ResignationSpeech

精选范文:ResignationSpeech(共2篇)

good evening:

this is the 37th time i have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. each time i have done so to discuss with you some matter that i believe affected the national interest. in all the decisions i have made in my public life i have always tried to do what was best for the nation.

throughout the long and difficult period of watergate, i have felt it was my duty to persevere -- to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me. in the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that i no longer have a strong enough political base in the congress to justify continuing that effort. as long as there was such a base, i felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion; that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future. but with the disappearance of that base, i now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served. and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

i would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. but the interests of the nation must always come before any personal considerations. from the discussions i have had with congressional and other leaders i have concluded that because of the watergate matter i might not have the support of the congress that i would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation will require.

i have never been a quitter.

to leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. but as president, i must put the interests of america first.

america needs a full-time president and a full-time congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad. to continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the president and the congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

therefore, i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

vice president ford will be sworn in as president at that hour in this office.

as i recall the high hopes for america with which we began this second term, i feel a great sadness that i will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next two and a half years. but in turning over direction of the government to vice president ford i know, as i told the nation when i nominated him for that office ten months ago, that the leadership of america would be in good hands.

in passing this office to the vice president, i also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow, and therefore of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all americans. as he assumes that responsibility he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. as we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this nation. to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people.

by taking this action, i hope that i will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in america. i regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision. i would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong -- and some were wrong -- they were made in what i believed at the time to be the best interests of the nation.

to those who have stood with me during these past difficult months, to my family, my friends, the many others who joined in supporting my cause because they believed it was right, i will be eternally grateful for your support. and to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say i leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us in the final analysis have been concerned with the good of the country, however our judgments might differ.

so let us all now join together in affirming that common commitment and in helping our new president succeed for the benefit of all americans. i shall leave this office with regret at not completing my term but with gratitude for the privilege of serving as your president for the past five and a half years. these years have been a momentous time in the history of our nation and the world. they have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the administration, the congress and the people. but the challenges ahead are equally great. and they, too, will require the support and the efforts of the congress and the people, working in cooperation with the new administration.

we have ended america's longest war. but in the work of securing a lasting peace in the world, the goals ahead are even more far-reaching and more difficult. we must complete a structure of peace, so that it will be said of this generation -- our generation of americans -- by the people of all nations, not only that we ended one war but that we prevented future wars.

we have unlocked the doors that for a quarter of a century stood between the united states and the people's republic of china. we must now insure that the one-quarter of the world's people who live in the people's republic of china will be and remain, not our enemies, but our friends.

around the world -- in asia, in africa, in latin america, in the middle east -- there are millions of people who live in terrible poverty, even starvation. we must keep as our goal turning away from production for war and expanding production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward, in their children's time, if not in our own time, to having the necessities for a decent life. here, in america, we are fortunate that most of our people have not only the blessings of liberty but also the means to live full and good, and by the world's standards even abundant lives.

we must press on, however, toward a goal not only of more and better jobs but of full opportunity for every american, and of what we are striving so hard right now to achieve -- prosperity without inflation.

for more than a quarter of a century in public life, i have shared in the turbulent history of this evening. i have fought for what i believe in. i have tried, to the best of my ability, to discharge those duties and meet those responsibilities that were entrusted to me. sometimes i have succeeded. and sometimes i have failed. but always i have taken heart from what theodore roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

i pledge to you tonight that as long as i have a breath of life in my body, i shall continue in that spirit. i shall continue to work for the great causes to which i have been dedicated throughout my years as a congressman, a senator, vice president and president, the cause of peace -- not just for america but among all nations -- prosperity, justice and opportunity for all of our people.

there is one cause above all to which i have been devoted and to which i shall always be devoted for as long as i live.

when i first took the oath of office as president five and a half years ago, i made this sacred commitment: to consecrate my office, my energies, and all the wisdom i can summon to the cause of peace among nations. i've done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge. as a result of these efforts, i am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of america but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace rather than dying in war.

this, more than anything, is what i hoped to achieve when i sought the presidency.

this, more than anything, is what i hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as i leave the presidency.

to have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every american.

in leaving it, i do so with this prayer: may god's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

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篇一：Nixon Resignation Speech尼克松辞职演讲全文

I. Translate the following into Chinese

1. And all the decisions I have made in my I have always tried to do what

was best for the nation.

A. 公开场合 B. 公众生活 C. 政治生活 D. 政治生命

2. I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the

it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so.

A. 个人意志 B. 个人恩怨 C. 个人利益 D. 个人痛苦

3. But the interests of the nation must always come before any .

A. 个人利益 B. 个人考虑 C. 个人情面 D. 个人思想

4. I have never been .

A.不负责任的人 B. 逃避责任的人 C. 半途而废的人 D. 软弱的人

5. To leave office before my term is completed

A. 违背我的本意 B. 违背我的直觉 C. 违背我的本能 D. 违背我的本性

6. And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave

with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us have been concerned with the good of the country however our judgments might differ.

