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Mr.PresidentofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,Mr.LiuQi,MembersoftheOrganizingCommittee,dearChinesefriends,dearathletes:

Foralongtime,Chinahasdreamedofopeningitsdoorsandinvitingtheworld’sathletestoBeijingfortheOlympicGames.Tonightthatdreamcomestrue.Congratulations,Beijing.havechosenasthethemeoftheseGames"OneWorld,OneDream".Thatiswhatwearetonight.

Asoneworld,wegrievedwithyouoverthetragicearthquakeinSichuanProvince.WeweremovedbythegreatcourageandsolidarityoftheChinesepeople.Asonedream,maytheseOlympicGamesbringyoujoy,hopeandpride.

Athletes,theGameswerecreatedforyoubyourfounder,PierredeCoubertin.TheseGamesbelongtoyou.Letthembetheathletes’Games.

Rememberthattheyareaboutmuchmorethanperformancealone.Theyareaboutthepeacefulgatheringof204NationalOlympicCommittees-regardlessofethnicorigin,gender,religionorpoliticalsystem.PleasecompeteinthespiritoftheOlympicvalues:

excellence,friendshipandrespect.

Rememberthatyouarerolemodelsfortheyouthsoftheworld.Rejectdopingandcheating.Makeusproudofyourachievementsandyourconduct.

AswebringtheOlympicdreamtolife,ourwarmthanksgototheBeijingOrganizingCommitteeforitstirelesswork.Ourspecialthanksalsogotothethousandsofgraciousvolunteers,withoutwhomnoneofthiswouldbepossible.

Beijing,youareahosttothepresentandagatewaytothefuture.Thankyou.

InowhavethehonorofaskingthePresidentofthePeople’sRepublicofChinatoopentheGamesoftheXXIXOlympiadofthemodernera.

DearChinesefriends,

Tonight,wecometotheendof16gloriousdayswhichwewillcherishforever.

ThankyoutothepeopleofChina,toallthewonderfulvolunteersandtoBOCOG!

ThroughtheseGames,theworldlearnedmoreaboutChina,andChinalearnedmoreabouttheworld.Athletesfrom204NationalOlympicCommitteescametothesedazzlingvenuesandaweduswiththeirtalent.

Newstarswereborn.StarsfrompastGamesamazedusagain.Wesharedtheirjoysandtheirtears,andwemarveledattheirability.Wewilllongremembertheachievementswewitnessedhere.

AswecelebratethesuccessoftheseGames,letusaltogetherwishthebestforthetalentedathleteswhowillsoonparticipateintheParalympicGames.Theyalsoinspireus.

Totheathletestonight:

Youweretruerolemodels.Youhaveshownustheunifyingpowerofsport.TheOlympicspiritlivesinthewarmembraceofcompetitorsfromnationsinconflict.Keepthatspiritalivewhenyoureturnhome.

TheseweretrulyexceptionalGames!

Andnow,inaccordancewithtradition,IdeclaretheGamesoftheXXIXOlympiadclosed,andIcallupontheyouthoftheworldtoassemblefouryearsfromnowinLondontocelebratetheGamesoftheXXXOlympiad.

Thankyou!

Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:

"Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal."

IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia,thesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.

IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi,astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice,swelteringwiththeheatofoppression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.

Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter.

Ihaveadreamtoday!

Ihaveadreamthatoneday,downinAlabama,withitsviciousracists,withitsgovernorhavinghislipsdrippingwiththewordsof"interposition"and"nullification"--onedayrightthereinAlabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers.

Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted,andeveryhillandmountainshallbemadelow,theroughplaceswillbemadeplain,andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight;"andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealedandallfleshshallseeittogether."?

Thisisourhope,andthisisthefaiththatIgobacktotheSouthwith.

Withthisfaith,wewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdespairastoneofhope.Withthisfaith,wewillbeabletotransformthejanglingdiscordsofournationintoabeautifulsymphonyofbrotherhood.Withthisfaith,wewillbeabletoworktogether,topraytogether,tostruggletogether,togotojailtogether,tostandupforfreedomtogether,knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday

Onthisday,wegatherbecausewehavechosenhopeoverfear,unityofpurposeoverconflictanddiscord.

Onthisday,wecometoproclaimanendtothepettygrievancesandfalsepromises,therecriminationsandworn-outdogmas,thatforfartoolonghavestrangledourpolitics.

Weremainayoungnation,butinthewordsofScripture,thetimehascometosetasidechildishthings.Thetimehascometoreaffirmourenduringspirit;tochooseourbetterhistory;tocarryforwardthatpreciousgift,thatnobleidea,passedonfromgenerationtogeneration:

theGod-givenpromisethatallareequal,allarefree,andalldeserveachancetopursuetheirfullmeasureofhappiness.

Inreaffirmingthegreatnessofournation,weunderstandthatgreatnessisneveragiven.Itmustbeearned.Ourjourneyhasneverbeenoneofshortcutsorsettlingforless.Ithasnotbeenthepathforthefainthearted--forthosewhopreferleisureoverwork,orseekonlythepleasuresofrichesandfame.Rather,ithasbeentherisk-takers,thedoers,themakersofthings--somecelebrated,butmoreoftenmenandwomenobscureintheirlabor--whohavecarriedusupthelong,ruggedpathtowardprosperityandfreedom.

Forus,theypackeduptheirfewworldlypossessionsandtraveledacrossoceansinsearchofanewlife.

Forus,theytoiledinsweatshopsandsettledtheWest;enduredthelashofthewhipandplowedthehardearth.

Forus,theyfoughtanddied,inplaceslikeConcordandGettysburg;NormandyandKheSahn.

Timeandagain,thesemenandwomenstruggledandsacrificedandworkedtilltheirhandswererawsothatwemightliveabetterlife.TheysawAmericaasbiggerthanthesumofourindividualambitions;greaterthanallthedifferencesofbirthorwealthorfaction.

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