I do not claim that the Orange Revolution’s protagonists are paragons, and that the split between Yushchenko and me has not disheartened many of those who stood with us in the streets of Kyiv in the winter of 2004-2005. But no one can question that we brought more honest government, and the beginnings of a more open economy, to Ukraine.
我并不是说橙色革命的领导者都是完人，或者尤先科和我本人之间的分裂并没有让许多在2004年年终以及2005年年初冬天在基辅街头支持我们的人心寒。但是，没有人可以质疑，我们为乌克兰带来了更为诚实的政府以及开启了更为开放的经济体。我们开始了反对根深蒂固的腐败的斗争，对乌克兰强盗大亨实行了法制，而且催生了充满活力的公民社会。