第一篇：孫中山在《走向共和》結(jié)尾的最后一段演講（最終版）

孫中山（1866—1925年），名文，字載之，號(hào)日新，又號(hào)逸仙，幼名帝象，化名中山。生于廣東香山縣（即中山市）翠亨村的農(nóng)民家庭。青少年時(shí)代受到廣東人民斗爭(zhēng)傳統(tǒng)的影響，向往太平天國(guó)的革命事業(yè)。是中國(guó)近代民主主義革命的先行者，中華民國(guó)和中國(guó)國(guó)民黨創(chuàng)始人，三民主義的倡導(dǎo)者。首舉徹底反封建的旗幟，“起共和而終帝制”。1905年成立中國(guó)同盟會(huì)。1911年辛亥革命后被推舉為中華民國(guó)臨時(shí)大總統(tǒng)。1925年3月12日孫中山在北京逝世，1929年6月1日，根據(jù)其生前遺愿，將陵墓永久遷葬于南京紫金山中山陵。[1]1940年，國(guó)民政府通令全國(guó)，尊稱其為“中華民國(guó)國(guó)父”。孫中山著有《建國(guó)方略》、《建國(guó)大綱》、《三民主義》等。其著述在逝世后多次被結(jié)集出版，有中華書(shū)局1986年出版的十一卷本《孫中山全集》，臺(tái)北1969、1973、1985年出版的《國(guó)父全集》等。[2]孫中山是中國(guó)偉大的民主革命先行者，為了改造中國(guó)耗盡畢生的精力，在歷史上建立了不可磨滅的功勛，在政治上也為后繼者留下珍貴遺產(chǎn)。

《走向共和》最后一集被CCTV刪掉的孫中山演講!我知道，你們很著急。張勛復(fù)辟了，國(guó)會(huì) 又開(kāi)不成了。我知道，我啊，我急的不是這個(gè)，這些日子我想的很多，我們本來(lái)是共和國(guó)，可怎么一次又一次地出現(xiàn)了封建主義專制主義的東西，這個(gè)問(wèn)題不解決，專制復(fù)辟就是必然的。共和國(guó)就永遠(yuǎn)是一個(gè)泡影。

共和的觀念，是平等、自由、博愛(ài)嘛?？擅駠?guó)六年來(lái)，我們看到的是什么？各級(jí)行政官員都視法律為糞土！民眾，仍被奴役著。民國(guó)應(yīng)該是自由之國(guó)！自由是民眾天賦的權(quán)利！可民國(guó)六年來(lái)，我們看到的是什么？是只有當(dāng)權(quán)者的自由，權(quán)力大的有權(quán)力大的自由，權(quán)力小的有權(quán)力小的自由。民眾，沒(méi)有權(quán)力，沒(méi)有自由。民國(guó)應(yīng)該是博愛(ài)之國(guó)！人人為我，我為人人！可民國(guó)六年來(lái)，我們又看到的是什么？是只有民眾對(duì)當(dāng)權(quán)者 恐懼的愛(ài)。而當(dāng)權(quán)者對(duì)民眾，只有囗頭上虛偽的愛(ài)。那種真誠(chéng)真摯的博愛(ài)，我們看不到啊。！

民國(guó)更應(yīng)該是法制之國(guó)！可民國(guó)六年來(lái)，我們看到的是行政權(quán)力一次又一次地肆無(wú)忌憚地干涉立法！你不聽(tīng)話，我就收買你；你不服從，我就逮捕你，甚至暗殺你。立法者成了行政官員隨意蹂躪的妓女！那行政是什么呢？行政應(yīng)該說(shuō)是大總統(tǒng)及其一整套文官制度。應(yīng)該是服務(wù)于國(guó)民，行共和之政?？擅駠?guó)六年來(lái)，我們看到的是什么？是一個(gè)打著共和旗幟的家天下，在這個(gè)家天下的行政中，我們根本看不到透明的行政程序，更看不到監(jiān)督之制。那些行政官員，是如何花掉民眾的血汗錢(qián)，民眾不知道那些行政官員把多少錢(qián)揣進(jìn)了自己的腰包，你們不知道吧，我也不知道。

