Mr. President: 议长先生：
I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition. 我想简单扼要地谈谈一个严重的国家状况。
It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could result in national suicide and the end of everything that we Americans hold dear. 这是一种全国性的恐惧和沮丧感，可能导致国家自杀和我们美国人所珍视的一切的终结。
It is a condition that comes from the lack of effective leadership in either the Legislative Branch or the Executive Branch of our Government. 这种状况源于我们政府的立法部门或行政部门缺乏有效的领导。
That leadership is so lacking that serious and responsible proposals are being made that national advisory commissions be appointed to provide such critically needed leadership. 领导如此缺乏，以至于有人提出了严肃而负责任的建议，即任命国家咨询委员会来提供这种迫切需要的领导。
I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. 我尽可能简短地发言，因为不负责任的尖酸刻薄的话语和自私的政治机会主义已经造成了太多伤害。
I speak as briefly as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence. I speak simply and briefly in the hope that my words will be taken to heart. 我尽可能简短地发言，因为这个问题太大了，不能被雄辩所掩盖。我简单而简短地发言，希望我的话能被铭记在心。
I speak as a Republican. I speak as a woman. I speak as a United States Senator. I speak as an American. 我作为共和党人发言。我作为女性发言。我作为美国参议员发言。我作为美国人发言。
The United States Senate has long enjoyed worldwide respect as the greatest deliberative body in the world. But recently that deliberative character has too often been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity. 美国参议院长期以来享有世界最大审议机构的声誉。但最近，这种审议性质常常被贬低为一个仇恨和人格暗杀的论坛，躲在国会豁免权的盾牌后面。
It is ironical that we Senators can in debate in the Senate directly or indirectly, by any form of words, impute to any American who is not a Senator any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming an American -- and without that non-Senator American having any legal redress against us -- yet if we say the same thing in the Senate about our colleagues we can be stopped on the grounds of being out of order. 具有讽刺意味的是，我们参议员在参议院辩论中可以直接或间接地通过任何形式的言辞，将任何不配或不符合美国人身份的行为或动机归咎于任何非参议员的美国人——而那个非参议员的美国人对我们没有任何法律补救——然而如果我们在参议院对我们的同事说同样的话，我们可能会因违规而被阻止。
It is strange that we can verbally attack anyone else without restraint and with full protection and yet we hold ourselves above the same type of criticism here on the Senate Floor. Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we "dish out" to outsiders. 奇怪的是，我们可以毫无限制地口头攻击任何人，并得到充分保护，但我们在参议院议场上却将自己置于同样类型的批评之上。美国参议院当然足够大，可以接受自我批评和自我评估。我们当然应该能够承受我们"施加"给外界的那种人格攻击。
I think that it is high time for the United States Senate and its members to do some soul-searching -- for us to weigh our consciences -- on the manner in which we are performing our duty to the people of America -- on the manner in which we are using or abusing our individual powers and privileges. 我认为现在是美国参议院及其成员进行一些灵魂探索的时候了——让我们权衡自己的良心——关于我们如何履行对美国人民的职责——关于我们如何使用或滥用我们个人的权力和特权。
I think that it is high time that we remembered that we have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. I think that it is high time that we remembered that the Constitution, as amended, speaks not only of the freedom of speech but also of trial by jury instead of trial by accusation. 我认为现在是时候让我们记住，我们宣誓要维护和捍卫宪法。我认为现在是时候让我们记住，宪法修正案不仅规定了言论自由，还规定了陪审团审判而非指控审判。
Whether it be a criminal prosecution in court or a character prosecution in the Senate, there is little practical distinction when the life of a person has been ruined. 无论是法庭上的刑事起诉还是参议院的人格起诉，当一个人的生命被毁掉时，几乎没有实际区别。
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism: 我们这些在进行人格暗杀时大喊美国主义的人，常常正是那些通过我们自己的言行忽视美国主义一些基本原则的人：
The right to criticize; 批评的权利；
The right to hold unpopular beliefs; 持有不受欢迎信念的权利；
The right to protest; 抗议的权利；
The right of independent thought. 独立思考的权利。
The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us doesn't? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. 行使这些权利不应让任何美国公民失去声誉或生计权利，也不应仅仅因为他碰巧认识持有不受欢迎信念的人而面临失去声誉或生计的危险。我们谁不认识呢？否则我们没有人能称自己的灵魂为自己所有。否则思想控制就会降临。
The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others. 美国人民厌倦了害怕说出自己的想法，以免被对手政治抹黑为"共产主义者"或"法西斯主义者"。言论自由在美国已经不再是过去的样子了。它被一些人滥用，以至于其他人不敢行使。
The American people are sick and tired of seeing innocent people smeared and guilty people whitewashed. But there have been enough proved cases, such as the Amerasia case, the Hiss case, the Coplon case, the Gold case, to cause the nationwide distrust and strong suspicion that there may be something to the unproved, sensational accusations. 美国人民厌倦了看到无辜的人被抹黑，有罪的人被洗白。但是已经有足够多的已证实的案件，如美亚案件、希斯案件、科普隆案件、戈德案件，导致全国范围内的不信任和强烈怀疑，那些未经证实的耸人听闻的指控可能有一定道理。
