新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院李嘉诚大楼命名典礼致词

英文原文：https://www.lksf.org/speech-by-dr-li-ka-shing-at-the-dedication-ceremony-of-the-li-ka-shing-building-lee-kuan-yew-school-of-public-policy-national-university-of-singapore/ 日期：2007 年 9 月 4 日

官方中文版

内阁资政李光耀先生、各位嘉宾、院校同人、各位同学：

我感到非常高兴今天能够和大家聚首一堂。

李光耀公共政策学院具有崇高的使命，我深信这所学院定能享有美好前景和达成其使命，成为一间在公共政策及公共管理范畴上出类拔萃的研究及教育中心。日后学院成功的最佳指标，将在各位同学及学者们将来为人民、为社会、国家及世界所带来的改变、贡献和正面影响；能参与这使命的建设，我深感荣幸。

你们毅然选择作为人民最忠诚的朋友和公仆，是一项最崇高和自发的抉择，需要你们全心全意的付出。作为一位领袖，你们一生的时间和精力都尽奉献他人，这实在是一件不容易的事，会令你谦卑，令你疲累，但你们所得到的回报是你们所建立的功业足以对后世产生长远的影响。

那你们的影响力会是什么？你们会否因忠诚而贤满天下？会否因坚守公义而受人尊敬？会否因在促进和平与营造机遇方面所作出的努力而为人所知？会否在燃点希望方面带来影响力？会否成为自由的捍卫者、是否沉默社群的声音？你们是否具有捍卫真实和公正观点的勇气，有虽千万人而吾往矣的精神？你们是否志洁行廉，足以摒绝野心及不义之财的诱惑？

若能穷一生精力循自己理想而努力，那你们生命的丰碑将见证你们的宏愿，史不绝书。就如古希腊政治家伯里克利（Pericles）般名留青史，永远受人怀念。伯里克利认为贤智伟大的领袖不仅具有自己的愿景，更知道如何去实践，他们更有廉耿风节。他曾经说过：「你流传后世的不应是刻在有形的石碑上，而是你所植根于人们的心灵中。」

这对我来说不仅是一个原则，更可令我们活得精彩，我相信落实好此情操也是这学院的宗旨，这所学院正以一位把毕生奉献予人民，全情投入建立一个洋溢着和平、机遇与希望的国家、备受国际尊敬的人物命名。

最后，我想有一点与大家共勉：在我的一生中，我恪守严谨不阿的自我管治原则，要做到比所要求的标准更高，比所宽限的水平更严，它令我毕生受用，我相信对每一位亦然。

谢谢大家。

English Original

Minister Mentor Lee, Distinguished Guests, School Officials, Faculty and Students:

It is an honour to be here – to join with you in celebrating the mission of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

I believe in the future of this institution and in its mission to be a centre of excellence for research and education in the field of public policy and public management. I am pleased to be part of this noble endeavor. Success here will be defined by the influence of those who learn here. It will be defined by their service to others. It will be defined by their influence in their communities and nations.

To choose to serve your people as their best friend and devoted servant is a most noble and conscious choice; it requires the very best you have to give. To be a leader, your life, your energy – the gifts you have been given are dedicated to others. And this is no easy task. It is humbling. It is fatiguing. But it could also be rewarding in your enduring influence.

Now, what will that influence be? Will you be known for your honesty? Will you be known for your dedication to justice? Will you be known for your efforts to promote peace and opportunity? Will you be an influence for hope? Will you be a champion of freedom and a voice for the silent? Will you have the courage to stand for what is right even if that is not what is popular? Will you be incorruptible and strong enough to stare down the temptation of ambition and unprincipled wealth?

Your life will become a monument to your vision. It will endure and be inscribed in history in the same way that the life of Pericles, the honest Athenian statesman, is remembered. Pericles said that great leaders have their vision of what to do and know how to articulate it. And they are incorruptible. He said, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

This is more than a principle for me. It is a life well lived. And achieving it is the objective of this school – a school which takes the name of a man who is internationally respected and has dedicated his own life to serving others, to building a nation of peace, opportunity, and promise. Finally I like to share with you this: in my own life, the observance of the purist principle of self governance is to do more than is required and less than is allowed. It has always held me in good stead. I believe it will for everyone as well.

Thank you.