【正文】 放請點擊此處)William Jefferson ClintonOklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Addressdelivered 23 April 1995 in Oklahoma City, OK[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.(2)]Thank you very much, Governor Keating and , Reverend Graham, to the families of those who have been lost and wounded, to the people of Oklahoma City, who have endured so much, and the people of this wonderful state, to all of you who are here as our fellow am honored to be here today to represent the American I have to tell you that Hillary and I also e as parents, as husband and wife, as people who were your neighbors for some of the best years of our our nation joins with you in mourn with share your hope against hope that some may still thank all those who have worked so heroically to save lives and to solve this crimethose here in Oklahoma and those who are all across this great land, and many who left their own lives to e here to work hand in hand with pledge to do all we can to help you heal the injured, to rebuild this city, and to bring to justice those who did this terrible sin took the lives of our American family, innocent children in that building, only because their parents were trying to be good parents as well as good workers。ve received a lot of letters in these last terrible stood out because it came from a young widow and a mother of three whose own husband was murdered with over 200 other Americans when Pan Am 103 was shot is what that woman said I should say to you today:The anger you feel is valid, but you must not allow yourselves to be consumed by hurt you feel must not be allowed to turn into hate, but instead into the search for loss you feel must not paralyze your own , you must try to pay tribute to your loved ones by continuing to do all the things they left undone, thus ensuring they did not die in words from one who also have lost too much, but you have not lost you have certainly n。and many there who served the rest of uswho worked to help the elderly and the disabled, who worked to support our farmers and our veterans, who worked to enforce our laws and to protect us say clearly, they served us well, and we are for so many of you they were also neighbors and saw them at church or the PTA meetings, at the civic clubs, at the ball know them in ways that all the rest of America could to all the members of the families here present who have suffered loss, though we share your grief, your pain is unimaginable, and we know cannot undo is God39。it cannot withstand wall cannot withstand I would like, before I close, to say one have read, and I have been questioned since I39。s a great deal to be said for your fortitude, for your defiant I believe there39。Berlin was under today, despite all the pressures upon this city, Berlin stands secure in its freedom itself is transforming the the Philippines, in South and Central America, democracy has been given a the Pacific, free markets are working miracle after miracle of economic the industrialized nations, a technological revolution is taking place, a revolution marked by rapid, dramatic advances in puters and Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the munity of in this age of redoubled economic growth, of information and innovation, the Soviet Union faces a choice: It must make fundamental changes, or it will bee , thus, represents a moment of in the West stand ready to cooperate with the East to promote true openness, to break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer, freer surely there is no better place than Berlin, the meeting place of East and West, to make a people of Berlin: Today, as in the past, the United States stands for the strict observance and full implementation of all parts of the Four Power Agreement of us use this occasion, the 750th anniversary of this city, to usher in a new era, to seek a still fuller, richer life for the Berlin of the , let us maintain and develop the ties between the Federal Republic and the Western sectors of Berlin, which is permitted by the 1971 I invite : Let us work to bring the Eastern and Western parts of the city closer together, so that all the inhabitants of all Berlin can enjoy the benefits that e with life in one of the great cities of the open Berlin still further to all Europe, East and West, let us expand the vital air access to this city, finding ways of making mercial air service to Berlin more convenient, more fortable, and more look to the day when West Berlin can bee one of the chief aviation hubs in all central our FrenchWith our French and British partners, the United States is prepared to help bring international meetings to would be only fitting for Berlin to serve as the site of United Nations meetings, or world conferences on human rights and arms control, or other issues that call for international is no better way to establish hope for the future than to enlighten young minds, and we would be honored to sponsor summer youth exchanges, cultural events, and other programs for young Berliners from the French and British friends, I39。so we must strive to reduce arms on both 10 years ago, the Soviets challenged the Western alliance with a grave new threat, hundreds of new and more deadly SS20 nuclear missiles capable of striking every capital in Western alliance responded by mitting itself to a counterdeployment(unless the Soviets agreed to negotiate a better solution)namely, the elimination of such weapons on both many months, the Soviets refused to bargain in the alliance, in turn, prepared to go forward with its counterdeployment, there were difficult days, days of protests like those during my 1982 visit to this city。t count on: Berliner Herz, Berliner Humor, ja, und Berliner Schnauze.[Berliner heart, Berliner humor, yes, and a Berliner Schnauze.178。the European Community was West Germany and here in Berlin, there took place an econom