【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 the great achievements of the new age, and a British magazine said it looked like a glorified house I thought, well, that”s about me, you know? I“m a little red and a little blue.(Laughter)What it is to me is the symbol of not only what I tried to do but what I want to do with the rest of my lifebuilding bridges from yesterday to tomorrow, building bridges across racial and religious and ethnic and ine and political believe our mission in this new century is good or ill, we live in an interdependent can”t escape each while we have to fight our enemies, we can“t possibly kill, jail or occupy all of , we have to spend our lives building a global munity and an American munity of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared are those values? And I want to say is don”t want to be too political here, but it bothers me when America gets as divided as it once said to a friend of mine, about three days before the electionI heard all these terrible thingsI said, “You know, am I the only person in the entire United States of America who likes both George and John Kerry, who believes they”re both good people, who believes they both love our country and they just see the world differently?“What should our shared values be? Everybody deserves a ”s got a responsibility to all do better when we work differences do matter, but our mon humanity matters I tell you we can continue building our bridge to will require some red American linedrawing and some blue American barrierbreaking, but we can do it you and God bless you.(Applause)第二篇：克林頓在總統(tǒng)圖書館發(fā)表致謝演講克林頓在總統(tǒng)圖書館發(fā)表致謝演講名人演講稿PRESIDENTClinton:(Alause)Well,ladiesandgentlemen,ifmybelovedmotherwerehere,shewouldremindmethatrainisliquidsuhineandthatIshouldn39。tplainaboutthisbecausethegroundprobablyneedsitandsomebodyisbenefitingfromit.,membersoftheEisenhower,Nixon,Johon,KeedyandCarterfamilietothevastnumberofmembersofCongreandformermembersofCongrehereIdon39。tknowwheretheyarebecauseyou39。reallinponchos(cheers)buttheretheyare。there39。sahugegroupfromCongre,andthepresidentsentfourplanesdownandIthankhimforthat。toalltheguestsfromothercountrieandmyfellowAmericaweletomyrainylibrarydedication.(Laughter)ThankyouSkipRutherfordandallthoseonmystaffandthevolunteersfromArkaasandacroAmericawhoworksohardtomakethiseventjustperfect(helaughs)andexceptforonething,itis.Ithankthepreviouseakersandthosewhohavesungandentertained.,Ican39。,afterall,youjustdelayedyourownlibraryopeningbyfouryears.(Laughter.)Icongratulateyouonyourelection,andIwishyouGodeed,eeciallyinanewandmorehopefultimeforpeaceintheMiddleEast.,andIcalledafriendofmineandIsaid:“MyGod,.”Hehasbeenverykindandgeneroustomyfamily,andIthankhimforthat.Todaywe39。reallred,whiteandblue.,afterIhadbeengovernorforalongtime,.39。,“Thereisnothinginlifesopatheticasaformerpresident.”Well,heturnedouttobewrongbecauseofhisownservice,andPresidentCarterhasprovedthatnothingcouldbefurtherfromthetruth.(Alause)39。ttellyouthat,lethanayearlaterandlethanamilefromhere,andasyoucanseefromthisday,itwasthebegiingofquitearide.IrecentlyokewithPresidentFord,who,at91,isunabletoeandwithhisextraordinarywife,.39。thavedonemostofthegoodthingswedidwithout39。em,andthey39。renotreoibleforanyofthemistakesImade.Ican39。tseethroughalltheumbrellasandalltheponchosorwhateveryoucallthoseplasticthingsthatmakeyoualllooksobeautiful(laughter)butI39。mprettysureSenatorKerry39。,IwanttothankhimandI39。mgladhe39。sbackonthejob.(Alause)Iwanttothankthepeopleofmybelovedhomestateforyoursuort,foryourlove,yourfriendship,thetrust,thesacrificesyousowillinglymadewhenweworkedtogetherhereandwhenyoucarriedmetotheWhiteHouse.39。vesaidalotoftimesImaybetheonlyguythatevergotelectedpresidentbecauseofhispersonalfriends.Ithankmypastor,RexHorne,andalltheotherministersherewhohavetaughtme,prayedwithme,andcoueledmeovertheyears.IthankGodformyfamilyandHillary39。,andIthankyouformakingthiswholelongtrip.LikeIsaid,evenintherain,andIpromiseyou(helaughs)youwouldhaveenjoyedseeingher.Mostofall,39。sasenatorandshehasallthepowerinourfamily,butshe39。,convictionandpaionI39。veeverencountered,..Andletmelastlythankthepeoplewhohavecontributedtoandbuiltthislibrary:theSchoolofPublicServiceandthefoundation,mystaff,myformerstaff,theboard,thearchitects,theexhibitdesigners,thelandscapers,thecontractors,the1,500peoplewhoputthisbuildingup,JimPolshekandRichardOlcott。RalphAlebaumforthewonderfulexhibitandmylongtimefriend,BillClark,whosepanybuiltthisbuilding.IalsowanttosaythatIthankthoseofyouwhoarecontinuingtohelpintheworkofthelibraryandthefoundation.ThislibrarytellsthestoryofAmericaattheendofthe20thcentury,ofpeoplefromallracesandethnicgrouandreligiofromaroundtheworld,andwehadtochangetheroleofgovernmenttodealwiththat.Thatwholestoryishere,in80milliondocuments,21millionstwoofthemmine(laughter)2millionphotographs,and80,weareaskingmorethan100,000ofthesedocumentstobeopenedearlybeforethelawrequires.IthankthosewhoareworkingontheClintonSchoolofPublicService,becauseIwantmoreyoungpeopletogointopublicservice.IthankthosewhoareworkinginHarlemandhereonmyfoundationorwhovisitusontheInternet,asHillarysaid,whohelpustopromotereligiousandracialreconciliation,toadvancecitizenservice,topromoteeconomicempowermentforpoorpeopleinpoormunities,theCariean,IndiaandChina,wehavesucceededincuttingthepriceofthetestingequipmentandgenericdrugsby70percent,andwehopeby2006,andexpect,toserveover2millionpeoplewithmedicinewhowerenotgettingitonthedayIleftoffice.Nowthislibrary,ofcourse,eventhoughit39。,thanksfortheiiration,andI39。mstilltryingtomeasureuptothechallengeyousetformesolongago.Ibelievethejobofapresidentistounderstandandexplainthetimeinwhichheserves,tosetforthavisionofwhereweneedtogoandastrategyofhowtogetthere,andthentopursueitwithallhismindandheartbendingonlyinthefaceoferrorornewcircumstancesandthecriseswhichareunforeseen,aproblemthataffectsallofus.WhenIbecamepresidenttheworldwasanewandverydifferentplace,。we39。rerepresenteduphereonthisstage:coervatism,whicha