Name: 布希向「懷俄明之子」迪克·錢尼道別！| 路透 (Bush bids farewell to the 'son of Wyoming' Dick Cheney | REUTERS)
Uploaded: 2025-11-21T17:10:06.000Z
Duration: 10 min 15 s

Mary and all the Cheney family, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate this chance to say a few words about a man I was proud to call my vice president and my friend.

Mary 和所有錢尼家人、各位貴賓、各位女士先生，我很感謝有這個機會，能說幾句話，談談我曾以他為副總統和朋友為榮的一位男士。

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Though not a happy assignment, I do consider it an easy one because there was so much to like and admire about Dick Cheney.

雖然這不是個開心的任務，但我認為這很容易，因為迪克·錢尼有太多值得喜愛和欽佩的地方。

Dick was a stoical man, and I doubt he left his life with any complaints.

迪克是個堅忍的人，我懷疑他離開人世時會有任何抱怨。

And about the time given to him or its end, he was also a grateful man.

對於他所擁有的時間或它的結束，他也是個感恩的人。

Grateful above all for three loyal, loving women who shared in his journey.

他最感恩的是，有三位忠誠、充滿愛意的女性與他一同走過人生旅程。

As I quickly discovered in 2000, when you choose one Cheney, you get four.

正如我在2000年時快速發現的，當你選擇一位錢尼，你就得到四位。

His busy and purposeful life was an adventure they experienced together.

他忙碌而有目標的人生，是她們一同經歷的冒險。

In a family so close, you dread the day when the circle is broken.

在如此親密的家庭裡，你會害怕那個圓圈被打破的日子。

Lynn and the girls, Heather, Phil and all the grandchildren.

Lynn 和女兒們、Heather、Phil 以及所有孫子孫女們。

He sure loved you all, and he was proud of his family.

他真的很愛你們大家，也很為他的家人感到驕傲。

I hope it helps to know that many people in this country share your sense of loss, and

希望知道這個國家的許多人也跟你們一樣感到失落，

我們今天以朋友的身分在這裡。

25 years ago, I had a big choice to make, a big job to fill.

25年前，我面臨一個重大的選擇，一個重要的職位要填補。

So I enlisted the help of a distinguished former White House chief of staff and Secretary of Defense to lead my search for running mate.

所以我請了一位傑出的前白宮參謀長兼國防部長來協助我尋找競選搭檔。

Dick Cheney and I went through the files, name by name.

迪克·錢尼和我，逐一審閱了這些資料。

We talked over the various qualities I was looking for in a vice president.

我們討論了我對副總統的各種期望。

Preparedness, mature judgment, rectitude, and loyalty.

準備度、成熟的判斷力、正直和忠誠。

Above all, I wanted someone with the ability to step into the presidency without getting distracted by the ambition to seek it.

最重要的是，我想要一個有能力接任總統職位，卻不會被追求權位的野心所分心的人。

After weeks of these meetings, I began to have a thought I could not shake.

經過幾週的這些會談，我腦中開始浮現一個揮之不去的想法。

I realized the best choice for the Vice President was the man sitting right in front of me.

我意識到，最適合的副總統人選，就是坐在我面前的這位。

And I told him that at such a moment, most in his position would have jumped at the chance.

我告訴他，在這樣的時刻，大多數人選都會迫不及待地抓住機會。

But Dick stayed detached, and he analyzed it before I made my decision.

但迪克卻保持冷靜，在我做出決定前，他仔細分析了情況。

He insisted on giving me a complete rundown of all the reasons I should not choose him.

他堅持要我完整聽取所有我不該選擇他的理由。

He also heard one of my top advisors was against the choice.

他也聽說我的一位首席顧問反對這個決定。

As he did so, he sat there, unfazed and expressionless.

在他陳述的過程中，他依然鎮定自若、毫無表情。

最後，我選擇相信自己的判斷。

I remember my dad's words when I told him what I was planning.

我還記得，當我告訴我父親我的計畫時，他對我說的話。

He said, son, you couldn't pick a better man.

他說，兒子，你不可能選到比他更好的人。

The way this all unfolded followed a pattern.