你們都知道司法是裁判吧，這個(gè)裁判的原則是什么？是一部主權(quán)在民的共和國(guó)憲法?？擅駠?guó)六年來(lái)，我們根本沒(méi)有看到這么一部憲法嘛！就那部不成熟的《臨時(shí)約法》，也一次又一次地被強(qiáng)奸。

有人說(shuō)，不不不不，不是一個(gè)人，是有一些人說(shuō)，共和他只是一個(gè)稱號(hào)而已，你孫大炮說(shuō)的這些大虛幻、太遙遠(yuǎn)，不符合國(guó)情，它就像一個(gè)氣球，啊，看著很美麗，可一飛上天哪，卟破滅了，我想請(qǐng)問(wèn)你，難道我們不要共和了嗎？難道共和真錯(cuò)了嗎？如果我們不要共和，那我們有的就永遠(yuǎn)是專制；如果我們不要共和，那我們有的就永遠(yuǎn)是被奴役；如果共和是錯(cuò)的，那自由就是錯(cuò)的。如果共和是錯(cuò)的，那平等就是錯(cuò)的。如果共和是錯(cuò)的，那博愛(ài)就是錯(cuò)的嗎？我們追求的共和沒(méi)有錯(cuò)，當(dāng)然它還不完善，所以我們要一點(diǎn)一滴的去完善它，哪怕為此要付出代價(jià)呢！

哦！對(duì)了，我今天穿的這身衣服有點(diǎn)古怪是吧，連裁縫都說(shuō)是很奇怪的。但是我要說(shuō)這是，這是為了完善共和，你們還覺(jué)得奇怪是嗎？我要說(shuō)，這就是共和，這就是共和的衣服。這邊，我設(shè)計(jì)了三顆扣子，共和的理念，就是平等、自由、博愛(ài)。這邊也有三顆扣子∶民族、民權(quán)、民生。

那憲法呢？唉唉唉，我??我說(shuō)的不是三、三權(quán)憲法啊。我發(fā)明了個(gè)新詞，叫五權(quán)憲法。這里裝的是立法權(quán)，這兒裝的是行政權(quán)，這兒裝的是司法權(quán)，這三權(quán)你們都很熟悉，叫間接民權(quán)。。我情有獨(dú)鍾的是直接民權(quán)，要讓普通的民眾都有直接參政議政的權(quán)力！一個(gè)是考試權(quán)，我們中國(guó)古代就有考試的傳統(tǒng)，后來(lái)把科舉廢除了，當(dāng)然這對(duì)后來(lái)大興新學(xué)有好處，可當(dāng)官就不再考試了，這不好，這就像倒臟水把孩子也倒出去一樣啊，民國(guó)六年來(lái)，在行政上用的是什么人啊，都是他袁世凱北洋的人，至今還如此。所以我們要把考試權(quán)還給民眾。今后，凡行政用人，一定要經(jīng)過(guò)考試，不管是誰(shuí)！

還有一個(gè)是彈劾權(quán)。沒(méi)地兒裝了，不急，不急。裝在這兒，彈劾權(quán)！為什么要把彈劾權(quán)藏在里面呢？因?yàn)樗敲癖姷臍⑹诛?，它說(shuō)不定什么時(shí)候就突然殺出來(lái)，彈劾你！所以你要戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢的當(dāng)官，老老實(shí)實(shí)的為民做事。我想這回有人，更要說(shuō)我孫文是個(gè)瘋子，吃飯穿衣都說(shuō)共和，你孫大炮還會(huì)什么？他說(shuō)的對(duì)。我只知道共和這兩個(gè)字，我這一輩子就認(rèn)這兩個(gè)字，共和。

