Editor's Note: The words and video below are partial transcripts of the English portion of former prime minister Stephen Harper's comments during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Conservative Convention in Vancouver, B.C. National Observer has highlighted the top quotes of the night in blue.

编辑注释：下面这些字语和视频是在2016保守党温哥华大会上前总理史蒂芬.哈珀在开幕式上演讲的英文版部分文稿。国家观察网用夜蓝色高亮了其中的重点部分。

Former Tory leader Stephen Harper touted his legacy and thanked his supporters during a final farewell at the Conservative Convention on Thurs. May 26, 2016 in Vancouver, B.C. Video by Elizabeth McSheffrey.

“I’m kind of enjoying being off centre stage. Let me begin by thanking each and every one of you... You are building for the future of this party and the future of our great country.”

An era of success 一个成功的时代

“The fact is our party has enjoyed a remarkable era of success. Let me just put it in this context for you. For the first time since Sir John A. McDonald — for the first time in over a hundred years, a longstanding Conservative government, even in defeat, has emerged strong and united, the one and only Opposition party to take the government the next time around.”

“Friends, that kind of lasting long-term success is thanks to you, the members of this great party. You have given generously of your time, money and prayers. You took a set of ideas and made them into a national grassroots organization.”

“It was thanks to you that we were able to cut taxes to their lowest level in over 50 years. It was thanks to you that we were able to put dollars into the pockets of hard-working families to expand their incomes and make record investments in infrastructure, and to do it all while balancing the federal budget.”

“感谢你们使我们可以削减税收达到59年以来的最低水平。感谢你们使我们可以把银钱放进辛劳工作的家庭的口袋里以增加他们的收入和创造一个基础设施投资的纪录，并且在做到所有这些的同时保持了联邦预算平衡。”

Firm stance on crime, terror 对罪犯和恐怖分子的坚定立场

“It was thanks to you that we were able to get tough on crime and protect victims to rebuild our military, to vastly expand Canada;s global free-trade access, to witness the decline of Quebec’s separatism and western alienation, and it was thanks to you that we were able to stand up as a country and take principled positions in a dangerous world.”

“My friends, as I look out on this great crowd tonight, I see the energy, I see the passion and I see the deep abiding love for our Canada that will propel you even forward to an even brighter future in the next election. It was this same energy that brought us together some 13 years ago in this — the modern Conservative Party of Canada.”

"As leader, I was blessed to work with the most talented, dedicated and loyal Parliamentary caucus that I think any leader in this country has ever had.”

Words of thanks 感谢之词

“Over the last decade, literally thousands of individuals have worked for our Conservative team, whether on Parliament Hill the minister’s offices, the prime minister’s offices or at our party headquarters. Yours was often thankless work requiring heroic energy and inexhaustible patience.”

“I just want to thank those who have served our cause managing Conservative Fund Canada. In the new Conservative Party of Canada, we broke with the past, broke with the failed systems of both legacy parties, by giving the people who are responsible for raising the money, the primary responsibility of managing the money.”

Former prime minister Stephen Harper talks about legacy and promise for the Tories moving forward at the Conservative Convention in Vancouver on Thurs. May 26, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth McSheffrey.

Moving away from big money 避开巨额资金

“This allowed us to move away from corporate money, from union money, from big money, and also yes — to significantly reduce taxpayer subsidies, and finally create a genuine, grassroots-based fundraising system. A system, friends, where those who give can have no expectation other than a shared desire to advance our values and to build a better country.”

“这允许我们避开企业资金，工会资金，巨额资金，而且有效地减少纳税人的补贴，最终建立一个真正的，有根基的筹款系统。一个系统，那些捐助的朋友们除去有一个共同分享的愿望去实现我们的价值和建立一个更好的国家之外，没有特别指望。”

“And friends, this is important — Irving, Louis, and the other members of the fund have done something without precent. Even after an election defeat, we remain significantly the financially strongest of all of the parties... I know we all want to extend our thanks to all members of our National Council past and present for their service.”

“And of course, most importantly, I want to thank my family. Whatever a person pays for being in public life — and frankly, I always found it more of an honour than a burden. Nevertheless, a bigger price is paid to those closest to them. I can never properly thank my late father, my mother, my brothers and their family — of course Ben and Rachel, and above all my best friend, my closest counsellor and the love of my life, Laureen.”

A bright future for the Tories 保守党人的美好明天

“Frankly, the past is no place to linger. Now is the time to look forward. Our party’s journey is only beginning. Millions of Canadians entrusted us with their votes and I know in the months and years to come, you will work hard to secure the votes of millions more. I know you will continue to build our organization from coast to coast to coast.”

“My friends, I know you will continue the critical work of reaching out to new Canadians and bringing them into our party at all levels. It was one of the most outstanding achievements of the past decade and that work must continue. I know friends, that throughout all these efforts, ours will continue to be the party of those who work hard, who play by the rules and are struggling to raise a family in an uncertain world.”

“Ours is the party that knows hard-earned dollars are better spent by families than by governments. We are the party that as well friends, that this country — with all that it has — this bastion of human freedom and dignity.”

"Even it means you cannot be all things to all people, this country must stand for something for something in the world.”

“即使你们不能成为所有人民的全部愿景，这个国家必须因为一些事情而屹立，因为这个世界上的一些事情而存在。”

“Friends — our party — the party that you have built over the last 13 years is strong today, and it will be even stronger in the future. In a year you will select, from among many outstanding candidates, a new leader. And you will unite behind that person, because in 2019, perhaps more than we understand even now, our country will need a strong, united Conservative Party.”