zhù)民主自由的大旗。過(guò)去幾年里，大規模的群眾動(dòng)員是揭開(kāi)我們斗爭最后篇章的主要因素之一。我要向我們國家的勞動(dòng)階級致敬。你們團結起來(lái)的力量是我們爭取自由運動(dòng)的驕傲。你們依然是我們反剝削反壓迫斗爭中最可依賴(lài)的力量。

　　I pay tribute — I pay tribute to the many religious communities who carried the campaign for justice forward when the organizations of our people were silenced. I greet the traditional leaders of our country — many among you continue to walk in the footsteps of great heroes like Hintsa and , you, the young lions. You, the young lions, have energized our entire struggle. I pay tribute to the mothers and wives and sisters of our nation. You are the rock?hard foundation of our struggle. Apartheid has inflicted more pain on you than on anyone , we thank the world — we thank the world community for their great contribution to the anti?apartheid struggle. Without your support our struggle would not have reached this advanced stage. The sacrifice of the frontline states will be remembered by South Africans , black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security.

　　我向眾多宗教團體致敬，在我們的組織被壓制得鴉雀無(wú)聲時(shí)，他們挺身而出，展開(kāi)爭取正義的運動(dòng)。我向我國過(guò)去的領(lǐng)導者們致敬，你們中的很多人繼續沿著(zhù)亨薩、瑟庫庫內等偉大英雄們的足跡前進(jìn)。我向年輕的英雄主義者們致敬，你們是年輕的雄獅。你們——年輕的雄獅們，給我們整個(gè)斗爭中注入了活力。我向我們國家里的母親們、妻子們、姐妹們致敬。你們是我們進(jìn)行斗爭的堅強基石。種族隔離烙在你們身心上的傷痕比任何人的都多。在這個(gè)時(shí)刻，我們感謝世界——我們感謝世界這個(gè)大團體在反對種族隔離的斗爭中所作出的偉大貢獻。沒(méi)有你們的支持，我們的斗爭不會(huì )到達這個(gè)新階段。那些走在斗爭前列的國家所付出的犧牲將會(huì )被南非人民永遠銘記。如果不向我深?lèi)?ài)的妻子和家人表示深深的感激，那么我的致敬將是殘缺不全的。在我漫長(cháng)而孤獨的鐵窗生涯中，他們給了我力量。我相信你們經(jīng)受的痛苦和苦難遠遠超過(guò)了我自己。在我進(jìn)一步演講之前，我愿意闡明我的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，就是在當前階段，我只打算對一些問(wèn)題做初步的評論。等到我有機會(huì )和我的同志們深入切磋之后，我將發(fā)表一個(gè)更加全面的聲明。今天，無(wú)論是黑人還是白人，大多數南非人都已認識到種族隔離制度已經(jīng)走到盡頭。我們必須果敢地采取我們自己的群眾運動(dòng)來(lái)確保國家的和平與安全。

　　The mass campaigns of defiance and other actions of our organizations and people can only culminate in the establishment of continent is in calculable. The fabric of family life of millions of my people has been shattered. Millions are homeless and unemployed. Our economy — Our economy lies in ruins and our people are embroiled in political strife. Our resort to the armed struggle in 1960 with the formation of the military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe, was a purely defensive action against the violence of apartheid. The factors which necessitated the armed struggle still exist today. We have no option but to continue. We express the hope that a climate conducive to a negotiated settlement will be created soon so that there may no longer be the need for the armed , strategies, and , I feel duty?bound to make the point that a leader of the movement is a person who has been democratically elected at a national conference. This is a principle which must be upheld without any , I wish to report to you that my talks with the government have been aimed at normalizing the political situation in the country. We have not as yet begun discussing the basic demands of the struggle. I wish to stress that I myself have at no time entered into negotiations about the future of our country except to insist on a meeting between the ANC and the has gone further than any other Nationalist President in taking real steps to normalize the situation. However, there are further steps, as outlined in the Harare Declaration, that have to be met before negotiations on the basic demands of our people can begin. I reiterate our call for, inter alia, the immediate ending of the State of Emergency and the freeing of all, and not only some, political prisoners. Only such a normalized situation, which allows for free political activity, can allow us to consult our people in order to obtain a mandate. The people need to be consulted on who will negotiate and on the content of such negotiations. Negotiations cannot take place — Negotiations cannot take place above the heads or behind the backs of our people. It is our belief that the future of our country can only be determined by a body which is democratically elected on a non?racial basis. Negotiations on the dismantling of apartheid will have to address the overwhelming demands of our people for a democratic, non?racial and unitary South Africa. There must be an end to white monopoly on political power and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly , we base our policy and strategy on the harsh reality we are faced with. And this reality is that we are still suffering under the policies of the Nationalist , so that the process towards democracy is rapid and uninterrupted. We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Now is the time to intensify the struggle on all fronts. To relax our efforts now would be a mistake which generations to come will not be able to role in a united democratic and non?racial South Africa is the only way to peace and racial harmony. In conclusion, I wish to quote my own words during my trial in 1964. They are as true today as they were then. I spoke: I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and — and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

