关于钓鱼岛的英文周记-09-16

第一篇：关于钓鱼岛的英文周记-09-16

Diaoyu Islands issue In recent years, there having been an increasing number of conflict about Diaoyu Islands between Chinese government and Japanese government.This event is mainly caused by the Japanese government who would like to purchase Diaoyu Islands in order to make it nationalization.This action has thoroughly enraged Chinese government and his people.Refer to this, the Chinese government and his nationals have taken some measures.Firstly,China’s official through the foreign ministry has declared that Diaoyu Islands belong to China.Then, the Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman provided to the news media a lot of historical data to swear sovereignty.And China sent two maritime surveillance vessels close to the Japanese-controlled disputed Senkaku islands yesterday.Xinhua, the official news agency, said Beijing would “conduct missions to safeguard China’s sovereignty depending on the situation”.The Chinese made a series of demonstrations over 50 big cities around China.They lifted up Chinese flag and marched shouting “diaoyu islands is China's”.What they did has really recalled our Patriotism.These demonstrations in law is effective, but some of these people were in a high temperature.So, people’s this action has made the legal demonstrations became illegal.They did lots of destroy to the cities.For example, the parade all the way thwarted Japanese car and promote boycott of Japanese goods slogans.It is well-known that Diaoyu Islands are China's inherent territory.The truth dated back to early Ming Dynasty.As early as in the early Ming Dynasty, the Diaoyu Islands and other islands had been incorporated into the Chinese Haiphong jurisdiction Fan.So, in my heart, the Japan’s so-called purchasing Diaoyu Islands’ plan is illegal.I think all Chinese people should love our country with a legal manner.I appeal to the Chinese people around the world unite to boycott Japanese goods to boycott Japanese goods.But we ought not to destroy these property which belongs to Chinese people of Japanese goods.We should be rational patriotism.Finally, I hope our country, China is able to resume the exercise of sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.

第二篇：关于钓鱼岛的英文周记-09-16

Diaoyu Islands issue

In recent years, there having been an increasing number of conflict about Diaoyu Islands between Chinese government and Japanese government.This event is mainly caused by the Japanese government who would like to purchase Diaoyu Islands in order to make it nationalization.This action has thoroughly enraged Chinese government and his people.Refer to this, the Chinese government and his nationals have taken some measures.Firstly,China’s official through the foreign ministry has declared that Diaoyu Islands belong to China.Then, the Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman provided to the news media a lot of historical data to swear sovereignty.And China sent two maritime surveillance vessels close to the Japanese-controlled disputed Senkaku islands yesterday.Xinhua, the official news agency, said Beijing would “conduct missions to safeguard China’s sovereignty depending on the situation”.The Chinese made a series of demonstrations over 50 big cities around China.They lifted up Chinese flag and marched shouting “diaoyu islands is China's”.What they did has really recalled our Patriotism.These demonstrations in law is effective, but some of these people were in a high temperature.So, people’s this action has made the legal demonstrations became illegal.They did lots of destroy to the cities.For example, the parade all the way thwarted Japanese car and promote boycott of Japanese goods slogans.It is well-known that Diaoyu Islands are China's inherent territory.The truth dated back to early Ming Dynasty.As early as in the early Ming Dynasty, the Diaoyu Islands and other islands had been incorporated into the Chinese Haiphong jurisdiction Fan.So, in my heart, the Japan’s so-called purchasing Diaoyu Islands’ plan is illegal.I think all Chinese people should love our country with a legal manner.I appeal to the Chinese people around the world unite to boycott Japanese goods to boycott Japanese goods.But we ought not to destroy these property which belongs to Chinese people of Japanese goods.We should be rational patriotism.Finally, I hope our country, China is able to resume the exercise of sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.