我們有許多志士同仁，為了共和連生命都獻(xiàn)出了，我孫文此生啊，沒(méi)有別的希望，就一個(gè)希望，那就是：讓共和不僅是一個(gè)名詞，一句空話，或一個(gè)形式，要讓它成為我們實(shí)實(shí)在在的生活方式，讓它成為我們牢不可破的信念。共和是普天之下民眾的選擇，是世界的潮流，世界潮流浩浩蕩蕩，順之者昌，逆之者亡。我孫文相信，我們這個(gè)中華民族啊它一定會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)共和的。

我堅(jiān)信這一點(diǎn)！

第二篇：《走向共和》最后一集孫中山的演講及中山裝的內(nèi)涵

《走向共和》最后一集孫中山的演講及中山裝的內(nèi)涵

2016-01-04 軍事機(jī)密

《走向共和》最后一集孫中山的演講：看完視頻，我終于明白為什么他們都在穿這種衣服！

很多著名人物如蔣中正、毛澤東、周恩來(lái)都常穿著中山裝，可是你知道中山裝的含義嗎？中山裝的五大內(nèi)涵：中山裝由于孫中山的提倡，也由于它的簡(jiǎn)便，實(shí)用；自辛亥革命起便和西服一起開(kāi)始流行。1912年民國(guó)政府通令將中山裝定為禮服，修改中山裝造型，并賦于了新的含義。立翻領(lǐng)，對(duì)襟，前襟五粒扣，四個(gè)貼袋，袖口三?？邸：笃黄瓶p。這些形制其實(shí)是有講究的，根據(jù)《易經(jīng)》周代禮儀等內(nèi)容寓以意義。其一，前身四個(gè)口袋表示國(guó)之四維(禮、義、廉、恥)，袋蓋為倒筆架，寓意為以文治國(guó)。其二，門(mén)襟五粒紐扣區(qū)別于西方的三權(quán)分立的五權(quán)分立(行政、立法、司法、考試、監(jiān)察)。其三，袖口三粒紐扣表示三民主義(民族、民權(quán)、民生)。其四，后背不破縫，表示國(guó)家和平統(tǒng)一之大義。其五，衣領(lǐng)定為翻領(lǐng)封閉式，顯示嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)治國(guó)的理念。中山裝是因?qū)O中山先生率先穿用而得名。在民國(guó)十八年制定國(guó)民黨憲法時(shí)，曾規(guī)定一定等級(jí)的文官宣誓就職時(shí)一律穿中山裝，以表示遵奉先生之法。形制：立翻領(lǐng)，對(duì)襟，前襟五?？?，四個(gè)貼袋，袖口三?？?，后片不破縫。1925年，孫中山先生去世，為了紀(jì)念孫中山先生對(duì)中國(guó)革命的不朽貢獻(xiàn)，廣州革命政府確立了“中山裝”這一名稱。由于毛澤東經(jīng)常在公開(kāi)場(chǎng)合穿中山裝，西方稱中山裝為“毛裝”。2008年，英國(guó)舉辦了一場(chǎng)別開(kāi)生面的服裝展覽，就是“名人套裝樣式展”，其中包括毛澤東、丘吉爾和查理-卓別林等人的特色著裝。毛澤東所喜愛(ài)的中山裝被列為“國(guó)際十大名人套裝”之一。直到今天，依然很多領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人穿著中山裝出現(xiàn)在各大場(chǎng)合，比起出鏡率較高的傳統(tǒng)西服，中山裝更能折射出新中國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人“珍惜傳統(tǒng)而又開(kāi)放相容”的發(fā)展理念，折射出黨和政府“權(quán)為民所用、情為民所系、利為民所謀”的親民形象。

第三篇：今天欣賞了一段李開(kāi)復(fù)老師7年以前在北航的演講

今天欣賞了一段李開(kāi)復(fù)老師7年以前在北航的演講，題目就是《如何成為一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的演講家》，雖然我只聽(tīng)了三分之一，那我就將這些內(nèi)容所體現(xiàn)出來(lái)的，我們需要學(xué)習(xí)和掌握的東西分享給大家，如何成為一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的演講家觀后感。當(dāng)然這些東西也插入了我個(gè)人對(duì)演講的理解和認(rèn)識(shí)。