這一切的發展都遵循著一個模式。

Summing up his career a few years ago, he said, a few breaks came my way, and

幾年前，他總結自己的職業生涯時說，有些機會來找我，

In a life that's taken me far to more places than I ever expected, that was Dick's typically understated version of events.

在我的人生旅程中，去過比我預期中多得多的地方，這就是迪克對事件一貫的低調說法。

Without need of calculation or self promotion.

His talent and restraint exceeded his ego.

他的才華和剋制超越了他的自我。

Even before the Cheney name reached the national stage, people always saw something in the man.

在錢尼的名字登上全國舞臺之前，人們就已經在他身上看到了一些特質。

One of the first to really notice was Lynn Vincent.

最早真正注意到他的是 Lynn Vincent。

She can recall a time in their college years when Dick, as he freely admitted, lacked direction and needed some straightening out.

她回想起他們大學時期的一段日子，迪克坦承當時他有點迷失方向，需要有人好好引導。

That was Lynn's kind of project and it did not take her long.

那正是 Lynn 擅長處理的專案，她很快就完成了。

He said many times that his life would have turned out a whole lot different if he had never met her.

他曾多次說過，如果沒有遇見她，他的人生將會截然不同。

It may explain how in just over a decade, a guy can go from laying transmission lines outside Cheyenne to serving as Chief of staff or the President of the United States.

這或許可以解釋，為何在短短十多年內，一個人能從在夏延（Cheyenne）外鋪設輸電線，一路成為 Chief of staff 或美國總統。

In Dick's telling, those years working for Gerald Ford were special and informative.

依迪克所說，那段為 Gerald Ford 工作的時光非常特別且富有啟發。

In his memoir, President Ford described Dick's steadiness, his low key style and his absolute loyalty.

福特總統在他的回憶錄中，形容迪克的沉穩、低調的風格以及絕對的忠誠。

These are not traits easy to come by in Washington.

這些特質在華盛頓可不是那麼容易得到的。

Being calm, reticent, undramatic and untrustworthy are not everyone's formula for success in politics.

冷靜、寡言、不張揚且值得信賴，這並非人人都能在政壇成功的公式。

But they were the Cheyney way and they worked.

但這就是錢尼的方式，而且奏效了。

I'm reminded of a renowned senator who once gave this advice to a junior colleague.

這讓我想起一位著名的參議員，他曾給一位年輕的同事這個建議。

Perhaps, he said, you could occasionally allow yourself the luxury of an unexpressed thought.

他說，也許你可以偶爾讓自己奢侈地保留一個未說出口的想法。

Dick Cheney was like that, sparing and measured with words in a profession that attracts talkers.

迪克·錢尼就是這樣，在一個吸引了許多能言善道者的行業裡，他惜字如金、深思熟慮。

他是個思想家，也是個聆聽者。

And when he did speak up, conveying thoughts in that even tone of voice, that orderly, unexcinable manner, you knew you were getting the best of a highly disciplined mind.

而且當他開口時，用那平穩的語調傳達想法，那種井然有序、不容置疑的態度，你會知道你聽到的是一個高度自律的思想所產生的精華。

No colleague, no legislator, no foreign leader who ever met Dick Cheney ever doubted that they were dealing with a serious man.

沒有一位同事、立法者或外國領袖在見過迪克·錢尼後，會懷疑他們不是在跟一個認真的人打交道。

Of course, not every political counselor is cut out to be a political candidate.

當然，不是每一位政治顧問都適合成為政治候選人。

But Dick Cheney put himself to the test and never lost an election.

但迪克·錢尼經受了考驗，而且從未輸過選舉。

In fact, it happens that he and I both ran for Congress in 1978.

事實上，碰巧我和他都在1978年競選國會議員。

And let me just say the Republican wave didn't reach West Texas that year.

讓我說一句，當年的共和黨浪潮並沒有席捲西德州。

He told me a few times what it's like to campaign in Wyoming.

他曾幾次告訴我，在懷俄明州競選是什麼樣的感覺。

Lots of small gatherings and long drives.

It's easy to imagine the impression that young Dick Cheney made when he was asking for the vote.

可以想像，當年年輕的迪克·錢尼在爭取選票時，留下了什麼樣的印象。

I wish more Americans got to know Dick Cheney the way the folks in Casper, Cody and Laramie got to know him.