第三篇：英文周记

一

Today, I still went to my mother’s office.My mother was very busy, so was my father.They always live in Beijing.They must get up early.Because they will manage the factory.So I know they are very laborious.So I should save my money.Also I should help them.Although I can’t do something useful, but I think I should share the work with them.I am one of my family member.In the future, I will take a job and work.It’ time for me to begin to learn how to workIt was the first day of our summer holiday.All of us were very happy.Why? Because we have one months to do things we love to do.We are free.Although we have some homework.But we can finish them in several days.And the rest time we can make good use of.My god!We have been very tired after hard studying.In winter holidays, I want to have full sleepand eat good food in order to replenish myself.Last but not the least, I will have a good rest.二

This week is really busy and crucial for me, as I have made up my mind to get some change and have a new beginning.Not everyone has the courage to change, since change means more difference and you need to adapt to the new environment while the recognition from others have to be re-established.But I don't want to waste my life any more and what I really want is an enriched life other than a boring one.People grow up while they experience challenges.The way how to face and handle challenges is hard to learn from others, and you have to experience it by yourself, just like the lyrics says, “Unable to see the rainbow without experiencing storm”.Everyone has to make choices and decisions, while it's hard for us to forcast whether it is right or wrong.Just think before you do and ensure that you have the impact analysis and you are ok to accept that.So just say “Good luck” to myself, hope what I choose is a wise one and no regrets for that choice.三

Today was a very special day.Because my family went to the park and had a picnic together.We took No.xx bus to got there.We flew the kite and played with our dog.We felt very tired and sleepy.So, we put the canvas on the grass and prepared for the picnic.There were lot of food on the canvas, such as apples, strawberries, chips, bread, milk, orange juice and coca cola.My father used to have bread, but then he ate some bread.My mother ate some strawberries because she wanted to keep slim shape.I ate a packet of chips, because it was very crispy.Our dog ate a big apple anda bar of bread.Our dog was very lovely, wasn't it?

We had a good time today.We'll have a picnic again soon.四

There is no doubt that happiness is the most precious thing in the world.Without it, life will be empty and meaningless.If you wish to know how to get happiness, you must pay attention to the following two points.First, health is the secret of happiness(the key to happiness).Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life.Secondly, happiness consists in contentment.A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.And as is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things.They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.Reading is a good thing, but we must pay GRE at attention to the choice of books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However, bad books will do us more harm than good.五

Today my parents took me to my grandfather’s house.I played with my cousin.Suddenly my cousin suggested going to the park and having a rest.“that’s a good idea.” I said.Then we prepared for the traveling.After lunch, the sky turned dark.After that , it rained heavily.It meant our plan is impossible.What a pity day!Tomorrow is New Year’s Day, my family have had a completely cleaning for two days.Then my father and I decorated our flat and my mother cooked delicious food for our meal.After supper we watched TV program.How happy we were!

The day after yesterday I received 2000 yuan from my relatives as my pocket money.I was so happy but my father and mother said that I should give a half to them and the rest would be my pocket money in one year.“what!” I shouted.六

Few years ago, an unforgettable thing was happened in my life.It is a terrifying experience.The weather was very hot in summer.So my friends and I am together to catch craft.I felt much feared and excited.I was frightened for I was first catch craft.If I fall into river how can I do and I isn't good at swimming.I was excited that I have a chance to catch craft.Then I was very careful to stand on the craft with scared.But the craft always ups and downs in the river and beyond my control.I was fallen into river after a second I stood on it.I felt very afraid and was difficulty asking for help that I would catch water as soon as I open mouth.At the moment, I thought I would die and say goodbye to all people who I know.I was wet all my clothing and always shivering after my friends help me escaping from river.My heart beat faster than usual as well breath.I absolutely dare not believe that I can see the sun.When I remind of this matter, I feel I was very lucky.And I think I was a lucky dog.

第四篇：大学生实习周记09——18

大学生实习周记

第九周上一周的工作还算顺利。我们上班是转班制，假如上周是白班这周就该上晚班。上周的白班结束了，晚班才开始。这是我第一次夜间上班的（学徒是长白班），听说上晚班很累，老员工都不喜欢上。可我很兴奋，毕竟是第一次。

上晚班的准备工作我还是有做的，买手电筒是其一：其二还特意上网查了点资料，了解上晚班的注意事项!在网上还真找到了如：

1、夜班后要保证足够的休息。下班后的首要任务是充分休息，坐车回家可以闭目养神片刻。尽可能的安排午睡，可以恢复体力，使精神振作。晚间如果精神不振时，也应尽量避免用吸烟、喝浓茶、喝咖啡等方式提神。

2、加强营养。饮食应选择高热能的蛋白质、脂肪及维生素含量高的食品，如：牛奶、牛肉、鱼类、猪肉、豆类以及绿色蔬菜等，或者选用抗疲劳的保健食品，可以起到抗疲劳的作用。