As a Republican, I say to my colleagues on this side of the aisle that the Republican Party faces a challenge today that is not unlike the challenge that it faced back in Lincoln's day. The Republican Party so successfully met that challenge that it emerged from the Civil War as the champion of a united nation -- in addition to being a Party that unrelentingly fought loose spending and loose programs. 作为共和党人，我对过道这边的同事们说，共和党今天面临的挑战与林肯时代面临的挑战并无不同。共和党成功地应对了那一挑战，从内战中脱颖而出，成为一个统一国家的捍卫者——此外还是一个坚决反对松散支出和松散计划的政党。
Today our country is being psychologically divided by the confusion and the suspicions that are bred in the United States Senate to spread like cancerous tentacles of "know nothing, suspect everything" attitudes. Today we have a Democratic Administration that has developed a mania for loose spending and loose programs. History is repeating itself -- and the Republican Party again has the opportunity to emerge as the champion of unity and prudence. 今天，我们的国家正被混乱和怀疑在心理上分裂，这些混乱和怀疑在美国参议院滋生，像"一无所知、怀疑一切"态度的癌触手一样蔓延。今天我们有一个民主党政府，它对松散支出和松散计划产生了狂热。历史正在重演——共和党再次有机会成为团结和谨慎的捍卫者。
The record of the present Democratic Administration has provided us with sufficient campaign issues without the necessity of resorting to political smears. America is rapidly losing its position as leader of the world simply because the Democratic Administration has pitifully failed to provide effective leadership. 现任民主党政府的记录为我们提供了足够的竞选议题，无需诉诸政治抹黑。美国正在迅速失去其世界领导者的地位，仅仅因为民主党政府可怜地未能提供有效的领导。
The Democratic Administration has completely confused the American people by its daily contradictory grave warnings and optimistic assurances -- that show the people that our Democratic Administration has no idea of where it is going. 民主党政府通过其每日矛盾的严重警告和乐观保证，完全混淆了美国人民——这表明我们的民主党政府不知道自己要去哪里。
The Democratic Administration has greatly lost the confidence of the American people by its complacency to the threat of communism here at home and the leak of vital secrets to Russia though key officials of the Democratic Administration. 民主党政府因其对国内共产主义威胁的自满以及通过民主党政府关键官员向俄罗斯泄露重要机密，大大失去了美国人民的信心。
There are enough proved cases to make this point without diluting our criticism with unproved charges. 有足够多的已证实案件来证明这一点，无需用未经证实的指控来稀释我们的批评。
Surely these are sufficient reasons to make it clear to the American people that it is time for a change and that a Republican victory is necessary to the security of this country. Surely it is clear that this nation will continue to suffer as long as it is governed by the present ineffective Democratic Administration. 这些无疑是足够的理由，让美国人民清楚地认识到是时候改变了，共和党胜利对这个国家的安全是必要的。显然，只要这个国家由目前无效的民主党政府治理，它将继续受苦。
Yet to displace it with a Republican regime embracing a philosophy that lacks political integrity or intellectual honesty would prove equally disastrous to this nation. The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. 然而，用一个缺乏政治诚信或智力诚实的共和党政权取代它，对这个国家来说同样是灾难性的。国家迫切需要共和党胜利。但我不希望看到共和党骑在诽谤四骑士——恐惧、无知、偏执和诽谤——背上走向政治胜利。
I doubt if the Republican Party could -- simply because I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory. 我怀疑共和党能否做到——仅仅因为我不相信美国人民会支持任何将政治剥削置于国家利益之上的政党。我们共和党人肯定不至于如此渴望胜利。
I don't want to see the Republican Party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican Party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican Party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one party system. 我不希望看到共和党以这种方式获胜。虽然这可能是共和党的短暂胜利，但对美国人民来说将是更持久的失败。这最终肯定会成为共和党和两党制的自杀，正是两党制保护了我们的美国自由免受一党专政的侵害。
As members of the Minority Party, we do not have the primary authority to formulate the policy of our Government. But we do have the responsibility of rendering constructive criticism, of clarifying issues, of allaying fears by acting as responsible citizens. 作为少数党的成员，我们没有制定政府政策的主要权力。但我们有责任提出建设性的批评，澄清问题，通过作为负责任的公民来消除恐惧。
As a woman, I wonder how the mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters feel about the way in which members of their families have been politically mangled in the Senate debate -- and I use the word "debate" advisedly. 作为女性，我想知道母亲、妻子、姐妹和女儿们对她们的家庭成员在参议院辩论中被政治践踏的方式有何感受——我是经过深思熟虑才使用"辩论"这个词的。
As a United States Senator, I am not proud of the way in which the Senate has been made a publicity platform for irresponsible sensationalism. I am not proud of the reckless abandon in which unproved charges have been hurled from this side of the aisle. I am not proud of the obviously staged, undignified countercharges that have been attempted in retaliation from the other side of the aisle. 作为美国参议员，我对参议院被用作不负责任的耸人听闻的宣传平台感到不自豪。我对从过道这边随意抛出未经证实的指控感到不自豪。我对从过道另一边试图进行报复的明显策划的、不体面的反诉感到不自豪。