對(duì)于我個(gè)人來(lái)講，由于方言比較重，在講話時(shí)語(yǔ)速快，而經(jīng)常導(dǎo)致其他人聽(tīng)不明白，或者聽(tīng)不懂，當(dāng)然不是演講，而是平常的溝通，這一點(diǎn)，在今天的這段演講內(nèi)容中，給我一個(gè)很大啟示，那就是暫停和速度。在日常的交流中也好，在演講中也好，暫停是非常重要的，這個(gè)過(guò)程是聽(tīng)眾或者溝通者理解掌握的過(guò)程，也是你自己考慮如何進(jìn)一步溝通的停頓和思考，對(duì)于一個(gè)成熟的演講家來(lái)說(shuō)，不會(huì)用啊，或者嗯，或者這個(gè)等延緩演講的速度，而是巧妙的用暫停，也就是靜，自己思維的暫時(shí)性調(diào)整，也給觀眾一定的時(shí)間接受，同時(shí)也會(huì)由于有停頓，而讓觀眾能夠真正的理解所講的內(nèi)容，而達(dá)到演講的目的，也講到一個(gè)非常中重要的方面，那就是必須建立在熱情的基礎(chǔ)上，作為一個(gè)演講家，帶給觀眾的是自己的認(rèn)識(shí)和思想，要想更多的人理解知道掌握自己的想法，那就要對(duì)自己所秉承的思想有熱情，要人情百倍的投入，讓觀眾感受到這種，同時(shí)在這種熱情中認(rèn)識(shí)到思想的真諦，從而調(diào)整自己的想法，就想我一樣，在聽(tīng)了李開(kāi)復(fù)老師的演講之后，我是深受啟發(fā)，在以后的工作和學(xué)習(xí)中，我一定會(huì)充滿熱情的去投入，去享受工作的過(guò)程。

還有就是一定要做到簡(jiǎn)單，包括詞匯的簡(jiǎn)單，動(dòng)作的簡(jiǎn)單，當(dāng)對(duì)一個(gè)問(wèn)題想讓大家都明白的話，那就是做到簡(jiǎn)單，把深?yuàn)W的思想和想法融合到簡(jiǎn)單的表達(dá)中，讓大家一看就明白你所要表達(dá)的東西。而不是將簡(jiǎn)單的東西復(fù)雜化，觀眾不睡覺(jué)才怪呢。

最后一點(diǎn)就是要有豐富的視覺(jué)表達(dá)，包括眼睛、手、身體還有臉上表情的流露，作為一個(gè)演講人元，你是去講自己的看法和思想和大家分享，應(yīng)改是一件很自豪的事情，可能有人也是這么想的，就會(huì)和你產(chǎn)生共鳴，從而提高你的受眾熱情，就想介紹產(chǎn)品一樣，如果你僅僅表達(dá)自己的產(chǎn)品有多好，用死板的科學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)，那不但達(dá)不到宣傳的目的，反而會(huì)引起反感。同樣的，在演講中，我們必須充分利用自己的表情和動(dòng)作，給觀眾傳達(dá)一種力量，一種理念，一種認(rèn)識(shí)，這樣才能達(dá)到演講的目的。

第四篇：Randy_Pausch在卡內(nèi)基梅隆大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上的最后演講

Carnegie mellon Randy Pausch Inspires Graduates

I am glad to be here today, Hell, I am glad to be anywhere today.President Cohon asked me to come and give the charge to the graduates.I assure you, it's nothing compared to the charge you have just given me.This is an incredible place.I have seen it through so many lenses.I saw it when I was a graduate student that didn't get admitted and then somebody invited me back and said, OK, we'll change our mind.And I saw it as a place that hired me back to be on the faculty many years later and gave me the chance to do what

