文档介绍：16. The best speech after defeat
Good evening.
Just moments ago, I spoke with and congratulated him on ing the 43rd president of the United States,and I promised him that I wouldn't call him back1 this offered to meet with him as soon as possible so that we can start to heal2 the divisons3 of the campaign4 and the contest5 through which we just passed.
Almost a century and a half ago, Senator Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln,who had just defeated him for the presidency,“ Partisan feeling must yield to6 patriotism, I'm with you, , and God bless you.” Well, in that same spirit, I say to president-elect Bush that what remains of partisan rancor7 must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship8 of this country.
Neither he nor I anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly neither of us wanted it to it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institutions of our the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto9, “ Not under man but under God and law.” That's the ruling principle of American freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. I've tried to make it my guide throughout this contest as it has guided America's deliberations10 of all plex issues of the past five weeks.
Now the Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while