I don't like the way the Senate has been made a rendezvous for vilification, for selfish political gain at the sacrifice of individual reputations and national unity. I am not proud of the way we smear outsiders from the Floor of the Senate and hide behind the cloak of congressional immunity and still place ourselves beyond criticism on the Floor of the Senate. 我不喜欢参议院被变成诽谤的聚集地，为了自私的政治利益牺牲个人声誉和国家团结。我对我们在参议院议场上抹黑外界人士并躲在国会豁免权的外衣后面，同时将自己置于参议院议场批评之外的方式感到不自豪。
As an American, I am shocked at the way Republicans and Democrats alike are playing directly into the Communist design of "confuse, divide, and conquer." 作为美国人，我对共和党人和民主党人直接按照共产主义"混淆、分裂和征服"的设计行事的方式感到震惊。
As an American, I don't want a Democratic Administration "whitewash" or "cover-up" any more than I want a Republican smear or witch hunt. 作为美国人，我不想要民主党政府的"洗白"或"掩盖"，就像我不想要共和党的抹黑或政治迫害一样。
As an American, I condemn a Republican "Fascist" just as much I condemn a Democratic "Communist." I condemn a Democrat "Fascist" just as much as I condemn a Republican "Communist." They are equally dangerous to you and me and to our country. As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves. 作为美国人，我谴责共和党"法西斯主义者"，就像我谴责民主党"共产主义者"一样。我谴责民主党"法西斯主义者"，就像我谴责共和党"共产主义者"一样。他们对你、对我和对我们的国家同样危险。作为美国人，我希望看到我们的国家重新夺回曾经拥有的力量和团结，那时我们与敌人作战而不是与自己作战。
It is with these thoughts that I have drafted what I call a "Declaration of Conscience." I am gratified that Senator Tobey, Senator Aiken, Senator Morse, Senator Ives, Senator Thye, and Senator Hendrickson have concurred in that declaration and have authorized me to announce their concurrence. 正是基于这些想法，我起草了我所谓的"良心宣言"。我感到欣慰的是，托比参议员、艾肯参议员、莫尔斯参议员、艾夫斯参议员、赛参议员和亨德里克森参议员都同意这项宣言，并授权我宣布他们的同意。
The declaration reads as follows: 宣言内容如下：
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We are Republicans. But we are Americans first. It is as Americans that we express our concern with the growing confusion that threatens the security and stability of our country. Democrats and Republicans alike have contributed to that confusion.
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我们是共和党人。但首先我们是美国人。作为美国人，我们对威胁我们国家安全与稳定的日益增长的混乱表示关切。民主党人和共和党人都对这种混乱负有责任。
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The Democratic administration has initially created the confusion by its lack of effective leadership, by its contradictory grave warnings and optimistic assurances, by its complacency to the threat of communism here at home, by its oversensitiveness to rightful criticism, by its petty bitterness against its critics.
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民主党政府最初通过缺乏有效领导、矛盾的严重警告和乐观保证、对国内共产主义威胁的自满、对正当批评的过度敏感以及对批评者的小肚鸡肠，造成了这种混乱。
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Certain elements of the Republican Party have materially added to this confusion in the hopes of riding the Republican party to victory through the selfish political exploitation of fear, bigotry, ignorance, and intolerance. There are enough mistakes of the Democrats for Republicans to criticize constructively without resorting to political smears.
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共和党的某些成员在希望通过自私地利用恐惧、偏执、无知和不容忍来将共和党推向胜利的过程中，大大加剧了这种混乱。民主党有足够的错误供共和党进行建设性批评，无需诉诸政治抹黑。
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To this extent, Democrats and Republicans alike have unwittingly, but undeniably, played directly into the Communist design of "confuse, divide and conquer."
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在这方面，民主党人和共和党人都不知不觉但不可否认地直接按照共产主义"混淆、分裂和征服"的设计行事。
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It is high time that we stopped thinking politically as Republicans and Democrats about elections and started thinking patriotically as Americans about national security based on individual freedom. It is high time that we all stopped being tools and victims of totalitarian techniques -- techniques that, if continued here unchecked, will surely end what we have come to cherish as the American way of life.
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现在是时候我们停止作为共和党人和民主党人从选举角度进行政治思考，开始作为美国人从基于个人自由的国家安全角度进行爱国思考了。现在是时候我们所有人都停止成为极权主义手段的工具和受害者了——如果这些手段在这里不受控制地继续下去，肯定会终结我们所珍视的美国生活方式。