anybody wants to do, which is ,follow their passion, follow their heart and do the things they they're excited about.And the great thing about this university unlike almost all the other ones I know of is that nobody gets in your way when you try to do it.And that's just fantastic.And to the degree that a human being can love an institution.I love this place and I love all of the people and Iam very grateful to Jerry Cohon and everyone else for all the kindness that have shown me.Last August I was told that in all likelihood I had three to six months left to live.I am on month nine now and I am not gonna get down and do any push-ups…But there will be a short

pick-up basketball game later.Somebody said to me, in light of those numbers, wow, so you are really beating the Grim Reaper.And what I said without even thinking about is that we don't beat the Reaper by living longer.We beat the Reaper by living well, and living fully.For the Reaper will come for all of us, the question is that we do we do between the time we are born and the time he shows up.'cause he shows up it is too late to do all the things that you're always gonna kind of “get round to”.So I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember, it's a cliché, but I love cliché, “it is not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not”.'cause I assure you I've done a lot of really stupid things and none of them bother me.All the mistakes, all the dopy things and all the times I was embarrassed they don't matter.What matters is that, I can kind of look back and say, “pretty much anytime I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to

grab for it.” And that's where my solace comes from.The second thing I would add to that, and I didn't coordinate on the subject of this word but I think it's the right word that comes up, is passion.And you will need to find your passion.Many of you have already done it, many of you will later, many of you will take till your 30s or 40s.But don't give up on finding it.Alright? 'cause then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.Find you passion and follow it.And if there's anything I have learned in my life, you will not find that passion in things.And you will not find that passion in money.Because the more things and the more money you have, the more you will just look around and use that as the metric, and there will always be someone with more.So your passion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside.And honors and awards are nice things but only to be the extent that they regard the real respect from your peers.And to be thought well of by other people that you think even more highly of is a tremendous honor that I've been granted.Find you passion and in my experience, no matter what you do at work or what you do in official settings, that passion would be grounded in people.And it will be grounded in the relationships you have with people, and what they think of you, when your time comes.And if you can gain the respect of those around you, and the passion and true love, and I've said this before, but I waited till 39 to get married because I had to wait

that long to find someone where her happiness was more important than mine.And if nothing else I hope that all of you can find that kind of passion and that kind of love in your life.Thank you!

Randy Pausch在卡內(nèi)基梅隆大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上的最后演講（全文）

我很高興今天能夠來(lái)到這里。天啊，我也很高興今天我還活在世上。

Cohon校長(zhǎng)邀請(qǐng)我回來(lái)給大家一些鼓勵(lì)。我向諸位保證，你們剛剛給我的鼓勵(lì)更多。

這所學(xué)校棒極了！我從很多方面了解它。我也曾從這里畢業(yè)，遺憾的是并沒(méi)有申請(qǐng)上研究生。然而一位恩師邀我回來(lái)并說(shuō):我們改變主意啦，你被錄取了。

許多年以后，我被聘任到這里執(zhí)教。這是一個(gè)所有人都?jí)裘乱郧蟮臋C(jī)會(huì)。在這里，你可以聽(tīng)從心靈的召喚，追隨激情，并能夠做自己愛(ài)做的事。

這所學(xué)校勝過(guò)其他學(xué)校的地方在于當(dāng)你嘗試實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想時(shí)，沒(méi)有人會(huì)阻攔你。這太棒了！

我無(wú)比的熱愛(ài)這所學(xué)校，也愛(ài)這里的所有人。我十分感激Jerry Cohon校長(zhǎng)和我的同事，感謝他們給我的溫情。

去年8月，我被告知只能再活3到6個(gè)月了?？涩F(xiàn)在9個(gè)月已經(jīng)過(guò)去了。我不準(zhǔn)備秀一下俯臥撐了（在他那篇著名的演講開(kāi)始時(shí)，他曾秀過(guò)一次）...但一會(huì)將有一個(gè)小型的籃球賽（^_^）。