3、加强健身锻炼。

4、适当的心理调节。如果上夜班，应根据工作情况，制定作息时间表，不断修改至适应。尽量排除不愉快的心情，才不会在长时间的上班时间产生忧虑和无可排解的情绪。

5、饮食。没想到要注意还这么多，幸亏查资料了。准备了，可是第一天还是遇到问题了，床子出问题了而且还不会弄，悲催啊!没法了，只能找领导了，庆幸的是他懂。师傅出手就是快，两下就搞定了，哎，看来要学的还是挺多的。

经过一周的夜班，明白最大的困难其实就是睡眠了！几十年都是夜间睡觉的，突然晚上来个上班，一下转变不过来。

第十周星期一的早会上，车间主任安排了一天的生产计划，厂领导通知我们曲拐磨的从今天开始下午5点（我们6点下班）开始培训，为期一周，来提高我们的技能，从而达到提高产量的终极目的。

时间终于到了5点，一天的工作结束了，做曲拐磨的员工很准时的来到学习的地方，会议室。给我们培训的是做曲拐莫磨有好几年的一个老师傅，是我们厂里的这个工序技术最好的。培训的内容：

1、168FB,168FA,170,170柴油机，168柴油机，182,190等一些主要尺寸的介绍；

2、换产品的注意事项；

3、垫块的计算；

4、平行度，扭曲度，偏心距（中心距）；

5、叉子的调整等。虽然这些理论我们都懂，可我们没有经验，不能再最短的时间调好机床。时间就是金钱，在上班中得到体现。我们是操作工，计件的，时间多点就能做得更多。下班的铃声响了，培训结束了，只有在这会儿时间才显得那么的快。第二天，第三天„„„第七天。

一周的劳动，一周的学习，在这一周是我来厂到现在学得最多的一周，也是最充实的。第十一周在这一周，我收了第一个徒弟，还是很高兴。有人为我上件了，心里这样想，从这足以看出我当徒弟的艰辛！

教人子弟，我也得对得起自己的良心。这是一个人的原则，不能丢。我也像当初师傅教我的那样，从最基础的上下件开始教，这没有难度，讲的是手法和速度。手法靠的是技巧，速度靠的是练，对，就是练。上多了速度自然就起来了，熟能生巧嘛！呵呵。徒弟比我稍大点，在其他厂做的是数控中心，不错的工作。来到这厂，他说有原因。当师傅的日子，就是比当徒弟爽，不做事照样拿钱。但师傅也有责任，得让徒弟最快的学会东西。让徒弟在学会技能的同时，了解厂的规章制度，不然徒弟犯错了师傅也会挨批评。

第一个月的工资7百多，用到现在又见底了，为什么上班一个月工资却不到一个月就完了？很现实的问题。下班的生活不在像最开始来时的那么的无聊了，网线在来厂不久就拉上了。对于90后的我们，没网的日子很难受，上网以成为生活的一部分。每天下班，上会网，看会电视，是我们唯一的娱乐方式。

在这里，我们生活变得规律，不在像学校12点才睡觉，这是一个很大的改变。还是值得高兴。

第十二周天气热了，热得心里发慌，员工的生产积极性降低了。厂里为了提高工人的生产效率，花了大价钱为厂里购置了几个大型的水空调，厂里凉快了许多，员工的生产激情恢复了。厂里的高温问题解决了，可我们的寝室还是一样的热。

班还得继续的上，徒弟也在这周一出师，还是值得高兴。我这道工序，在整个厂里还算比较轻松，也比较来钱。唯一的缺点就是，星期天的大扫除很难做。厂里对清洁还是比较严的，每天一小扫一周一大扫。曲拐磨床子比较大，打扫比较麻烦，全部都要用抹布擦，很是恼火。特别是换水，是最麻烦的，也是最累的，最脏衣服的。想起这样的工作，假如得干一辈子，这个心情甭提。

在没来实习前，心中的工作场景很美好。宽敞的车间、最新的设备、高的收入，理想和现实的第一次碰撞，理想破灭了。平常休息期间同学们都讲，专业选错了。我喜欢机器，喜欢动手，热爱我的专业，但在这里付出和收获相差太大了。这个月快到月末了，算了下工资差不多1400,算高的了。

