14美国经典英文演讲100篇ReligiousBeliefandPublicMorality.docVIP

美国经典英文演讲100篇:Religious?Belief?and?Public?Morality? Mario Matthew Cuomo Religious Belief and Public Morality The Catholic Churchs actions with respect to the interplay of religious values and public policy make clear that there is no inflexible moral principle which determines what our political conduct should be. [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio] Thank you very much, Father Hesburgh, Father McBrien, all the distinguished clergy who are present, ladies and gentlemen: I am very pleased to be at Notre Dame and I feel very much at home, frankly -- not just because you have seven or eight hundred students from New York state, not just because -- not just because Father McBriens mothers name is Catherine Botticelli -- a beautiful name -- not just because Father Hesburgh is a Syracuse native, but also because of your magnificent history of great football teams. Oh, the subway -- They mean a lot to us, the...great Fighting Irish. The subway alumni of New York City have always been enthralled. And for years and years all over the state, Syracuse north and south, out on Long Island, people on Saturdays would listen to their radio and now watch their television to watch the great Fighting Irish wearing the Gallic Green. Its marvelous. The names of your great players reverberate back from the years: Nick Buoniconti, Nick Pietrosante, Angelo Bertelli. How about Ralph Guglielmi? What a great player he is. I want to begin this talk by drawing your attention to the title of the lecture: Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governors Perspective. I was not invited to speak on church and state generally, and certainly not to speak on Mondale against Reagan. The subject assigned to me is difficult enough. Ill not try to do more than Ive been asked. Im honored by the invitation, but the record shows that Im not the first governor of New York State to appear at an event involving Notre Dame. One of my great predecessors, Al Smith,