當(dāng)我說(shuō)完前面的那些數(shù)字后，有些人對(duì)我說(shuō):天啊，你真的戰(zhàn)神了冷酷的死神。而我毫不猶疑的回答他：“僅靠多活幾天是不能戰(zhàn)勝死神的。戰(zhàn)勝死神最好的方式是活的更好，更有意義。”

人終會(huì)有一死，關(guān)鍵是從出生的那一刻起到死神降臨的這一段時(shí)間內(nèi)，我們都做了什么。

當(dāng)死神降臨時(shí)，一切將為時(shí)已晚。可這是我們終究要面對(duì)的。因此，關(guān)于如何才能活的更好，我給大家的唯一建議是，請(qǐng)千萬(wàn)牢記，雖說(shuō)這是老生常談，但我喜歡老生常談。臨終時(shí)我們

不會(huì)后悔做過(guò)某些事，而是后悔沒(méi)有去做某些事。

坦率地說(shuō)，我也曾做過(guò)很多傻事，但它們中沒(méi)有一件令我煩惱。所有那些犯過(guò)的錯(cuò)，做過(guò)的蠢事，還有令我尷尬的時(shí)刻，其實(shí)它們都不重要。真正重要的是，當(dāng)我回首往事時(shí)，我會(huì)說(shuō)：“只要有機(jī)會(huì)去做那些很酷的事，我將會(huì)毫不猶豫的去爭(zhēng)取?！边@才是讓我心滿意足的人生。

第二件我想說(shuō)的事就是，我并沒(méi)有特意為這次演講規(guī)劃。但我想這兩個(gè)字很合適，那就是激情二字。你們必須要找到自己的激情。你們當(dāng)中有些人已經(jīng)找到了，許多人將來(lái)也會(huì)找到，也許很多人要到三、四十歲時(shí)才找得到。但是千萬(wàn)不要放棄尋找你的激情。你若放棄了，那你所做的一切無(wú)非就是等待死神的到來(lái)。去尋找你的激情，并讓你的心靈去追隨它吧！

如果說(shuō)我這一生中學(xué)到了什么的話，那就是你不可能在物質(zhì)的滿足中找到激情。你不會(huì)在金錢(qián)中找到激情。因?yàn)槟銚碛械呢?cái)富越多，你就越有可能用它去衡量你周圍的世界，然而總是有人比你更富有。

因此，激情必須來(lái)自于能讓你內(nèi)心滿足的事物。榮譽(yù)和獎(jiǎng)賞是好事，但它們必須出于同行們真心的尊敬?；蚴窍裎乙粯有疫\(yùn)，能夠被我尊敬的人所認(rèn)同，這才是最大的榮幸。

去尋找你的激情吧。在我看來(lái)，無(wú)論你從事什么樣工作，處在怎樣的環(huán)境當(dāng)中，激情都是和人有關(guān)的。激情源于人和人之間的關(guān)系，源于當(dāng)你離開(kāi)的那一天，人們對(duì)你的看法。如果你能贏的身邊人的尊敬，就會(huì)獲得他們的激情和真愛(ài)，正如我之前所說(shuō)。我等到39歲才結(jié)婚，是因?yàn)槲冶仨毜冗@么久才能找到一位她的幸福比我的幸福還要重要的人。拋開(kāi)一切其他不談，我祝在座的各位，此生都能夠找到那樣的激情和真愛(ài)。謝謝！

What is the most important thing in your life?

If you can change one thing in your life, what would be your choice?

