American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how | Bob Inglis

翻译人员: Chen Zou 校对人员: Xiaorong YUAN

Imagine that you're a member of Congress.

想象你是国会的一员，

You've worked very hard.

你工作很努力，

You've knocked on thousands of doors,

你叩响上千家的门，

sweating and shivering, depending on the season.

冒着冬日的严寒，夏日的酷暑，

You've made hundreds,

你打了上百个，

也许上千个电话 给那些你从未谋面的人，

maybe thousands of phone calls to people you don't even know

asking for their support,

向他们索求赞助支持，

begging for their money.

乞求他们的资助。

And now you've got one of these.

然后你得到了这个——

It's hanging on a door in Washington, DC.

它被挂在华盛顿 哥伦比亚特区的一扇门上。

It says you're a member of Congress,

它证明你是一个国会议员，

that you represent the people of your state.

你代表着你所在州的人民。

Now, imagine you're a conservative member of Congress.

现在，想象你是一名国会保守派议员，

For some of you here in Boston, Massachusetts,

对于你们在波士顿 马赛诸州的一些人来说，

that's going to take a powerful imagination, all right?

那需要很强大 的想象力才行，好吧？

(Laughter)

（观众笑声）

But imagine with me

但是和我一起想象一下，

that you're a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

You grew up on Milton Friedman.

你是在米尔顿·弗里德曼 的影响下长大的一代。

You love his free markets,

你热衷于他的自由市场，

free enterprise and free trade.

自由企业和自由贸易学说。

You've watched Ronald Reagan's farewell address over and over,

你一遍又一遍观看了 罗纳德·里根的离职演讲，

and you cry every time --

每次你都会流泪-——

(Laughter)

（观众笑声）

he gets to the part about the shining city on the hill,

每当他提到山上那座闪亮的城市，

and how if the city had to have walls,

以及如果那城市必须有墙，

the walls had doors --

那墙有门的话——

doors to let in those yearning to breathe free.

这些门会向渴望自由呼吸的人敞开。

You get goosebumps when you think of him telling Mr. Gorbachev

当你想到他让戈尔巴乔夫 去拆掉他的墙的时候，

to tear down his wall.

你会浑身起鸡皮疙瘩。

You're a conservative member of Congress,

你是一名国会保守派议员。

and you agree with President John F. Kennedy

你同意约翰·肯尼迪总统的观点，

that America is an exceptional place.

美国是一个出众的地方。

For inspiration,

为了得到一些激励，

you go to YouTube and you watch his speech at Rice University,

你去 YouTube 观看了 他 1962 年 9 月

在莱斯大学的演讲，

September of 1962,

the "moon shot" speech.

那场“登月”的演讲。

And you're amazed that he admits in that speech --

你很惊讶他在演讲中——

a speech of 17 minutes of pure American exceptionalism --

一场 17 分钟的关于 纯粹的美国例外主义的演讲中-——

that some of the materials needed for the spacecraft

承认建造航天器所需的一些材料

hadn't been invented yet.

还没有被发明出来。

No matter.

但无论如何，

We're going to the Moon before the decade is out.

我们要在这个十年结束 之前登上月球。

You agree with him

你跟他一样认同，

that the vows of this nation can be fulfilled

只有我们国家处于全球领先的情况下，

only if we in this nation are first

国家的誓言才能够被实现，

and therefore we intend to be first.

于是我们立志成为第一。

You've taken as your own the affect that he so embodied:

你把他所表现出来的感情 当成了自己的感情：

that when leaders are optimistic,

当领导者表现得乐观的时候，

they're saying they believe in the people they represent.

他们说他们相信 他们所代表的人民。

You're a conservative member of Congress,

你是一名国会保守派议员，

and you believe in the precautionary principle.

你相信预防的原理。

You believe in data-driven analysis.

你相信数据驱动的分析。

You know that climate change is real and human-caused,

你很清楚气候变化是真实的， 而且是人为导致的，

and you see in climate change

你把气候变化

a silent and slow-moving Sputnik moment.

视为一个沉默的，缓慢移动的 史普尼克号的时刻。

One that calls for the greatness of your nation

这个时刻需要你国家的伟大，

就和原本的史普尼克号时刻一样。

as much as the original Sputnik moment.