　　我國各個(gè)團體和我國人民的大規模反抗等運動(dòng)只有在民主制度的確立中才能達到高峰。種族隔離制度給我們這片次大陸造成了難以估量的破壞。我們成千上萬(wàn)人的家庭生活遭到了毀壞。幾百萬(wàn)人流離失所，沒(méi)有工作。我們的經(jīng)濟遭到嚴重破壞，我們的人民卷入了政治沖突。我們在1960年訴諸武裝斗爭，建立了非洲人民國民大會(huì )的戰斗組織——“民族之矛”，這純屬為反抗種族隔離制度的暴力而采取的自衛行動(dòng)。過(guò)去那些要求我們必須進(jìn)行武裝斗爭的種種因素在今天依然存在，因此除了繼續進(jìn)行武裝斗爭外我們別無(wú)選擇。我們希望，不久將會(huì )出現一種有利于通過(guò)談判解決問(wèn)題的局面，這樣就可以刀槍入庫馬放南山了。我是非洲人國民大會(huì )忠于職守、遵守紀律的一員。因此，我完全贊同它所提出的所有目標、戰略和戰術(shù)。和以往一樣，現在的重要任務(wù)是把我國人民團結起來(lái)。任何個(gè)別領(lǐng)導人都無(wú)法獨自肩負起這個(gè)重擔。作為領(lǐng)袖，我們的任務(wù)是向我們的組織闡明觀(guān)點(diǎn)，并允許通過(guò)民主機制來(lái)決定我們前進(jìn)的方向。對于實(shí)行民主問(wèn)題，我感到有責任強調一點(diǎn)，即民主運動(dòng)的領(lǐng)導人要由全國大會(huì )通過(guò)民主選舉而產(chǎn)生，這是一條必須堅持且不能破例的原則。今天，我愿意向你們報告一下，我同政府進(jìn)行一系列會(huì )談的目的一直是讓我國的政治局勢正�；�。迄今為止我們還沒(méi)有開(kāi)始討論本次斗爭的基本要求。我愿意強調一下，就我國的未來(lái)前途，我除了堅持要求在非國大和政府之間進(jìn)行磋商以外，本人決不會(huì )介入和政府的談判。在采取切實(shí)可行的措施使局勢正�；�方面，德·克勒克先生比任何一位民族主義總統走得都遠。但是就如同《哈拉雷宣言》規劃的那樣，在就我們人民的基本需要展開(kāi)談判之前，我們還有更多措施需要實(shí)施。其中，我特別強調，我們要求立即結束緊急狀態(tài)并釋放所有而不是一部分政治犯。只有在一個(gè)允許人們自由從事政治活動(dòng)的正�；�的環(huán)境里，我們才得以和人民商議以便取得人民的授權。在誰(shuí)將參與談判以及談判內容上，我們都需要和人民商議。談判不能——談判不能凌駕于我國人民之上或背著(zhù)人民進(jìn)行。我們相信，我國的未來(lái)只能由一個(gè)在不分膚色的基礎上通過(guò)民主選舉而產(chǎn)生的機構來(lái)決定。消滅種族隔離制度的談判必須滿(mǎn)足我國人民的壓倒一切的要求，即建立一個(gè)民主的、不分種族的和統一的南非。由白人壟斷政治權力的狀況必須結束，還必須從根本上重建我國的政治制度和經(jīng)濟制度，以便確保種族隔離制度產(chǎn)生的不平等問(wèn)題得到解決，并保證我們的社會(huì )徹底實(shí)現民主。有一點(diǎn)必須另加說(shuō)明，就是德·克勒克先生本人是一個(gè)正直之人，他準確認識到，一個(gè)公眾人物如不履行其職責必將帶來(lái)后患。但是作為一個(gè)組織，我們基于我們所面臨的嚴酷現實(shí)來(lái)制定我們的政策和策略，這個(gè)嚴酷現實(shí)就是我們依然在民族主義政府的政策下苦苦掙扎。我們的斗爭已經(jīng)到了關(guān)鍵性時(shí)刻。我們呼吁人民要抓住這個(gè)時(shí)機，以便加快我們的民主進(jìn)程并不使其中斷。對于自由我們等待得太久。我們不能再等了�，F在是我們在各條戰線(xiàn)上加強斗爭的時(shí)候了。 現在我們若放松努力將鑄成大錯，我們的子孫后代將不會(huì )原諒我們。地平線(xiàn)上出現一抹自由的曙光，這曙光會(huì )激勵我們加倍努力。只有通過(guò)有紀律的群眾運動(dòng)，我們的勝利才有保障。我們呼吁白人同胞加入到我們塑造一個(gè)新南非的行列中來(lái)。自由運動(dòng)也是你們的政治家園。我們呼吁國際社會(huì )繼續孤立這個(gè)實(shí)行種族隔離制度的政府。取消對這個(gè)政府的制裁就等于冒險，而這種冒險可能會(huì )導致根除族隔離制度的進(jìn)程流產(chǎn)。我們邁向自由的步伐不會(huì )逆轉。我們絕不允許讓畏懼擋住我們前進(jìn)的道路。按照選民共同的職責，在民主統一且不分種族的南非實(shí)行普選，是通向和平與種族和諧的唯一途徑。最后，我想引用一段我在1964年受審時(shí)說(shuō)過(guò)的話(huà)。這段話(huà)在當時(shí)是正確的，在今天依然正確。我說(shuō)：我為反對白人統治而斗爭，也為反對黑人統治而斗爭。我珍視有一個(gè)民主和自由社會(huì )的理想，在這個(gè)社會(huì )里，人人和睦相處，機會(huì )均等。我為這個(gè)理想而生，并希望實(shí)現這個(gè)理想。但是如果需要，我也準備為這個(gè)理想而死

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