What’s your dream life? treasure

第五篇：卡梅倫在蘇格蘭公投前的最后一次演講

We meet in a week that could change the United Kingdom forever.Indeed, it could end the United Kingdom as we know it.On Thursday, Scotland votes, and the future of our country is at stake.On Friday, people could be living in a different country, with a different place in the world and a different future ahead of it.This is a decision that could break up our family of nations, and rip Scotland from the rest of the UK.And we must be very clear.There’s no going back from this.No re-run.This is a once-and-for-all decision.If Scotland votes yes, the UK will split, and we will go our separate ways forever.When people vote on Thursday they are not just voting for themselves, but for their children and grandchildren and the generations beyond.So I want to speak directly to the people of this country today about what is at stake.I speak for millions of people across England, Wales and Northern Ireland – and many in Scotland, too who would be utterly heart-broken by the break-up of the United Kingdom.Utterly heart-broken to wake up on Friday morning to the end of the country we love, to know that Scots would no longer join with the English, Welsh and Northern Irish in our Army, Navy and Air Force, in our UK-wide celebrations and commemorations, in UK sporting teams from the Olympics to the British Lions.The United Kingdom would be no more.No UK pensions, no UK passports, no UK pound.The greatest example of democracy the world has ever known, of openness, of people of different nationalities and faiths coming together as one, would be no more.It would be the end of a country that launched the Enlightenment, that abolished slavery, that drove the industrial revolution, that defeated fascism.the end of a country that people around the world respect and admire the end of a country that all of us call home.And we built this home together.It’s only become Great Britain because of the greatness of Scotland.Because of the thinkers, writers, artists, leaders, soldiers, inventors who have made this country what it is.It’s Alexander Fleming and David Hume;J.K.Rowling and Andy Murray and all the millions of people who have played their part in this extraordinary success story, the Scots who led the charge on pensions and the NHS and on social justice.We did all this together.For the people of Scotland to walk away now would be like painstakingly building a home – and then walking out the door and throwing away the keys.So I would say to everyone voting on Thursday, please remember.This isn’t just any old country.This is the United Kingdom.This is our country.And you know what makes us truly great?

It’s not our economic might or military prowess – it’s our values.British values.Fairness.Freedom.Justice.The values that say wherever you are, whoever you are, your life has dignity and worth.The values that say we don’t walk on by when people are sick, that we don’t ask for your credit card in the hospital, that we don’t turn our backs when you get old and frail.that we don’t turn a blind eye or a cold heart to people around the world who are desperate and crying out for help.This is what Britain means.This is what makes us the greatest country on earth.And it’s why millions of us could not bear to see that country ending – for good, for ever – on Friday.Now I know that there are many people across Scotland who are planning to vote Yes.I understand why this might sound appealing.It’s the promise of something different.I also know that the people who are running the Yes campaign are painting a picture of a

Scotland that is better in every way, and they can be good at painting that picture.But when something looks too good to be true – that’s usually because it is.And it is my duty to be clear about the likely consequences of a Yes Vote.Independence would not be a trial separation, it would be a painful divorce.And as Prime Minister I have to tell you what that would mean.It would mean the armed forces we have built up together over centuries being split up forever.It would mean our pension funds sliced up – at some cost.It would mean the borders we have would become international and may no longer be so easily crossed.It would mean the automatic support that you currently get from British embassies when you’re travelling around the world would come to an end.It would mean over half of Scottish mortgages suddenly, from one day to the next, being provided by banks in a foreign country.It would mean that interest rates in Scotland are no longer set by the Bank of England – with the stability and security that promises.It would meanno country is.Of course we must constantly change and improve people’s lives.No-one is content while there are still children living in poverty.No-one is content while there are people struggling, and young people not reaching their potential.Yes, every political party is different.But we are all of us – Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, Nationalists – on a constant mission to change our country for the better.The question is: how do you get that change? For me it’s simple.You don’t get the change you want by ripping your country apart.You don’t get change by undermining your economy and damaging your businesses and diminishing your place in the world.But you can get real, concrete change on Thursday: if you vote No.'Business as usual’ is not on the ballot paper.The status quo is gone.This campaign has swept it away.There is no going back to the way things were.A vote for No means real change and we have spelled that change out in practical terms, with a plan and a process.If we get a No vote on Thursday, that will trigger a major, unprecedented programme of devolution with additional powers for the Scottish Parliament.Major new powers over tax, spending and welfare services.We have agreed a timetable for that stronger Scottish Parliament: a time-table to bring in the new powers that will go ahead if there is a No vote...a White Paper by November, put into draft legislation by January.This is a timetable that is now agreed by all the main political parties and set in stone and I am prepared to work with all the main parties to deliver this during 2015.So a No vote actually means faster, fairer, safer and better change.And this is a vital point: Scotland is not an observer in the affairs of this country.Scotland is shaping and changing the United Kingdom for the better – more so today than at any point in the last three hundred years and will continue to help shape the constitution of our country.And Scottish people can enjoy the additional powers its Parliament gives without losing the UK pension, the UK pound or the UK passport.Real change is Scotland’s for the taking.The power to set your own course and make your own decisions with the security of being in the UK without the risks of going it alone.It’s the best of both worlds.Scotland’s identity is already strong strong Scottish culture, strong Scottish arts, a strong Church of Scotland and in the last 15 years you have built a strong Scottish Parliament not a fleeting institution but a permanent one.So the vote on Thursday is not about whether Scotland is a nation.Scotland is a proud, strong, successful nation.The vote on Thursday is about two competing visions for Scotland’s future.The Nationalists’ vision of narrowing down, going it alone, breaking all ties with the UK.Or the patriotic vision of a strong Scottish nation allied to the rest of the United Kingdom with its own stronger Scottish Parliament at its heart and with the benefits of working together in the UK on jobs, pensions, healthcare funding, the currency, interest rates.It really is the best of both worlds and it’s the best way to get real change and secure a better future for your children and grandchildren.And speaking of family – that is quite simply how I feel about this.We are a family.The United Kingdom is not one nation.We are four nations in a single country.That can be difficult but it is wonderful.Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland different nations, with individual identities competing with each other even at times enraging each other while still being so much stronger together.We are a family of nations.Why should the next generation of that family be forced to choose whether to identify only with Edinburgh or only with London choose which embassy they want to go to when they are in trouble abroad or pack their passport when they're going to see friends and loved ones.A family is not a compromise, or a second best, it is a magical identity, that makes us more together than we can ever be apart so please – do not break this family apart.In human relations it’s almost never a good thing to turn away from each other, put up walls, score new lines on the map.Why would we take one Great Britain and turn it into separate smaller nations?

What is that an answer to?

How will that help the ambitious young people who want to make their mark on the world or the pensioner who just wants security or the family relying on jobs make in the UK?

Let no-one fool you that ‘Yes’ is a positive vision.It's about dividing people, closing doors, making foreigners of our friends and family.This isn’t an optimistic vision.The optimistic vision is of our family of nations staying together there for each other in the hard times coming through to better times.We’ve just pulled through a great recession together.We’re moving forward together.The road has been long but it is finally leading upwards and that’s why I ask you to vote No to walking away.Vote No – and you are voting for a bigger and broader and better future for Scotland and you are investing in the future for your children and grandchildren.So this is our message to the people of Scotland: We want you to stay.Head and heart and soul, we want you to stay.Please don’t mix up the temporary and the permanent.Don’t think: “I’m frustrated with politics right now, so I’ll walk out the door and never come back.”

If you don’t like me – I won’t be here forever.If you don’t like this Government – it won’t last forever.But if you leave the UK – that will be forever.Yes, the different parts of the UK don’t always see eye-to-eye.Yes, we need change – and we will deliver it but to get that change, to get a brighter future, we don’t need to tear our country apart.In two days, this long campaign will be at an end.And as you stand in the stillness of the polling booth, I hope you will ask yourself this.Will my family and I truly be better off by going it alone? Will we really be more safe and secure?

Do I really want to turn my back on the rest of Britain, and why is it that so many people across the world are asking: why would Scotland want to do that? Why?

And if you don’t know the answer to these questions – then vote No.At the end of the day, all the arguments of this campaign can be reduced to a single fact: we are better together.So as you reach your final decision, please don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be a proud Scot and a proud Brit.Don’t lose faith in what this country is – and what we can be.Don’t forget what a great United Kingdom you are part of.Don't turn your backs on what is the best family of nations in the world and the best hope for your family in this world.So please, from all of us: Vote to stick together, vote to stay, vote to save our United Kingdom.