我希望有更多的美國人能像卡斯珀、科迪和拉勒米鎮的鄉親們認識迪克·錢尼一樣，來認識他。

Seeing everyone as an equal, a gentleman by nature, and a true man of the West.

把每個人都看成平等，天生就是個紳士，真正的西部硬漢。

Dick was funny and easygoing in a style that his public image never caught up with.

迪克很幽默、隨和，這種風格是他的公眾形象永遠趕不上的。

Though we can all agree he wasn't your standard issue politician.

不過，我們都同意他不是那種典型的政客。

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they'd have to settle for the kind word.

如果有些選民是希望得到溫暖的話語和擁抱，那他們只能得到溫暖的話語。

But you can't question the appeal of the only person from America's Mountain west ever elected to national office.

但你不能質疑這位唯一一位來自美國山區西部、當選過國家級職位的人的吸引力。

On that score, history should record that I chose my vice president not once, but twice.

在這方面，歷史應該記錄我曾兩次選擇我的副總統。

In 2004, he offered to step aside in case I wanted to replace him.

2004年，他主動提出如果我想要換掉他，他可以讓位。

after four years of seeing how he treated people, how he carried responsibility, how he handled pressure and took the hits, I arrived back at the conclusion that they do not come any better than Dick Cheney.

經過四年觀察他如何待人、如何承擔責任、如何應對壓力並承受打擊，我再次得出結論，像迪克·錢尼這樣的人，再也找不到了。

Colleagues from every chapter of his career will tell you that he lifted the standards of those around him just by being who he was.

他職業生涯的每一階段的同事都會告訴你，他僅憑自身的特質就提升了身邊人的標準。

In our years in office together, on the quiet days and on the hardest ones, he was everything a president should expect in his second in command.

我們共事的這些年裡，無論是平靜的日子還是最艱難的時刻，他都是總統在副手身上所能期待的一切。

In moments of testing, Dick Cheney was the model of concentration, alertness, and composure.

在考驗的時刻，迪克·錢尼是專注、警覺和鎮定的典範。

他的回憶錄標題是《我的時光》。

His time produced an old breed of public servant, defined by their substance and character.

他的時代造就了一種老派的公僕，他們的特質在於實質和品格。

This was a vice president totally devoted to protecting the United States and its interests.

這位副總統完全致力於保護美國及其利益。

There was never any agenda or angle beyond that.

除此之外，沒有任何其他議程或算計。

You did not know Dick Cheney unless you understood his greatest concerns and ambitions were for his country across 40 years of service.

除非你瞭解他對國家最深的關切和抱負，以及他四十年的奉獻，否則你就不瞭解迪克·錢尼。

Across 40 years, his service was consistent, faithful and noble.

四十年來，他的服務始終如一、忠誠且高尚。

All in all, not a bad showing for a career and a life, especially when you consider his sheer physical endurance.

總而言之，這是一段相當不錯的職業生涯和人生，特別是考慮到他驚人的體力。

Rayner pointed out, he became an authority on cardiovascular disease and a marvel at what resourceful doctors and one very determined patient can accomplish.

他成了心血管疾病的權威，也展現了有辦法的好醫生和一位意志堅定的病患能達成什麼成就。

Dick had faced down fears and hardships, but he really didn't speak about him.

迪克曾克服恐懼與艱辛，但他其實沒有談論過他。

The reward was more of a life than he ever expected, including seven grandchildren to complete the picture.

這份回報比他預期的更像是一種生活，還包括了七個孫子孫女讓畫面更圓滿。

One of them, Richard, even asked his grandfather to attend kindergarten class for a show and tell.

其中一位，理查，甚至請爺爺去幼兒園參加課堂的「分享與展示」。

As a matter of fact, the teacher told Dick that that was the most exciting show and tell since the morning a little girl brought her cow to class.

事實上，老師告訴迪克，這是自從有個小女孩把她的牛帶到教室的那天早晨以來，最令人興奮的「分享與展示」了。

That might have been amongst Dick's last moments in the spotlight.

這或許是迪克最後一次站在鎂光燈下的時刻了。