A. 从最后的分析 B. 最后的结论 C. 最终的目的 D. 归根结底

7. We must continue to develop and expand that new relationship so that the two

strongest nations of the world will

A. 在对抗而不是合作中共存

B. 在合作而不是对抗中共存

C. 在合作而且是对抗中共存

D. 或者在合作或者在对抗中共存

8. We must keep as our goal turning away from production for war and expanding

production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward in their children's time, if not in our own time, to having A． 必须体面地生活

B． 体面生活的必须

C． 体面生活的必需品

D． 生活必需的体面

II. Fill in the missing word(s) in each of the following blanks

1. Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you _____ this office _____ which so

many _____ have been made _____ _____ the history of this nation. Each time I have done _____ to discuss _____ you some matters that I _____ _____ the national interest. And _____ the _____ I have made _____ my _____ life, I have _____ tried to do _____ was _____ _____ the nation.

2. _____ the long and difficult period of _____, I have _____ it was my _____ to _____, to

make _____ _____ _____ to complete the _____ of _____ _____ _____ you elected me.

3. In the _____ few days, _____, it has become _____ _____ me that I _____ _____ have a

strong enough political _____ in the _____ to _____ continuing that ______. _____ there was _____ a base, I felt _____ that it was _____ to _____ the constitutional process ________ to its _____, that to do _____ would be _____ to the _____ of that deliberately difficult _____ and a dangerously destabilizing _____ for the future.

4. But _______ the _____ of that _____, I _____ _____ that the constitutional _____ has been

_____, and there is no _____ a _____ _____ the _____ to be _____.

5. I _____ have _____ to carry ______ to the _____ _____ the _____ _____ it would have

_____ , and my family unanimously _____ me to do _____. But the interests of the nation must _____ come _____ any personal considerations. ______ the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders, I have _____ that because of the _____ matter I might not have the _____ of the _____ that I would consider necessary to _____ the _____ difficult decisions and carry _____ the _____ of this _____ in the _____ the interests of the Nation would _____.

6. I have never been a _____.

III. Reading Comprehension

Choose the answer that best fits the meaning of the underlined word(s).

1. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have

been made that A) ruined B) changed C) revived D) brought to the light

2. Each time I have done

interest.

A) shape the history B) speak to you from the office

C) make decision D) do the best for the nation

3. In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong

enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing.

A) do what was best for the Nation

B) have the support of the Congress

C) have a strong enough political base in the Congress

D) discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest

4. As long as there was base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional

process through to its conclusion

A) congressional B) difficult C) constitutional D) political

5. I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would

have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do A) see the constitutional process through to its conclusion

B) carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the Nation would require

C) have the support of the Congress

D) have a strong enough political base in the Congress

6. We have ended in the work of securing a lasting peace in the

world, the goals ahead are even more far-reaching and more difficult.

A.the civil war the

B.the anti-terrorist war

C. Vietnam war D. the World Wa[ResignationSpeech(共2篇)]r II

7. We must now ensure that the one quarter of the world's people who live in the People's

Republic of China .

A. (as it is now)

B. will be and remain to be our friends instead of enemies

C. will be and remain not only our friends but also our enemies

D. will be and remain not to be our friends but our enemies

8. We must continue to build on that friendship so that peace can at last over the Middle

East and so that the cradle of civilization will not become its grave.

A. establish B. conclude C.become quiet D. arrange

IV. Decide whether the following quotes are Correct or Incorrect.

1. President Nixon said: “A man is not finished when he failed. He is finished when

he quits.

2. President Nixon said: “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished

when he quits.

3. President Nixon said: “ A man is not defeated when he is finished. He is defeated

when he quits.”

4. President Nixon said: “ No change is resisted because bureaucrats have vested interest in the

chaos in which they exist.”

5. President Nixon said:” Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested

interest in the chaos in which they exist.”

6. President Nixon said:” Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested

interest in the peace in which they exist.”

7. President Nixon once said: “ But as president you must put the interest of America

first.”

8. President Nixon once said: “ But as president we must put the interest of America

first.”

V. Multiple Choice

Complete each of the following sentences with the answer that best fit the meaning.

1. It was President _______ who said: “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

A) Roosevelt B) Eisenhower C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan 2. President _____ said: “ Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger.”

A) Roosevelt B) Eisenhower C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan

3. As President _______ said, “ I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.” A) Roosevelt B) Eisenhower C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan

4. President ______once said: “ But as president I must put the interest of America first.”

A) Roosevelt B) Eisenhower C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan 5. President ______said: “ Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.”

A) Roosevelt B) Eisenhower C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan

6. President ______said: “I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive

sports.”

A) Roosevelt B) Eisenhower C) Richard Nixon D) Ronald Reagan

VI.Cloze

But ____1____ the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been ___2_____, and there is no longer a need for the process to be ___3____.

I would have ____4____ to carry through to the ___5_____ whatever the personal agony it would have ____6____, and my family unanimously urged me to do ___7___. But the interest of the Nation must always come ___8___ any personal considerations.

From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders, I have ____9____ that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider ___10____ to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the Nation would require.

篇二：Richard M. Nixon - Resignation Speech

Richard M. Nixon: Resignation Speech

delivered 8 August 1974

Good evening:

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest. In all the decisions I have made in my public life I have always tried to do what was best for the nation.

Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere -- to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me. In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion;

that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future. But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served. And there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the

interests of the nation must always come before any personal considerations.[ResignationSpeech(共2篇)] From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation will require.

I have never been a quitter.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first.

America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad. To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.

As I recall the high hopes for America with which we began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next two and a half years. But in turning over direction of the Government to Vice President Ford I know, as I told the nation when I nominated him for that office ten months ago, that the leadership of America would be in good hands.

In passing this office to the Vice President, I also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility that will fall on his shoulders tomorrow, and therefore of the understanding, the patience, the cooperation he will need from all Americans. As he assumes that responsibility he will deserve the help and the support of all of us. As we look to the future, the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this nation. To put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as a free people.

By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America. I regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong -- and some were wrong -- they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interests of the nation.

To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months, to my family, my friends, the many others who joined in supporting my cause because they

believed it was right, I will be eternally grateful for your support. And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us in the final analysis have been concerned with the good of the country, however our judgments might differ. So let us all now join together in affirming that common commitment and in helping our new President succeed for the benefit of all Americans. I shall leave this office with regret at not completing my term but with gratitude for the privilege of serving as your President for the past five and a half years. These years have been a

momentous time in the history of our nation and the world. They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the administration, the Congress and the people. But the

challenges ahead are equally great. And they, too, will require the support and the efforts of the Congress and the people, working in cooperation with the new Administration.

We have ended America's longest war. But in the work of securing a lasting peace in the world, the goals ahead are even more far-reaching and more difficult. We must complete a structure of peace, so that it will be said of this generation -- our

generation of Americans -- by the people of all nations, not only that we ended one war but that we prevented future wars.

We have unlocked the doors that for a quarter of a century stood between the United States and the People's Republic of China. We must now insure that the one-quarter of the world's people who live in the People's Republic of China will be and remain, not our enemies, but our friends.

In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries, many of whom have considered us their enemy for nearly 20 years, now look on us as their friends. We must continue to build on that friendship so that peace can settle at last over the Middle East and so that the cradle of civilization will not become its grave. Together with the Soviet Union we have made the crucial breakthroughs that have begun the process of limiting nuclear arms. But, we must set as our goal, not just limiting, but reducing and finally destroying these terrible weapons, so that they cannot destroy civilization. And so that the threat of nuclear war will no longer hang over the world and the people. We have opened a new relation with the Soviet Union. We must continue to develop and expand that new relationship, so that the two strongest nations of the world will live together in cooperation rather than confrontation. Around the world -- in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, in the Middle East -- there are millions of people who live in terrible poverty, even starvation. We must keep as our goal turning away from production for war and expanding production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward, in their children's time, if not in our own time, to having the necessities for a decent life. Here, in America, we are fortunate that most of our people have not only the blessings of liberty but also the means to live full and good, and by the world's standards even abundant lives.

We must press on, however, toward a goal not only of more and better jobs but of full opportunity for every American, and of what we are striving so hard right now to achieve -- prosperity without inflation.

For more than a quarter of a century in public life, I have shared in the turbulent history of this evening. I have fought for what I believe in. I have tried, to the best of my ability, to discharge those duties and meet those responsibilities that were entrusted to me. Sometimes I have succeeded. And sometimes I have failed. But always I have taken heart from what Theodore Roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

I pledge to you tonight that as long as I have a breath of life in my body, I shall continue in that spirit. I shall continue to work for the great causes to which I have been dedicated throughout my years as a Congressman, a Senator, Vice President and President, the cause of peace -- not just for America but among all nations -- prosperity, justice and opportunity for all of our people.

There is one cause above all to which I have been devoted and to which I shall always be devoted for as long as I live.

When I first took the oath of office as President five and a half years ago, I made this sacred commitment: to consecrate my office, my energies, and all the wisdom I can summon to the cause of peace among nations. I've done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge. As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of America but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace rather than dying in war.

This, more than anything, is what I hoped to achieve when I sought the Presidency. This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every American.

In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.