geraldine ferraro: 1984 Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address
ladies and gentlemen of the convention:
my name is geraldine ferraro. i stand before you to proclaim tonight: america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. as i stand before the american people and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. martin luther king jr., who made america stronger by making america more free. he said, "occasionally in life there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible languag ……此处隐藏18801个字…… bugles blowing reveille, of far drums beating the long roll. in my dreams i hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
but in the evening of my memory, always i come back to west point.
always there echoes and re-echoes: duty, honor, country.
today marks my final roll call with you, but i want you to know that when i cross the river my last conscious thoughts will be of the corps, and the corps, and the corps.
i bid you farewell.
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