热的天气，烦的心情。这是一周的天气和心情。

第十三周酷热的天气还在继续，流着汗上着班。以前下班是享受，现在却成了噩梦，我们是四个人一个寝室，唯一能够降温的家用电器就是一把老式破风扇，扇起还咯咯的响。由于人多，降温根本办不到。厂里的领导了解到我们的难处，准备为我们添置空调，这个消息很振奋人心，大家现在只要一热就会聊关于空调的话题。现在才发现，没有空调聊空调的话题也能让人心安。

一个厂就像一个缩小了的社会，什么都有，什么都可以学到。学到了技术，学到了交际，学到了怎样保护自己。厂里也有很多小派系，是利益的集体。我们学生为了不受牵连，和老员工相处都不谈敏感的话题，这是一种保护。

中午吃饭很热闹，满满的三桌子人，两荤两素一汤，人多但很开心，算放松了。到厂里这么久，我记得只吃了差不多一周的早餐。这点传统一点都没变，学校和这里都一样。每周二是员工大会，主要讲产量和质量，领导总结经验教训时，大家很安静；到员工发言时，就很热闹了，作为实习生的我们很少发言。空调期待很久很久了，在大会上不发言的我提出来了，厂里领导的回答很官方“还在协调购买中”。

到这周结束的时候，我们期待的空调，依然没有出现在寝室的墙壁上。我现在只是像老天祈祷，下雨吧！

第十四周重庆是火城，我体会到了。老天爷没有对我的祈祷做出回答，我想它很忙吧!

对寝室安装空调，我已经没抱希望了，现在只希望实习能够快点的结束，这样就好了。这一周发生了许多的事，有同学上班中暑的，上班受伤的。看到这些很难受，不知道厂领导是怎样的心情。

在这里用得最多不是专业知识，不是写得一手好的字，最多的却是阿Q的精神胜利法。自我安慰，自我欣赏，同时自我分析挫折，自我激发内心深处的力量。为了缓解工作的压力和自我调节，我们每周日都会去聚餐，感觉像回到了学校，这时很快乐。

上班三个多月了，其实学到的东西很少，每天做着重复的工作，是没有空闲时间去学习其他技术。厂里的终极目标是盈利，盈利又与产量直接的关联，这就是工厂。

这里离西南大学很近，时不时我们会去逛逛，感受下校园的那种安宁，祥和，美的生活。

怕时间长了忘记了。

第十五周期待已久的空调，在周二的这天出现在了寝室，刚好这周我上夜班，苦命的人。厂里很多的员工都是住在员工宿舍的，厂里为了公平，每个房间都安了。周二郁闷和开心同在，看到空调开心，安装空调的敲打声打扰我的好觉，那个心烦我想上过夜班的都懂。两天，空调才安装结束，而我却是浑浑噩噩的。

有了空调的日子，晚上还盖着被子睡觉，这就是幸福。我不太喜欢上晚班，可这是厂里的制度，改变不了。每天按时上班，下班，也是一种生活。生活的好与坏，与机床的正常于否有关。这周并不是很好，晚上天天的换产品，一弄就是二、三个小时，换好基本上就要下班。换产品最不好的地方就是会废件，虽然每天有三个件的调试（调废不扣钱），毕竟件废了心里还是很不爽。

晚班，厂里的员工很少，是白班的五分之一都不到，很是安静。一般的情况下，晚上12点左右是要加餐的。厂里食堂深夜是没有卖吃的，每晚这个时候就得车间主任出去帮大家买吃的东西。这点还是值得肯定。

实习到这个时候都去了一半，每个人的心都有点躁动，但都还是很努力的上班。第十六周又到月底，离发工资的时间近了，高温也因一场暴雨结束了，感觉好的事情都在这一周里发生了。高温远去了，可夏天的重庆依然很热。

曲拐磨的一个砂轮，使用不到一个月的。以前的时候我的运气很好，基本上该换砂轮了，我都在上夜班。好运不在了，换砂轮的苦差事落在了我的身上，换吧。换砂轮的理论知识都懂，比如砂轮的平衡程序调整砂轮平衡装置水平.法兰上3个平衡块全部取出装砂轮於法兰上再置於平衡棒上，使斜度密切接触..将砂轮正逆转间歇摆动，待停止时找出最重点(向下)刻印做记号.4 於最重点之相对位置，装一平衡块，再测知那侧较重，较重方对面装入两平衡块。利用近平衡块中心线之力距较小的原理，将平衡块作开角调整，至完全平衡为止(在平衡台上任一点全静止不动)

可真的自己来做时，有无从下手的感觉。发挥不懂就问的原则，只能去找师傅帮忙了，还好师傅和我是一个班的。在师傅的帮助下，砂轮校平了，就只等安装。机床里是很狭窄的，由于平常机身内部清洁也没怎么做到位，所以安装时是很脏衣服。最后在师傅和同事的帮助下终于安装好了砂轮。后面什么的对刀，都很简单。

事后想想，动手是很重要，明白了再多的理论没有实践都是空谈的道理。第十七周实习的脚步，从五月走到了九月，来到这已有四个月了，想想都很不可思议。假如我们没有实习，新的学期又开始了，我们也正式的进入了大三，毕业的时间从这一刻开始倒数。光阴如剑，岁月如梭，大学三年都过了三分之二，进入那个三。在这一刻，我感觉自己不再是那个在校园学习的学生，倒像是社会人。

实习并没有因为心境的改变，有所不同。上班的下班，是那样的规律。为了使整个公司上一个台阶，步入二流企业，甚至一流企业，施行了一系列措施。比如控制质量，完善体系。对于过什么体系我们员工不用操心，但是质量与我们有很大的关系。对于这次的改革，质量有很大的提高，可生产效率低了。我不知道这样的情况，厂领导是怎么看的，但我想应该有点失望吧！

为了做的更好，达到质检员的要求，我们只能不断的调试机床。我做的床子是在2003年左右买的，床身已经很老了，低端的产品还是很容易做的，高端就有点勉强了。上面的要求是这样，我们当员工的只能尽量的做好，这是职责和义务。不断的调试，从中不断的学习，技术也在提高，一些不懂的在这样的环境下，渐渐的懂了，也算一收获吧！

第十八周九月的天气凉爽了很多，空调现在都成了装饰品。

九月也是喜庆的一月，很多苦读10个春秋的学子也进入大学的校园。我也在这一月收了第二个徒弟，心里悄悄的窃喜一下。像以往那样，从上件开始教起，然后就是一些简单的调试，熟悉尺寸这些就在遇到时在讲。没办法一下子说多了，容易忘。当师傅的生活不在像以往那般单调了，床子很容易出问题，不是量仪碰了，就是砂轮撞了，每个学徒都是这么过来的。哎，量仪碰了，就重新对过，砂轮撞了，不严重就再用，严重了就换，一般都不太严重。慢慢徒弟的技术有了，什么都熟悉了，师傅也就轻松了，简单的错误也不再犯，可这时也该出师了，师傅这个命苦啊!其实也有好处，在带徒弟期间出现的废品可以写学工废，有这也就算不错了。在以前这个厂师傅带徒弟是有钱的，不知道为什么现在没有了，郁闷。

厂里的产量经过上次的改革到现在都没有得到改善和恢复，为了改变这个局面，厂里在这周开始实施给每个人每道工序规定产量，首先中招的就是曲拐磨，哎，坏事都来到一起了。计划生产的施行，效果还是有的，可就是苦了我们，每天都要加会班，不过工资是要比以往高点。这也算一种安慰吧，呵呵。

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第五篇：经典英文演讲100篇09

delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX

Reverend Meza, Reverend Reck, I'm grateful for your generous invitation to state my views.While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues in the 1960 campaign;the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers only 90 miles from the coast of Florida--the humiliating treatment of our President and Vice President by those who no longer respect our power--the hungry children I saw in West Virginia, the old people who cannot pay their doctors bills, the families forced to give up their farms--an America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space.These are the real issues which should decide this campaign.And they are not religious issues--for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barrier.But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected President, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured--perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this.So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again--not what kind of church I believe in, for that should be important only tome--but what kind of America I believe in.I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute;where no Catholic prelate would tell the President--

should he be Catholic--how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote;where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference, and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him, or the people who might elect him.I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish;where no public official either requests or accept

instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source;where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general

populace or the public acts of its officials, and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been--and may someday be again--a Jew, or a Quaker, or a Unitarian, or a Baptist.It was

Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that led to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom.Today, I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you--until the whole fabric of our

harmonious society is ripped apart at a time of great national peril.Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will

someday end--where all men and all churches are treated as equals, where every man has the same right to attend or not to attend the church of his choice, where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind, and where Catholics, Protestants, and Jews, at both the lay and the pastoral levels, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.That is the kind of America in which I believe.And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe, a great office that must be neither humbled by making it the instrument of any religious group nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding its occupancy from the

members of any one religious group.I believe in a President whose views on religion are his own private affair, neither imposed upon him by the nation, nor imposed by the nation upon him* [sic] as a condition to holding that office.I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the first amendment's guarantees of religious liberty.Nor would our

system of checks and balances permit him to do so.And neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test, even by indirection.For if they disagree with that safeguard, they should be out openly working to repeal it.I want a Chief Executive whose public acts are responsible to all and obligated to none, who can attend any ceremony, service, or dinner his office may appropriately require of him to fulfill;and whose

fulfillment of his Presidential office is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual, or obligation.This is the kind of America I believe in--and this is the kind of

America I fought for in the South Pacific, and the kind my brother died for in Europe.No one suggested then that we might have a divided loyalty, that we did not believe in liberty, or that we belonged to a

disloyal group that threatened “the freedoms for which our forefathers died.”

And in fact this is the kind of America for which our forefathers did when they fled here to escape religious test oaths that denied office to members of less favored churches--when they fought for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious

Freedom--and when they fought at the shrine I visited today, the Alamo.For side by side with Bowie and Crockett died Fuentes, and McCafferty, and Bailey, and Badillo, and Carey--but no one knows whether they were Catholics or not.For there was no religious test there.I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition--to judge me on the basis of 14 years in the Congress, on my declared stands against an

Ambassador to the Vatican, against unconstitutional aid to parochial schools, and against any boycott of the public schools--which I attended myself.And instead of doing this, do not judge me on the basis of these pamphlets and publications we all have seen that carefully select quotations out of context from the statements of

Catholic church leaders, usually in other countries, frequently in other centuries, and rarely relevant to any situation here.And always omitting, of course, the statement of the American Bishops in 1948 which strongly endorsed Church-State separation, and which more nearly reflects the views of almost every American Catholic.I do not consider these other quotations binding upon my public acts.Why should you?

But let me say, with respect to other countries, that I am wholly opposed to the State being used by any religious group, Catholic or Protestant, to compel, prohibit, or prosecute the free exercise of any other religion.And that goes for any persecution, at any time, by anyone, in any country.And I hope that you and I condemn with equal fervor those nations which deny their Presidency to Protestants, and those which deny it to Catholics.And rather than cite the misdeeds of those who differ, I would also cite the record of the Catholic Church in such nations as France and Ireland, and the independence of such statesmen as De Gaulle and Adenauer.But let me stress again that these are my views.For contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President.I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic.I do not speak for my church on public matters;and the church does not speak for me.Whatever issue may come before me as President, if I should be elected,on birth control, divorce, censorship,gambling or any other subject, I will make my decision in accordance with these views--in accordance with what my conscience tells me to be in the national interest, and without regard to outside religious pressure or dictates.And no power or threat of punishment could cause me to decide otherwise.But if the time should ever come--and I do not concede any conflict to be remotely possible--when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office;and I hope any conscientious public servant would do likewise.But I do not intend to apologize for these views to my critics of either Catholic or Protestant faith;nor do I intend to disavow either my views or my church in order to win this election.If I should lose on the real issues, I shall return to my seat in the Senate, satisfied that I'd tried my best and was fairly judged.But if this election is decided on the basis that 40 million Americans lost their chance of being President on the day they were baptized, then it is the whole nation that will be the loser, in the eyes of

Catholics and non-Catholics around the world, in the eyes of history, and in the eyes of our own people.But if, on the other hand, I should win this election, then I shall devote every effort of mind and spirit to fulfilling the oath of the Presidency--practically identical, I might add, with the oath I have taken for 14 years in the Congress.For without reservation, I can,"solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution--so help me God.