You are a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

You high-five the memory of Jack Kemp,

你欢庆杰克·肯普的记忆，

and believe with him

和他一起相信

that the test of conservatism is that it works for everyone,

对保守主义的测试 对任何人都可行，

regardless of skin color.

无论肤色。

You're appalled by the alt-right.

你被非主流右派震惊。

You want them to have nothing to do with your brand, your party, your legacy.

你不想他们和你的品牌， 你的党派，你的遗产有任何关联。

You utterly reject them.

你彻底地拒绝它们。

You --

你——

(Applause)

（观众掌声）

You're a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

You rise with compassion to protect the lives of the unborn,

你在同情的驱使下 保护未出生的生命，

but otherwise you think the bedroom of consenting adults

但除此之外， 你会认为对于政府来说，

is a rather strange place for the government to be.

成年人的卧室 是一个相当奇怪的地方。

You are a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

With John Adams,

和约翰·亚当斯一样

you fear the mob.

害怕暴民，

Because you know, as he knew,

因为你知道，就像他知道的那样，

that a mob is not able to protect liberty,

暴民不能够保护自由，

not even its own.

甚至不能保护它自己的自由。

And you're amazed at the wisdom that he and other framers had

你对于他以及其他规划政策的人

in establishing a slow, deliberative governing process --

在建立一个缓慢的， 协商的政务流程——

an inherently conservative governing process.

一个内在保守的政务流程方面 所拥有的智慧感到惊叹。

It would serve a country.

它将为国家服务，

It would grow far greater than they could ever imagine.

也将会比他们想象的强大得多。

You are a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

You fear the fire of populist nationalism,

你害怕民粹主义的烈火，

because you know that those who play with fire

因为你知道 那些玩火的人

不能够控制它。

can't control it.

You see their pitchforks and torches,

你看到了他们的锄刀和火炬，

and you know they're not good building tools.

你知道它们不是 很好的建筑工具。

The pitchforks and torches can tear down and burn up but they can't build up.

锄刀和火炬可以拆除， 烧掉建筑，但它们不能建造建筑。

They can't build up the institutions and the communities

它们不能够建造机构和社区，

so necessary to a stable and prosperous country.

而这些对于一个稳定和 繁荣的国家来说是多么必要。

You're a conservative member of Congress,

你是一名国会保守派议员，

and you fear the next county party convention.

你害怕下一个区党派大会。

You so wish for your party to be the grand opportunity party,

你多么希望你的党派 成为充满机会的党派，

not the grumpy old party.

不是性情暴戾的老党派。

(Laughter)

（观众笑声）

You know that they want to hear from you some old saw

你知道他们想要 从你那里听到一些老旧的看法，

about how a secret Muslim, non-American socialist took over in the White House

关于一个秘密的穆斯林，非美国的 社会主义者如何接管白宫，

and destroyed the country,

然后毁灭掉这个国家，

and you know that none of that's true.

你知道所有这一切都不是真的。

(Applause)

（观众掌声）

You know that they want to hear you say that you're OK with insults,

你知道他们想要听到你说 你对于侮辱没有异议，

OK with "lock her up" chants

你对于“把她关起来”的高唱没有异议，

and OK with policy pronouncements

你对用 140个 字符（此处代指推特） 所能集合的所有

with all the sincerity and thoughtfulness that 140 characters can muster.

真诚和深思熟虑 来发表政策声明没有异议。

You are a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

You realize that many in your party look to some good old days

你意识到你党派中的许多人 怀念过去的旧时光，

that you know never existed.

你知道它们从没有存在过。

They hold on, for example,

他们坚持，比如说，

to the fossils that fueled the last century of growth,

化石燃料驱动了 上一个世纪的增长，

but you know that better, cleaner more abundant fuels await us,

但是你知道更好，更清洁， 更丰富的燃料在等待着我们。

and you know that that abundance can lead the world to more energy,

而且你知道那种丰富的储备 可以为世界带来更多的能量，

more mobility

更多的移动性，

and more freedom.

更多的自由。

You're a conservative member of Congress.

你是一名国会保守派议员，

You realize that many in your party pine for the '50s and the '60s

你意识到你党派中的许多人 对上世纪五六十年代念念不忘，

because those were, after all, the good old days.

因为毕竟，那才是过去的好时光。

But you know that the Cuyahoga River was on fire back then.

