克林顿就职演说翻译
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克林顿就职中文演讲稿克林顿1993年就职演讲+(中英文) 春天重新降临到这个世界上最古老的国家,它给我们带来了重新塑造美国的构想和勇气.WhenourfoundersboldlydeclaredAmerica"sindependencetotheworldandour purposestotheAlmighty,theyknewthatAmerica,toendure,wouldhavetochange. Notchangeforchange"ssake,butchangetopreserveAmerica"sideals;life,libe rty,thepursuitofhappiness.Thoughwemarchtothemusicofourtime,ourmission istimeless.EachgenerationofAmericansmustdefinewhatitmeanstobeanAmeric an.当我们的缔造者们大胆地向全世界宣布美国的独立,向上帝宣布我们的目的时,他们知道,美国要长久地存在下去,就必须改革.我们不是为改革而改革,而是为了保持美国的理想——生活、自由和追求幸福.虽然我们伴随着时代的乐曲前进,我们的使命却是永恒的.每一代美国人都必须明确作为一个美国人意味着什么.Onbehalfofournation,Isalutemypredecessor,PresidentBush,forhishalf-centuryofservicetoAmerica.AndIthankthemillionsofmenandwomenwhosestead fastnessandsacrificetriumphedoverDepression,fascismandmunism.我的前任布什总统为美国服务了半个世纪,在此,我代表我们的国家向他致以崇高的敬意.Today,agenerationraisedintheshadowsoftheColdWarassumesnewresponsibili tiesinaworldwarmedbythesunshineoffreedombutthreatenedstillbyancientha tredsandnewplagues.我还要向千百万人民表示感谢,他们以坚定的信念和牺牲战胜了经济萧条、法西斯主义.今天,在冷战的阴影下成长起来的一代人在世界上已肩负起新的责任.这个世界虽然沐浴在自由的阳光下,但仍然面临着旧的仇恨和新的灾祸的威胁.Raisedinunrivaledprosperity,weinheritaneconomythatisstilltheworld" sstrongest,butisweakenedbybusinessfailures,stagnantwages,increasingin equality,anddeepdivisionsamongourpeople.我们在无与伦比的繁荣中成长,继承了一个仍然是世界上最强大经济,但是.商业失败、工资停滞、不平等加剧,以及我们自己的人民四分五裂,削弱了这个经济.WhenGeorgeWashingtonfirsttooktheoathIhavejustsworntouphold,newstravel edslowlyacrossthelandbyhorsebackandacrosstheoceanbyboat.Now,thesights andsoundsofthisceremonyarebroadcastinstantaneouslytobillionsaroundthe world.当乔治华盛顿第一次发出我刚才宣誓信守的誓言时,消息缓慢地通过骑马传遍大陆和乘船漂洋过海.而今,这个仪式的情景和声音可以立即向全世界数十亿人广播.municationsandmerceareglobal;investmentismobile;technologyisalmostmag ical;andambitionforabetterlifeisnowuniversal.Weearnourlivelihoodinpea cefulpetitionwithpeopleallacrosstheearth.通讯和商业是全球性的,投资是流动性的,技术几乎是神秘的,而要求改善生活的强烈愿望是全世界人民共同的.今天,我们美国人是和全世界人民在和平竞争中谋求我们的生计.Profoundandpowerfulforcesareshakingandremakingourworld,andtheurgentqu estionofourtimeiswhetherwecanmakechangeourfriendandnotourenemy.各种根深蒂固和强大的势力正在动摇和重新塑造我们的世界.我们时代迫切需要解决的问题是,我们能否使改革成为我们的朋友,而不是我们的敌人.ThisnewworldhasalreadyenrichedthelivesofmillionsofAmericanswhoareable topeteandwininit.Butwhenmostpeopleareworkingharderforless;whenothersc annotworkatall;whenthecostofhealthcaredevastatesfamiliesandthreatenst obankruptmanyofourenterprises,greatandsmall;whenfearofcrimerobslaw-ab idingcitizensoftheirfreedom;andwhenmillionsofpoorchildrencannotevenim aginetheliveswearecallingthemtolead,wehavenotmadechangeourfriend.尽管这个新的世界已经使千百万能够在其中竞争并取胜的美国人富裕起来了,但是,在大多数人更加拼命地工作而收入却在减少的时候,在还有人根本找不到工作的时候,在卫生保健费用使许多人倾家荡产、使大大小小的企业行将倒闭的时候,。
克林顿2001年离职演说(中英文)
"My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president.I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. And I'm grateful to Vice President Gore, to my Cabinet secretaries, and to all those who have served with me for the last eight years.This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge. You have made our social fabric stronger, our families healthier and safer, our people more prosperous.You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.In all the work I have done as president, every decision I have made, every executive action I have taken, every bill I have proposed and signed, I've tried to give all Americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams, in a good society, with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous world.I have steered my course by our enduring values. Opportunity for all. Responsibility from all. A community of all Americans. I have sought to give America a new kind of government, smaller, more modern, more effective, full of ideas and policies appropriate to this new time, always putting people first, always focusing on the future.Working together, America has done well. Our economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the highest home ownership ever, the longest expansion in history.Our families and communities are stronger. Thirty-five million Americans have used the family leave law. Eight million have moved off welfare. Crime is at a 25-year low. Over 10 million Americans receive more college aid, and more people than ever are going to college. Our schools are better —— higher standards, greater accountability and largerinvestments have brought higher test scores, and higher graduation rates.More than three million children have health insurance now, and more than 7 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty. Incomes are rising across the board. Our air and water are cleaner. Our food and drinking water are safer. And more of our precious land has been preserved, in the continental United States, than at any time in 100 years.America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe.I'm very grateful to be able to turn over the reins of leadership to a new president, with America in such a strong position to meet the challenges of the future.Tonight, I want to leave you with three thoughts about our future. First, America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility. Through our last four budgets, we've turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we've been able to pay down $600 billion of our national debt, on track to be debt free by the end of the decade for the first time since 1835.Staying on that course will bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity and the opportunity to meet our big challenges. If we choose wisely, we can pay down the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby boomers, invest more in our future and provide tax relief.Second, because the world is more connected every day in every way, America's security and prosperity require us to continue to lead in the world. At this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom that ever before. Our alliances are stronger than ever. People all around the world look to America to be a force for peace and prosperity, freedom and security. The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with dignity.But the forces of integration that have created these good opportunities also make us more subject to global forces of destruction, to terrorism, organized crime andnarco-trafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global environment.The expansion of trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of survival. This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling alliances. But in our times, America cannot and must not disentangle itself from the world. If we want the world to embody our shared values, then we must assume a shared responsibility.If the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom and peace. We must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word and deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade benefits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world.Third, we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the fabric of one America. As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity.We must work harder to overcome our differences. In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders' dreams.Hillary, Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George W. Bush, to his family and his administration in meeting these challenges and in leading freedom's march in this new century.As for me, I'll leave the presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived and more confident than ever that America's best days lie ahead.My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen.Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America."同胞们,今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总统,在白宫椭圆形办公室向你们做最后一次演讲。
克林顿总统第二次就职演说
克林顿总统第二次就职演说(文章一):克林顿第二任就职演讲january 20, xx, inaugural address of william j. clinton (克林顿xx年就职演讲)my fellow citizens :(同胞们)today we celebrate the mystery of american renewal. 今天,我们庆祝振兴美国这件令人感到异常惊奇的事。
this ceremony is held in the depth of winter. but, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. a spring reborn in theworlds oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent america.尽管这个仪式在隆冬举行,但是,我们所说的话,我们向全世界所显示的面貌,将促使春天的早日来临。
春天重新降临到这个世界上最古老的民主国家,它给我们带来了重新塑造美国的构想和勇气。
when our founders boldly declared americas independence to the world and our purposes to the almighty, they knew that america, to endure, would have to change. not change for changes sake, but change to preserve americas ideals; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. each generation of americans must define what it means to be an american.当我们的缔造者们大胆地向全世界宣布美国的独立,向宣布我们的目的时,他们知道,美国要长久地存在下去,就必须改革。
克林顿2001年离职演说(中英文)
narco-trafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global environment.The expansion of trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of survival. This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling alliances. But in our times, America cannot and must not disentangle itself from the world. If we want the world to embody our shared values, then we must assume a shared responsibility.If the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom and peace. We must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word and deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade benefits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world.Third, we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the fabric of one America. As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity.We must work harder to overcome our differences. In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders' dreams.Hillary, Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George W. Bush, to his family and his administration in meeting these challenges and in leading freedom's march in this new century.As for me, I'll leave the presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived and more confident than ever that America's best days lie ahead.My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen.Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America."同胞们,今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总统,在白宫椭圆形办公室向你们做最后一次演讲。
美国总统克林顿就职演讲
美国总统克林顿就职演讲托马斯杰斐逊认为,为了维护我国的根基,我们需要时常进行激动人心的变革。
下面小编给大家分享美国总统克林顿就职演讲,欢迎阅读:美国总统克林顿就职演讲January 20, 1993My fellow citizens :Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in the worlds oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America.When our founders boldly declared Americas independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for changes sake, but change to preserve Americas ideals; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time,our mission is timeless. Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America. And I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism and Communism.Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues.Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the worlds strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our people.When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world.Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better lifeis now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across the earth.Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small; when fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend.We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps. But we have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence.Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. And Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people. We must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us.From our revolution, the Civil War, to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history.Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow citizens, this is our time. Let us embrace it.Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.And so today, we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift; a new season of American renewal has begun. To renew America, we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy; it will require sacrifice. But it can be done, and done fairly, not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.Our Founders saw themselves in the light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched a childs eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country. To renew America, we must revitalize our democracy.This beautiful capital, like every capital since the dawn of civilization, is often a place of intrigue and calculation. Powerful people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those people whose toil and sweat sends us here and pays our way.Americans deserve better, and in this city today, there are people who want to do better. And so I say to all of us here, let us resolve to reform our politics, so that power and privilege no longer shout down the voice of the people. Let us put aside personaladvantage so that we can feel the pain and see the promise of America. Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation," a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays. Let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs.To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as well at home. There is no longer division between what is foreign and what is domestic; the world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race; they affect us all.Today, as an old order passes, the new world is more free but less stable. Communisms collapse has called forth old animosities and new dangers. Clearly America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make.While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges, nor fail to seize the opportunities, of this new world. Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy when ever possible, with force when necessary. The brave Americans serving our nation today in thePersian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our resolve.But our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands. Across the world, we see them embraced, and we rejoice. Our hopes, our hearts, our hands, are with those on every continent who are building democracy and freedom. Their cause is Americas cause.The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today. You have raised your voices in an unmistakable chorus. You have cast your votes in historic numbers. And you have changed the face of Congress, the presidency and the political process itself. Yes, you, my fellow Americans have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.To that work I now turn, with all the authority of my office. I ask the Congress to join with me. But no president, no Congress, no government, can undertake this mission alone. My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part in our renewal. I challenge a new generation of young Americans to a season of service; to act on your idealism by helping troubled children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our torn communities. There is somuch to be done; enough indeed for millions of others who are still young in spirit to give of themselves in service, too.In serving, we recognize a simple but powerful truth, we need each other. And we must care for one another. Today, we do more than celebrate America; we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America.An idea born in revolution and renewed through two centuries of challenge. An idea tempered by the knowledge that, but for fate we, the fortunate and the unfortunate, might have been each other. An idea ennobled by the faith that our nation can summon from its myriad diversity the deepest measure of unity. An idea infused with the conviction that Americas long heroic journey must go forever upward.And so, my fellow Americans, at the edge of the 21st century, let us begin with energy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is done. The scripture says, "And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not."From this joyful mountaintop of celebration, we hear a call to service in the valley. We have heard the trumpets. We have。
TheSecondInauguralAddressbyBillClinton(中文翻译)
TheSecondInauguralAddressbyBillClinton(中文翻译)第一篇:The Second Inaugural Address by Bill Clinton(中文翻译)克林顿第二次就职演说同胞们:藉此二十世纪最后一届总统就职演说之际,让我们睁开眼睛迎接下一世纪我们将面临的挑战。
所幸的是,时间和机遇不仅将我们置身于一个新世纪的边缘,一个新的千周年,而且将我们置身于人类事业一个崭新新的、光辉的边缘——一个决定我们未来数十年方向和地位的时刻。
我们必须使我们古老的民主永葆青春。
在“希望之乡”这一古老憧憬的指引下,让我们着眼于新的“希望之乡”。
美国的希望源于十八世纪一种无畏的信念:人生来皆平等。
在十九世纪,我们的国家横跨大陆,拯救了联邦,废除了恐怖的奴隶制的蹂躏。
这一信念得以流传和扩展。
然后,在辛劳和胜利之中,这种希望奔上了世界的舞台,使本世纪成为美国的世纪。
这是怎样的一个世纪啊。
美国成为世界上最强大的工业大国,它把世界从两次世界大战和旷日持久的冷战的暴虐中拯救出来,并且一再向全球上百万像我们一样渴望自由赐福的人们伸出援助之手。
在这一进程中,美国产生了庞大的中产阶级和老年人保险制度,建立了无与伦比的学习中心,并对全民开放公立学校,分裂了原子且探索了太空,发明了计算机和微芯片,通过发起一场非裔美国人和少数民族的民权革命,及扩大妇女的公民权利,就业机会和人身尊严,而深掘了正义之泉。
现在,也是第三次,一个新世纪来到我们面前,这又是一个选择的时候,我们进入十九世纪时有一个选择,使得我们国家从一个海岸扩展到另一个海岸,我们进入二十世纪时又有一个选择,使得工业革命能符合我们的价值观,即自由经营,水土保持,和恪守人类正义,这些选择使得一切迥然不同。
在二十一世纪曙光来临之际,一个自由的民族必须做出选择,去打造信息时代和全球一体化的力量。
去释放全民无尽的潜能,并且,去成就一个更完美的联邦国家。
上次我们在此相聚时,我们向这个新未来的进军似乎没有今天这么明确,我们那时曾宣誓确立新的道路,复兴我们的国家。
美国克林顿演讲系列之克林顿—1997年第二次就职演讲(中英对照)
美国克林顿演讲系列之克林顿—1997年第二次就职演讲(中英对照)January 20, 1997My fellow citizens:At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs, a moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to come. We must keep our old democracy forever young. Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of new promise.The promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold conviction that we are all created equal. It was extended and preserved in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, saved the union, and abolished the awful scourge of slavery.Then, in turmoil and triumph, that promise exploded onto the world stage to make this the American Century.And what a century it has been. America became the world’s mightiest industrial power; saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war; and time and again, reached out across the globe to millions who, like us, longed for the blessings of liberty.Along the way, Americans produced a great middle class and security in old age; built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools to all; split the atom and explored the heavens; invented the computer and the microchip; and deepened the wellspring of justice by making a revolution in civil rights for African Americans and all minorities, and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to women.Now, for the third time, a new century is upon us, and another time to choose. We began the 19th century with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to coast. We began the 20th century with a choice, to harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human decency. Those choices made all the difference.At the dawn of the 21st century a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the Information Age and the global society, to unleash the limitless potential of all our people, and, yes, to form a more perfect union.When last we gathered, our march to this new future seemed less certain than it does today. We vowed then to set a clear course to renew our nation.In these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achievement. America stands alone as the world’s indispensable nation. Once again, our economy is the strongest on Earth. Once again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner environment. Problems that once seemed destined to deepen now bend to our efforts: our streets are safer and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to work.And once again, we have resolved for our time a great debate over the role of government. Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We,-the American people, we are the solution. Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our common dreams in each new day.As times change, so government must change. We need a new government for a new century - humble enough not to try to solve all our problems for us, but strong enough to give us the tools to solve our problems for ourselves; a government that is smaller, lives within its means, and does more with less. Yet where it can stand up for our values and interests in the world, and where it can give Americans the power to make a real difference in their everyday lives, government should do more, not less. The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity,- not a guarantee, but a real opportunity to build better lives.Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us. Our founders taught us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon responsible citizenship. And we need a new sense of responsibility for a new century. There is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to read; hiring people off welfare rolls; coming out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime; taking time out of our own lives to serve others.Each and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personal responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation. Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of community for a new century. For any one of us to succeed, we must succeed as one America.The challenge of our past remains the challenge of our future, will we be one nation, one people, with one common destiny, or not? Will we all come together, or come apart?The divide of race has been America’s constant curse. And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different. These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. And they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all around the world.These obsessions cripple both those who hate and, of course, those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them. And we shall replace them with the generous spirit of a people who feel at home with one another.Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.As this new era approaches we can already see its broad outlines. Ten years ago, the Internet was the mystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren. Scientists now are decoding the blueprint of human life. Cures for our most feared illnesses seem close at hand.The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps. Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries. Growing connections of commerce and culture give us a chance to lift the fortunes and spirits of people the world over. And for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship.My fellow Americans, as we look back at this remarkable century, we may ask, can we hope not just to follow, but even to surpass the achievements of the 20th century in America and to avoid the awful bloodshed that stained its legacy? To that question, every American here and every American in our land today must answer a resounding "Yes."This is the heart of our task. With a new vision of government, a new sense of responsibility, a new spirit of community, we will sustain America’s journey. The promise we sought in a new land we will find again in a land of new promise.In this new land, education will be every citizen’s most prized possession. Our schools will have the highest standards in the world, igniting the spark of possibility in the eyes of every girl and every boy. And the doors of higher education will be open to all. The knowledge and power of the Information Age will be within reach not just of the few, but of every classroom, every library, every child. Parents and children will have time not only to work, but to read and play together. And the plans they make at their kitchen table will be those of a better home, a better job, the certain chance to go to college.Our streets will echo again with the laughter of our children, because no one will try to shoot them or sell them drugs anymore. Everyone who can work, will work, with today’s permanent under class part of tomorrow’s growing middle class. New miracles of medicine at last will reach not only those who can claim care now, but the children and hardworking families too long denied.We will stand mighty for peace and freedom, and maintain a strong defense against terror and destruction. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Ports and airports, farms and factories will thrive with trade and innovation and ideas. And the world’s greatest democracy will lead a whole world of democracies.Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a nation that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values. A nation where our grandparents have secure retirement and health care, and their grandchildren know we have made the reforms necessary to sustain those benefits for their time. A nation that fortifies the world’s most productive economy even as it protects the great natural bounty of our water, air, and majestic land.And in this land of new promise, we will have reformed our politics so that the voice of the people will always speak louder than the din of narrow interests, regaining the participation and deserving the trust of all Americans.Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward toward realizing the full potential of all its citizens. Prosperity and power, yes, they are important, and we must maintain them. But let us never forget: The greatest progress we have made, and the greatest progress we have yet to make, is in the human heart. In the end, all the world’s wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of the human spirit.Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this Mall, in words that moved the conscience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. Martin Luther King’s dream was the American Dream. His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true creed. Our history has been built on such dreams and labors. And by our dreams and labors we will redeem the promise of America in the 21st century.To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office. I ask the members of Congress here to join in that pledge. The American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of another. Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisanship they plainly deplore. No, they call on us instead to be repairers of the breach, and to move on with America’s mission.America demands and deserves big things from us,- and nothing big ever came from being small. Let us remember the timeless wisdom of Cardinal Bernardin, when facing the end of his own life. He said, "It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division."Fellow citizens, we must not waste the precious gift of this time. For all of us are on that same journey of our lives, and our journey, too, will come to an end. But the journey of our America must go on.And so, my fellow Americans, we must be strong, for there is much to dare. The demands of our time are great and they are different. Let us meet them with faith and courage, with patience and a grateful and happy heart. Let us shape the hope of this day into the noblest chapter in our history. Yes, let us build our bridge. A bridge wide enough and strong enough for every American to cross over to a blessed land of new promise.May those generations whose faces we cannot yet see, whose names we may never know, say of us here that we led our beloved land into a new century with the American Dream alive for all her children; with the American promise of a more perfect union a reality for all her people; with America’s bright flame of freedom spreading throughout all the world.From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth. May God strengthen our hands for the good work ahead, and always, always bless our America.译文:同胞们:今天,我们庆祝振兴美国这件令人感到异常惊奇的事。
克林顿就职演讲稿-中英文对照1
My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has sh own throughout this transition.Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been s poken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these mome nts, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in hi gh office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our f orbearers, and true to our founding documents.So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, ag ainst a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weaken ed, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Hom es have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our healthcare is too costly; o ur schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we u se energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable b ut no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear th at America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sigs.Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and the y are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this,America - they will be met.On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promis es, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled o ur politics.We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to se t aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choos e our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are fre e, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisu re over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been t he risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often m en and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged p ath towards prosperity and freedom.For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the west; endured the lash of the wh ip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy an d Khe Sahn.Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till the ir hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth o r wealth or faction.This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful n ation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. O ur minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant d ecisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to la y a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric gri ds and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise healthcare's q uality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fu el our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all th is we will do.Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courae.What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - t hat the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer appl y. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too sm all, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, car e they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we inten d to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us w ho manage the public's dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform ba d habits and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we resto re the vital trust between a people and their government.Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its pow er to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has remind ed us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous. The success of ou r economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic produc t, but on the reach f; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - n ot out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.As for our common defence, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafte d a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded b y the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give t hem up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead o nce more.Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with mi ssiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understo od that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we plea se. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologise for our way of life, nor will we waver i n its defence, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror an d slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. We are s haped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and bec ause we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged fro m that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or bl ame their society's ills on the west - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corrupt ion and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your far ms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry m inds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no l onger afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we mu st change with it.As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitud e those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honour them not only because they ar e guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingn ess to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this momen t - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inha bit us all.For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and det ermination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who woul d rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through ourdarkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be n ew. But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, c ourage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things a re old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress througho ut our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every Ame rican, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we d o not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all t o a difficult task.This is the price and the promise of citizenship.This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shap e an uncertain destiny.This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and childr en of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mal l, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been ser ved at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have t raveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of p atriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was a bandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a mo ment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nati on ordered these words be read to the people:"Let it be told to the future world...that in the depth of winter, when nothing but ho pe and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more th e icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's gra ce upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to fut ure generations.。
克林顿第二次就职演说中文
克林顿第二次就职演说中文篇一:克林顿第二次就职演说1January20,1993,inauguraladdressofwilliamJ.clinton(克林顿1993年就职演讲)myfellowcitizens:(同胞们)Todaywecelebratethemysteryofamericanrenewal.今天,我们庆祝振兴美国这件令人感到异常惊奇的事。
Thisceremonyisheldinthedepthofwinter.But,bythewordswespeakandthefac esweshowtheworld,weforcethespring.aspringrebornintheworld'soldestdemocracy,thatbringsforththevisionandcouragetoreinv entamerica.尽管这个仪式在隆冬举行,但是,我们所说的话,我们向全世界所显示的面貌,将促使春天的早日来临。
春天重新降临到这个世界上最古老的民主国家,它给我们带来了重新塑造美国的构想和勇气。
whenourfoundersboldlydeclaredamerica'sindependencetotheworlda ndourpurposestothealmighty,theyknewthatamerica,toendure,wouldhaveto change.notchangeforchange'ssake,butchangetopreserveamerica 9;sideals;life,liberty,thepursuitofhappiness.Thoughwemarchtothemusicof ourtime,ourmissionistimeless.Eachgenerationofamericansmustdefinewhat itmeanstobeanamerican.当我们的缔造者们大胆地向全世界宣布美国的独立,向上帝宣布我们的目的时,他们知道,美国要长久地存在下去,就必须改革。
克林顿演讲英汉对照版
Thank you for the key to your city and for this magnificent welcome. Here in this ancient capital, China seems very young to me tonight, blessed with both a proud history and the promise of tomorrow. Xi’an was perhaps the most open and culturally advanced city in the entire world. From this place, trade routes extended through Asia to Europe and Africa. And to this place, great thinkers came, spreading philosophy and new ideas that have contributed to the greatness of china.谢谢你们赠予的城市之匙和这个盛大的欢迎仪式。
在这古老的城市,中国今晚显得分外年轻,它天赐般的拥有让人骄傲的历史和美好的未来。
西安曾经是世界文化史上极为开放和发达的城市。
从这个地方,贸易之路延伸到了亚洲,通向了欧洲和非洲。
很多大思想家莅临了这座城市,传播哲学以及新思想,这些观念让中国变得强大起来。
I look forward to seeing the terracotta warriors, the old city walls, the Muslim quarter. I look forward to learning more about china's great contributions to the store of human knowledge from medicine and printing, to mathematics and astronomy. Discoveries on which so much of the whole world progress is based and I want to see more of the new nation you are building on a scale even the emperors could not have foreseen.明天,我期待着看到兵马俑、古城墙和穆斯林广场。
克林顿2001年离职演说(中英文)
"My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president.I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. And I'm grateful to Vice President Gore, to my Cabinet secretaries, and to all those who have served with me for the last eight years.This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge. You have made our social fabric stronger, our families healthier and safer, our people more prosperous.You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.In all the work I have done as president, every decision I have made, every executive action I have taken, every bill I have proposed and signed, I've tried to give all Americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams, in a good society, with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous world.I have steered my course by our enduring values. Opportunity for all. Responsibility from all. A community of all Americans. I have sought to give America a new kind of government, smaller, more modern, more effective, full of ideas and policies appropriate to this new time, always putting people first, always focusing on the future.Working together, America has done well. Our economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the highest home ownership ever, the longest expansion in history.Our families and communities are stronger. Thirty-five million Americans have used the family leave law. Eight million have moved off welfare. Crime is at a 25-year low. Over 10 million Americans receive more college aid, and more people than ever are going to college. Our schools are better —— higher standards, greater accountability and largerinvestments have brought higher test scores, and higher graduation rates.More than three million children have health insurance now, and more than 7 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty. Incomes are rising across the board. Our air and water are cleaner. Our food and drinking water are safer. And more of our precious land has been preserved, in the continental United States, than at any time in 100 years.America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe.I'm very grateful to be able to turn over the reins of leadership to a new president, with America in such a strong position to meet the challenges of the future.Tonight, I want to leave you with three thoughts about our future. First, America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility. Through our last four budgets, we've turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we've been able to pay down $600 billion of our national debt, on track to be debt free by the end of the decade for the first time since 1835.Staying on that course will bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity and the opportunity to meet our big challenges. If we choose wisely, we can pay down the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby boomers, invest more in our future and provide tax relief.Second, because the world is more connected every day in every way, America's security and prosperity require us to continue to lead in the world. At this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom that ever before. Our alliances are stronger than ever. People all around the world look to America to be a force for peace and prosperity, freedom and security. The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with dignity.But the forces of integration that have created these good opportunities also make us more subject to global forces of destruction, to terrorism, organized crime andnarco-trafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global environment.The expansion of trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of survival. This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling alliances. But in our times, America cannot and must not disentangle itself from the world. If we want the world to embody our shared values, then we must assume a shared responsibility.If the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom and peace. We must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word and deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade benefits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world.Third, we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the fabric of one America. As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity.We must work harder to overcome our differences. In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders' dreams.Hillary, Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George W. Bush, to his family and his administration in meeting these challenges and in leading freedom's march in this new century.As for me, I'll leave the presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived and more confident than ever that America's best days lie ahead.My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen.Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America."同胞们,今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总统,在白宫椭圆形办公室向你们做最后一次演讲。
克林顿告别演说中英对照
克林顿告别演说[中英对照]Iamprofoundlygratefultoyoufortwicegivingmethehono rtoserve,toworkforyouandwithyoutoprepareournation forthe21stcentury.AndI'mgratefultoVicePresidentGo re,tomyCabinetsecretaries,andtoallthosewhohaveser vedwithmeforthelasteightyears.同胞们,今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总统,在白宫椭圆形办公室向你们做最后一次演讲。
我从心底深处感谢你们给了我两次机会和荣誉,为你们服务,为你们工作,和你们一起为我们的国家进入21世纪做准备。
这里,我要感谢戈尔副总统,我的内阁部长们以及所有伴我度过过去8年的同事们。
Thishasbeenatimeofdramatictraformation,andyouhave risentoeverynewchallenge.Youhavemadeoursocialfabr icstronger,ourfamilieshealthierandsafer,ourpeople moreproerous.You,theAmericanpeople,havemadeourpaageintotheglob alinformationageaneraofgreatAmericanrenewal.现在是一个极具变革的年代,你们为迎接新的挑战已经做好了准备。
是你们使我们的社会更加强大,我们的家庭更加健康和安全,我们的人民更加富裕。
同胞们,我们已经进入了全球信息化时代,这是美国复兴的伟大时代。
InalltheworkIhavedoneaspresident,everydecisionIha vemade,everyexecutiveactionIhavetaken,everybillIh aveproposedandsigned,I'vetriedtogiveallAmericathe toolsandconditiotobuildthefutureofourdreams,inago odsociety,withastrongeconomy,acleanerenvironment, andafreer,safer,moreproerousworld.作为总统,我所做的一切---每一个决定,每一个行政命令,提议和签署的每一项法令,都是在努力为美国人民提供工具和创造条件,来实现美国的梦想,建设美国的未来---一个美好的社会,繁荣的经济,清洁的环境,进而实现一个更自由、更安全、更繁荣的世界。
克林顿就职演讲稿
克林顿就职演讲稿克林顿就职演讲稿,克林顿是美国的第42任总统,美国总统就任时会召开公众性的演讲,这些演讲文也是英语学习者的材料,以下由管理资料网整理克林顿就任总统的演讲稿中英文克林顿就职演讲稿My feow citizens:我的同胞们:I stand here today humbed by the task before us, gratefu for the trust you have bestowed, mindfu of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as we as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.今天我站在这里,看到眼前面临的重大任务,深感卑微。
我感谢你们对我的信任,也知道先辈们为了这个国家所作的牺牲。
我要感谢布什总统为国家做出的贡献,以及感谢他在两届政府过渡期间给与的慷慨协作。
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidentia oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the sti waters ofpeace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering couds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simpy because of the ski or vision of those in high office, but because We the Peope have remained faithfu to the ideas of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.迄今为止,已经有44个美国总统宣誓就职。
克林顿就职演讲双语
克林顿就职演讲双语The Second Inaugural Address by Bill ClintonJanuary 20, 1997My fellow citizens :At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our e yes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our grea t good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new p rospect in human affairs, a moment that will define our course, and our c haracter, for decades to come. We must keep our old democracy forever young. Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our si ghts upon a land of new promise.The promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold co nviction that we are all created equal. It was extended and preserved in t he 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, saved the u nion, and abolished the awful scourge of slavery.Then, in turmoil and triumph, that promise exploded onto the world stage to make this the American Century.And what a century it has been. America became the world's mightiest in dustrial power; saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a lo ng cold war; and time and again, reached out across the globe to million s who, like us, longed for the blessings of liberty.Along the way, Americans produced a great middle class and security in old age; built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools to all; split the atom and explored the heavens; invented the computer and t he microchip; and deepened the wellspring of justice by making a revolut ion in civil rights for African Americans and all minorities, and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to women.Now, for the third time, a new century is upon us, and another time to choose. We began the 19th century with a choice, to spread our nation fro m coast to coast. We began the 20th century with a choice, to harness th e Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human decency. Those choices made all the difference.At the dawn of the 21st century a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the Information Age and the global society, to unleash the limitless potential of all our people, and, yes, to form a more perfect un ion.When last we gathered, our march to this new future seemed less certain than it does today. We vowed then to set a clear course to renew our n ation.In these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by chal lenge, strengthened by achievement. America stands alone as the world's i ndispensable nation. