名家演讲(双语)

第一篇：名家演讲(双语)

Andrea Jung：My Success Benefits From Chinese

Tradition and Culture …

As I reflect on my rapid rise to the top as one of the few women running a major global corporation, I have found myself thinking a great deal about my Chinese heritage and how enormously fortunate I am to have been given this very precious gift.I was raised in a traditional Chinese family where achievement was not demanded, but expected.My father, born in Hong Kong, was a successful architect.My mother, born in Shanghai, was the first female chemical engineer in her graduating class at the University of Toronto in Canada.They arrived in America not speaking a word of English but through hard work, both were able to fulfill their full potential, and their success has set a wonderful example for me.My parents were always, and continue to be today, the single biggest influence in my life.They raised my brother and I with a respect for the values and traditions of our Chinese heritage, yet also with an unwavering commitment to bring us up with all the opportunities for higher education and a desire to prepare us to adapt to American society and to succeed in this world of great change.My brother and I were given all the opportunities of our American friendsmy brother and I smile today when we reminisce on growing up in our house.We grew up believing that being Chinese was the greatest advantage in life;in our house, everything important in life came from China, was invented in China, owed all to the Chinese.We went on elementary school field trips to pulp plants, where they taught us how paper was made.Paper was invented in China, Mom said, after we relayed the process in awe.Our favorite neighbors were Italian and invited us over for spaghetti.When we came home and raved, Dad would remind us that Marco Polo brought pasta home from China.Not Italian...Chinese...and so it went.And how wonderful they were to instill in us the sense of pride in our heritage that we have never forgotten.When I first became CEO, a famous American television journalist interviewed my dad and asked him if he always knew I would be successful in business.No, he said, quite to the contrary, he worried for years that raising me to be a respectful Chinese daughter would hinder my ability to compete in a world with what he considered the aggressive, cut throat traits of typical America CEO's.In fact, he passed on a letter to me that I keep, translated from Chinese to English, in my desk drawer.The letter reads: “Remember, there are distinctive qualities that set apart the successful Chinese...strive to excel in all you do;be a superb parent willing to curtail your own pleasure for the sake of better nurturing your children;be generous, fair, tolerant, eager to learn from other cultures while sharing your own.But beyond these attributes, remember to have an absence of arrogance and boastfulness;have unfailing courtesy, forbearance, sensitivity of others' feelings and above all, the ability to diffuse your anger and grievance, not by suppressing them but by transforming them into helpful, positive emotions.In an age and environment of pretension, you have a precious Chinese cultural heritage which we are proud to pass down to you...” …

There are two final qualities of distinguished leadership that I want to share with you today.These may be the most important qualities of all and how lucky we are that both are a fundamental part of our Chinese culture-something we all learn from our parents virtually from the day we are born.First is Perseverance.…

it's so important to have a dream …

In many ways the dream of China is really the biggest dream of all--and it's a dream we all share.And we're not alone.The dream of China has captured the world's imagination since the beginning of history.From Columbus to Marco Polo, explorers have traveled long and far to unlock China's mystery and discover its riches.The dream of China is a gift given to each of us as part of our cultural heritage.As China emerges as one of the world's leading powers, this dream grows stronger and brighter every day.The world is looking on in awe.And nothing makes me prouder than to watch this growth and success.Nothing makes me prouder than to know that this is my culture.Like all of you, I am very proud to be Chinese, and very grateful that I have been given the gift of this wonderful heritage.It is a gift that serves as a source of strength and as a guiding compass every single day in my life and in my career.…

钟彬娴：我的成功得益于宝贵的中华传统文化

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作为极少数领导着主要全球性企业的女性中的一员，在我回想我的迅速成长过程，我发觉自己不断地想到我的中国文化传统这一宝贵的赠与所带给我的极大幸运。

我在一个传统的中国家庭里成长，家人不强求我成功，但期望我成功。我父亲出生在香港，是一名成功的建筑师。我母亲生于上海，是当时加拿大多伦多大学研究生班里培养出来的第一位女性化学工程师。他们刚到美国时一句英语都不会，但他们勤奋工作，都充分发挥了自己的潜力。他们的成功为我树立了非常好的榜样。

我的父母从过去到现在始终是我唯一和最大影响力的来源。在教育我和我弟弟时他们尊重我们的观点和传承的中国文化，但也不遗余力地把握所有让我们接受教育的机会，以及帮助我们适应美国社会并在这个变化不断的世界里获得成功。

我和我弟弟同我们的美国同龄人获得的机会是均等的：同一个学校、同样的网球课、同一个钢琴老师……但我们被中国传统文化熏陶的思想是一个很大的优势，我们为此感到骄傲。父母亲一直教导我们要为自己是中国人感到自豪，今天我和我的弟弟回想在家的成长历程还会由衷地微笑。我们始终相信作为中国人是生命中最大的优势，在家里所有重要的东西都是中国来的，在中国发明的，都是中国人的。我们念小学时去纸浆厂参观，教我们纸是怎么生产的。我们回家崇拜地描述一番后，母亲说，纸是中国人发明的。我们最喜欢的邻居是意大利人，他们邀请我们去吃意大利面。我们兴奋无比，父亲会提醒我们马可波罗是从中国把面团带回去的，不是意大利的，而是中国的……不断如此。我们永远无法忘记他们是如何教导我们为自己的传统感到自豪。

当我最初成为CEO的时候，一个著名的美国电视记者采访我的父亲时，问他是否早就知道我会在商界获得成功。不，他回答，正相反，他好多年一直担心教育我成为一个孝顺的中国女儿会妨碍我在一个他认为充满了具有攻击性和残酷无情的典型美国CEO们的圈子里和别人竞争。实际上，他写了封信给我，我还保存在我办公桌抽屉里。信是由中文翻译成英文的，信里这样写道：

“记住，成功的中国人具有和其他人不同的特质……所有事情都要努力做得最好；做一个愿意为培育子女放弃自己的快乐的杰出母亲；慷慨、公正、宽容、和人分享你的文化还要热情学习别人的文化。但除此之外，记住远离傲慢和自吹自擂；保持礼节、容忍、理解对别人的同情心，还有最重要的，要化解你的怒气和悲痛，不是压抑它们，而是把它们转变成有帮助的、正面的情感。在虚伪的年代和环境中，你有一个珍贵的中国文化传统，我们为能把它传递给你而骄傲……” ……

我今天和你们分享的最后两点优秀的领导力特质可能是所有特质中最重要的，而我们如此幸运因为它们都是我们中华民族文化的根基，是我们几乎从出生那天起就开始向父母学习的。

第一是坚持……

第二是梦想……

很多意义上，中国梦的确是最大的梦想，这是一个我们共有的梦想。我们不是孤独的。自从有历史以来中国的梦想吸引着世界的想象力。从哥伦布到马可波罗，探险家长途跋涉为了揭开中国的神秘和发现这里的财富。

中国梦是我们有幸从传统文化中继承下来的。在中国逐渐成为世界性的大国时，这个梦想成长地更快更明确。全球都投以崇敬的目光。我为能目睹这样的成长和成功而感到无比自豪，为这是我自己的传统文化而无比自豪。和你们一样，作为中国人我很骄傲，也为拥有这样的美好的传承而无比感激。这是我的生活和事业中指引我方向的根源。……

第二篇：毕业演讲双语

电影《超凡蜘蛛侠2》中，蜘蛛侠初恋女友格温的毕业演讲恰好与毕业季相吻合，也成为影迷们讨论最多的话题之一。这段演讲更被誉为引领青春正能量。毕业季的你在看到这段演讲时是不是也深有感触？ Good morning, esteemed faculty and families of my fellow graduates.It's an honor to be standing up here today.I know that we all think we're immortal, we're supposed to feel that way, we're graduating.The future is and should be bright, but, like our brief four years in high school, what makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever, what makes it precious is that it ends.I know that now more than ever.And I say it today of all days to remind us that time is luck.So don't waste it living someone else's life, make yours count for something.Fight for what matters to you, no matter what.Because even if you fall short, what better way is there to live?

早上好，尊敬的各位老师及毕业生家长们。我很荣幸今天能站在这里。我们总以为青春是永驻的。多么理所当然的想法。可今天我们毕业了，如同这四年短暂的高中时光，生命的价值也恰恰在于它并非永垂不朽。生命因其有限而可贵。现在的我深有体会。我之所以要在今天说这些，是想提醒大家，生即幸福。不要浪费生命为别人而活，要活出你自己的意义，为你珍视的事物奋斗，心无旁骛。即便最后未能如愿，至少我们也曾精彩地活过。

It’s easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today.But there will be dark days ahead of us too.There will be days where you feel all alone.And that’s when hope is needed most.No matter how buried it gets, or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope.Keep it alive.We have to be greater than what we suffer.My wish for you is to become hope.People need that.And even if we fail, what better way is there to live? As we look around here today, at all of the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like we’re saying goodbye.But we will carry a piece of each other into everything that we do next.To remind us of who we are, and who we are meant to be.I’ve had a great four years with you, and I will miss you all very much.在今天这样晴朗的日子里很容易让人产生希望。但人生的道路上也会有阴郁的日子。有让你觉得孤独的日子。这种时候才更要怀揣希望。不管有多遥不可及，不管有 多痛苦失落。请向我保证，你都不会放弃希望。让希望永存。我们要从痛苦中收获坚强。我对你们的希望是，成为他人的希望。人们需要希望。即便不能如愿，至少我们也曾精彩的活过。今天我们环视四周，所有我们帮助过的人造就了今天的我们。今天我们似乎就此分别，但我们未来做的每一件事里都会有彼此的影子。提醒自己我是谁，我想成为谁。我与诸位共度了美好的四年，我会想念你们所有人。

第三篇：双语演讲搞

为新疆稳定繁荣，为若羌和谐发展，争做

优秀双语教师

新疆工作座谈会召开以来，中央举全国之力开展对口支援，新疆上下一心，围绕实现两大历史任务的伟大目标，各项事业兴旺发展、欣欣向荣，各民族群众和睦团结、安居乐业，全区的教育工作更由此进入最好的历史发展阶段，取得了令人欣喜的成就。

今天的新疆，沐浴着党中央、国务院和全国人民的关心厚爱，正以先进文化为引领，变化变革，抢抓机遇，努力实现跨越式发展和长治久安，各领域都在大建设、大开发，和谐发展。但“三股势力”不愿看到大美新疆民族团结、社会繁荣进步的美好景象，颠倒事实、肆意歪曲新疆的历史，制造恐怖气氛、扰乱社会秩序、挑拨民族关系、破坏民族团结，采取极其惨绝人寰，暴力恐怖的犯罪手段，与党和政府为敌、与各族人民群众为敌，是新疆各族人民的共同敌人。

当前，全区上下正在围绕实现跨越式发展和长治久安的两大历史任务，为全面建成五位一体的小康社会而奋斗，取得了令人瞩目的成就。但是，国内外敌对势力就是不愿意看到发展的新疆、和谐的新疆，就是要破坏新疆经济发展、社会进步、民族团结、各族人民安居乐业的大好形势；破坏各族干部群众心连心、同呼吸、共命运的血肉情谊；破坏新疆政通人和的政治局面，妄图达到他们分裂祖国这一不可告人的目的。

新疆经济发展、社会稳定是大势所趋、人心所向，是任何势力都阻挡不了的。面对当前异常严峻的稳定形势和异常繁重的工作任务，新疆的稳定和发展与我们每一个新疆人息息相关，我们要进一步增强政治意识、大局意识、责任意识和忧患意识，高举维护国家统一、维护民族团结、维护各族群众根本利益的旗帜，认真贯彻落实中央和自

治区党委的各项决策部署，以实际行动全力维护好新疆各族人民大团结，全力促进新疆教育事业的稳定与发展，为构建和谐、稳定、富强的新疆做出不懈的努力!

近年来，新疆各级党委、政府积极贯彻落实《关于大力推进“双语”教学工作的决定》，各级教育行政部门和广大教育工作者做了大量富有成效的工作。尤其是2005年年底，自治区召开中小学“双语”教学工作会议后，“双语”教学“从小抓起、从教师抓起”的指导思想得到确立，“双语”教学特别是学前“双语”教育事业呈现出快速发展的喜人态势。同时，自治区对“双语”教学工作的研究与指导力度不断加强，各地“双语”教学改革不断深化，重基础、重交流、重应用，培养学生学好汉语、用好汉语、说好汉语成为“双语”教学的目标和任务，教学的内容更贴近实际生活、教学的形式更加丰富多样、教学的手段更加注重科学和多样化，师生关系更加融洽。在少数民族中小学教师汉语水平演讲大赛特别是去年的自治区“双语”教育典型事迹巡回报告会上，各族群众也可以切实感受到“双语”教学工作所取得的显著进步和实际效果。

广大教育工作者要提高认识，统一思想，切实增强推动教育发展的使命感和紧迫感。坚持“优先发展、育人为本、改革创新、促进公平、提高质量”，忠诚党的教育事业，变化变革、敢于担当、务求实效地办好人民满意的教育。要开拓进取，立德树人，争做教书育人楷模。坚持德才兼备、以德为先，勤于学习、善于学习、坚持学习，不断提高自身道德修养和教育教学水平。坚持德育为先、能力为重，培养德智体美全面发展的社会主义建设者和接班人。要统一思想，坚定不移，大力推进双语教育工作。主动顺应教育发展需要，努力实现转型，积极融入双语教育工作。坚持以现代文化为引领，推动不同民族语言文化的继承与发展，推动现代文化繁荣发展。要政治坚定，敢于担当，争做民族团结楷模。加强学生民族团结教育，争做民族团结的模范，促进各民族大团结，形成各民族亲如兄弟的和谐新疆，建设大美新疆。在教书育人的同时，要在新疆经济社会发展发挥更多作用，我是一名双语教师，我真诚的希望我们全体双语工作者，积极的行动起来，用我们的热情和激情使若羌县双语教师更上一个新台阶同心共筑中国

梦、同力共绘新疆篇。

第四篇：英文名家演讲语录9

First Fireside Chat

“The Banking Crisis”

My friends:

I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking--to talk with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking, but more particularly with the overwhelming majority of you who use banks for the making of deposits and the drawing of checks.I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days, and why it was done, and what the next steps are going to be.I recognize that the many proclamations from State capitols and from Washington, the legislation, the Treasury regulations, and so forth, couched for the most part in banking and legal terms, out to be explained for the benefit of the average citizen.I owe this, in particular, because of the fortitude and the good temper with which everybody has accepted the

inconvenience and hardships of the banking holiday.And I know that when you understand what we in Washington have been about, I shall continue to have your cooperation as fully as I have had your sympathy and your help during the past week.First of all, let me state the simple fact that when you deposit money in a bank, the bank does not put the money into a safe deposit vault.It invests your money in many different forms of credit--in bonds, in commercial paper, in mortgages and in many other kinds of loans.In other words, the bank puts your money to work to keep the wheels of industry and of agriculture turning around.A comparatively small part of the money that you put into the bank is kept in currency--an amount which in normal times is wholly sufficient to cover the cash needs of the average citizen.In other words, the total amount of all the currency in the country is only a comparatively small proportion of the total deposits in all the banks of the country.What, then, happened during the last few days of February and the first few days of March? Because of undermined confidence on the part of the public, there was a general rush by a large portion of our population to turn bank deposits into currency or gold--a rush so great that the soundest banks couldn't get enough currency to meet the demand.The reason for this was that on the spur of the moment it was, of course, impossible to sell perfectly sound assets of a bank and convert them into cash, except at panic prices far below their real value.By the afternoon of March third, a week ago last Friday, scarcely a bank in the country was open to do business.Proclamations closing them, in whole or in part, had been issued by the Governors in almost all the states.It was then that I issued the proclamation providing for the national bank holiday, and this was the first step in the Government’s reconstruction of our financial and economic fabric.The second step, last Thursday, was the legislation promptly and patriotically

passed by the Congress confirming my proclamation and broadening my powers so that it became possible in view of the requirement of time to extend the holiday and lift the ban of that holiday gradually in the days to come.This law also gave

authority to develop a program of rehabilitation of our banking facilities.And I want to tell our citizens in every part of the Nation that the national Congress--Republicans and Democrats alike--showed by this action a devotion to public welfare and a realization of the emergency and the necessity for speed that it is difficult to match in all our history.The third stage has been the series of regulations permitting the banks to continue their functions to take care of the distribution of food and household necessities and the payment of payrolls.This bank holiday, while resulting in many cases in great inconvenience, is affording us the opportunity to supply the currency necessary to meet the situation.Remember that no sound bank is a dollar worse off than it was when it closed its doors last week.Neither is any bank which may turn out not to be in a position for immediate opening.The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks that reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.The new currency is being sent out by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in large volume to every part of the country.It is sound currency because it is backed by actual, good assets.Another question you will ask is this: Why are all the banks not to be reopened at the same time? The answer is simple and I know you will understand it: Your

Government does not intend that the history of the past few years shall be repeated.We do not want and will not have another epidemic of bank failures.As a result, we start tomorrow, Monday, with the opening of banks in the twelve Federal Reserve Bank cities--those banks, which on first examination by the

Treasury, have already been found to be all right.That will be followed on Tuesday by the resumption of all other functions by banks already found to be sound in cities where there are recognized clearing houses.That means about two hundred and fifty cities of the United States.In other words, we are moving as fast as the mechanics of the situation will allow us.On Wednesday and succeeding days, banks in smaller places all through the country will resume business, subject, of course, to the Government's physical ability to complete its survey It is necessary that the reopening of banks be extended over a period in order to permit the banks to make applications for the necessary loans, to obtain currency needed to meet their requirements, and to enable the Government to make common sense checkups.Please let me make it clear to you that if your bank does not open the first day you are by no means justified in believing that it will not open.A bank that opens on one of the subsequent days is in exactly the same status as the bank that opens tomorrow.I know that many people are worrying about State banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System.There is no occasion for that worry.These banks can and will receive assistance from member banks and from the Reconstruction

Finance Corporation.And, of course, they are under the immediate control of the State banking authorities.These State banks are following the same course as the National banks except that they get their licenses to resume business from the State authorities, and these authorities have been asked by the Secretary of the Treasury to permit their good banks to open up on the same schedule as the national banks.And so I am confident that the State Banking Departments will be as careful as the national Government in the policy relating to the opening of banks and will follow the same broad theory.It is possible that when the banks resume a very few people who have not recovered from their fear may again begin withdrawals.Let me make it clear to you that the banks will take care of all needs, except, of course, the hysterical demands of hoarders, and it is my belief that hoarding during the past week has become an exceedingly unfashionable pastime in every part of our nation.It needs no prophet to tell you that when the people find that they can get their money--that they can get it when they want it for all legitimate purposes--the phantom of fear will soon be laid.People will again be glad to have their money where it will be safely taken care of and where they can use it conveniently at any time.I can assure you, my friends, that it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than it is to keep it under the mattress.The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public--on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system.Remember that the essential accomplishment of the new legislation is that it makes it possible for banks more readily to convert their assets into cash than was the case before.More liberal provision has been made for banks to borrow on these assets at the Reserve Banks and more liberal provision has also been made for issuing

currency on the security of these good assets.This currency is not fiat currency.It is issued only on adequate security, and every good bank has an abundance of such security.One more point before I close.There will be, of course, some banks unable to

reopen without being reorganized.The new law allows the Government to assist in making these reorganizations quickly and effectively and even allows the

Government to subscribe to at least a part of any new capital that may be required.I hope you can see, my friends, from this essential recital of what your Government is doing that there is nothing complex, nothing radical in the process.We have had a bad banking situation.Some of our bankers had shown themselves either incompetent or dishonest in their handling of the people’s funds.They had used the money entrusted to them in speculations and unwise loans.This was, of course, not true in the vast majority of our banks, but it was true in enough of them to shock the people of the United States, for a time, into a sense of insecurity and to put them into a frame of mind where they did not differentiate, but seemed to assume that the acts of a comparative few had tainted them all.And so it became the Government’s job to straighten out this situation and do it as quickly as possible.And that job is being performed.I do not promise you that every bank will be reopened or that individual losses will not be suffered, but there will be no losses that possibly could be avoided;and there would have been more and greater losses had we continued to drift.I can even promise you salvation for some, at least, of the sorely presses banks.We shall be engaged not merely in reopening sound banks but in the creation of more sound banks through reorganization.It has been wonderful to me to catch the note of confidence from all over the

country.I can never be sufficiently grateful to the people for the loyal support that they have given me in their acceptance of the judgment that has dictated our course, even though all our processes may not have seemed clear to them.After all, there is an element in the readjustment of our financial system more important than currency, more important than gold, and that is the confidence of the people themselves.Confidence and courage are the essentials of success in carrying out our plan.You people must have faith;you must not be stampeded by rumors or guesses.Let us unite in banishing fear.We have provided the machinery to restore our financial system, and it is up to you to support and make it work.It is your problem, my friends, your problem no less than it is mine.Together we cannot fail.

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Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights

Mr.President, fellow delegates:

The long and meticulous study and debate of which this Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the product means that it reflects the composite views of the many men and governments who have contributed to its formulation.Not every man nor every government can have what he wants in a document of this kind.There are of course particular provisions in the declaration before us with which we are not fully satisfied.I have no doubt this is true of other delegations, and it would still be true if we continued our labors over many years.Taken as a whole the Delegation of the United States believes that this a good document--even a great document--and we propose to give it our full support.The position of the United States on the various parts of the declaration is a matter of record in the Third Committee.I shall not burden the Assembly, and particularly my colleagues of the Third Committee, with a restatement of that position here.Certain provisions of the declaration are stated in such broad terms as to be

acceptable only because of the limitations in article 29 providing for limitation on the exercise of the rights for the purpose of meeting the requirements of morality, public order, and the general welfare.An example of this is the provision that

everyone has the right of equal access to the public service in his country.The basic principle of equality and of nondiscrimination as to public employment is sound, but it cannot be accepted without limitations.My government, for example, would consider that this is unquestionably subject to limitation in the interest of public order and the general welfare.It would not consider that the exclusion from public employment of persons holding subversive political beliefs and not loyal to the basic principles and practices of the constitution and laws of the country would in any way infringe upon this right.Likewise, my Government has made it clear in the course of the development of the declaration that it does not consider that the economic and social and cultural rights stated in the declaration imply an obligation on governmental action.This was made quite clear in the Human Rights Commission text of article 23 which served as a so-called “umbrella” article to the articles on economic and social rights.We consider that the principle has not been affected by the fact that this article no longer contains a reference to the articles which follow it.This in no way affects our whole-hearted support for the basic principles of economic, social, and cultural rights set forth in these articles.In giving our approval to the declaration today it is of primary importance that we keep clearly in mind the basic character of the document.It is not a treaty;it is not an international agreement.It is not and does not purport to be a statement of basic principles of law or legal obligation.It is a declaration of basic principles of human

rights and freedoms, to be stamped with the approval of the General Assembly by formal vote of its members, and to serve as a common standard of achievement for all peoples of all nations.We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United

Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recommended by the Third Committee.This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta of all men

everywhere.We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation of the Declaration of the Rights of the Man by the French people in 1789, the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the United States, and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.At a time when there are so many issues on which we find it difficult to reach a common basis of agreement, it is a significant fact that 58 states have found such a large measure of agreement in the complex field of human rights.This must be taken as testimony of our common aspiration first voiced in the Charter of the United Nations to lift men everywhere to a higher standard of life and to a greater enjoyment of freedom.Man’s desire for peace lies behind this declaration.The

realization that the fragrant violation of human rights by Nazi and Fascist countries sowed the seeds of the last world war has supplied the impetus for the work which brings us to the moment of achievement here today.In a recent speech in Canada, Gladstone Murray said:

“The central fact is that man is fundamentally a moral being, that thelight we have is imperfect does not matter so long as we are always

trying to improve it … we are equal in sharing the moral freedom thatdistinguishes us as men.Man’s status makes each individual an end inhimself.No man is by nature simply the servant of the state or of

another man … the ideal and fact of freedom—and not

technology—are the true distinguishing marks of our civilization.”

This declaration is based upon the spiritual fact that man must have freedom in which to develop his full stature and through common effort to raise the level of human dignity.We have much to do to fully achieve and to assure the rights set forth in this declaration.But having them put before us with the moral backing of 58 nations will be a great step forward.As we here bring to fruition our labors on this Declaration of Human Rights, we must at the same time rededicate ourselves to the unfinished task which lies before us.We can now move on with new courage and inspiration to the completion of an international covenant on human rights and of measures for the implementation of human rights.In conclusion I feel that I cannot do better than to repeat the call to action by Secretary Marshall in his opening statement to this Assembly:

“Let this third regular session of the General Assembly approve by anoverwhelming majority the Declaration of Human Rights as a

statement of conduct for all;and let us, as Members of the UnitedNations, conscious of our own short-comings and imperfections, joinour effort in all faith to live up to this high standard.”