但是你知道凯霍加河的河面在那个时候 （因工厂石油污染排放）经常着火，

You know that in Pittsburgh,

你知道在匹兹堡，

street lights came on at noon because of the soot in the air.

因为空气中弥漫着煤灰， 街灯不得不在中午的时候亮起。

The schools were segregated,

学校是种族隔离的，

neighborhoods redlined,

街区被不公平地划分，

that communism threatened freedom,

共产主义威胁着自由，

如果你患有癌症，多半只能等死。

and if you got cancer, you weren't likely to fight for long.

You're a conservative member of Congress

你是一名国会保守派议员，

and you want to sound like JFK at Rice,

你想要听起来像肯尼迪总统 在莱斯大学

where JFK said, "It's understandable

提到的那样，“可以理解

why some would have us stay where we are

为什么有些人想要我们持续

a little bit longer,

呆在原地，

to wait and to rest."

去等待，去休息。”

But everything within you says with him,

但是你内心的声音也在和他一起说，

this city of Houston,

休斯顿这座城市，

this state of Texas,

得克萨斯这个州，

this country of the United States was not built by those who waited

美利坚合众国这个国家并不是 由那些等待着的，休息着的，

and rested and wished to look behind them.

不断回首往昔的人所修建的。

You are ready to lead.

你准备好了去领导。

You are ready to prove the power of free enterprise

你准备好了去证明 自由企业的力量

to solve challenges like climate change.

能够面对气候改变 这样的挑战。

You are ready to lead.

你准备好了去领导。

So I've got a suggestion for you then:

那么，我有一点建议给你们：

lead ...

去领导——

now.

就现在。

Step out,

站出来，

step up.

站起来。

You know, we ask America's best

我们要求美国最好的士兵

to die on literal hills

战死在伊拉克和阿富汗

的荒山野岭。

in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Is it too much to ask you to die a figurative death

但要求你象征性地 死在华盛顿特区的政治小山上，

on a political hill in Washington, DC?

是太过分了吗？

You know, at the end of your time in Washington,

你在特区任期即将结束的时候，

they're going to take this plaque off the door.

他们会将这个牌匾从门上拿下，

They're going to hand it to you;

递交给你，

you're going to go home with it.

你将带着它回家。

Can you imagine the emptiness of knowing that you stood for nothing,

你能够想象，当你意识到 你没有为任何事挺身而出，

that you risk nothing,

没有承担任何风险，

that all you did was follow fearful people to where they were already going

你所做的只是跟在一群充满恐惧 的人们身后，朝着人流的方向前进，

rather than trying to lead them to a better place?

而没有试图领导他们走向 一个更好的未来的那种空虚吗？

If you're not willing to lose your seat in Congress,

如果你不愿意失去 你在国会中的位置，

there's really very little reason to be there.

那你身为议员就真的 没有任何意义了。

(Applause)

（观众掌声）

So here's the thing:

那么我要说的是：

it's not too late.

亡羊补牢，为时未晚。

There's still time to lead.

我们仍然还有时间去领导。

Speak out,

说出来，

speak up,

发出你的声音，

call lunacy what it is:

叫出“疯狂”的真实意义：

lunacy.

疯狂。

Tell the American people that we still have moon shots in us.

告诉美国人， 我们仍然还有“登月”的任务。

Tell the folks at the county party convention,

告诉在区党派大会上的人们，

"You bet free enterprise can solve climate change."

“要相信自由企业可以应对气候变化。”

Tell them that Milton Friedman would say to tax pollution

告诉他们，米尔顿·弗里德曼 会建议对污染征税，

rather than profits.

而不是对利润征税。

Tell them that it's OK --

告诉他们没关系——

no, it's a good thing

不，进步人士会同意

that progressives would agree.

这是件好事。

Tell them the very good news that we can bring America together

告诉他们这个好消息， 我们可以让全美人民团结起来

to solve these challenges and to lead the world.

去解决挑战，去领导世界。

Tell them that free enterprise can do these things.

告诉他们，自由企业可以做到。

Tell them that America must stop the dividing,

告诉他们美国必须停止分裂，

and must start the uniting.

必须开始联合。

Tell them.

告诉他们，

Play your part before it's too late.

在一切都太迟之前， 勇敢地担负起你的责任。

(Applause)

（观众掌声）

Thank you very much.

非常感谢。

(Applause)

（观众掌声）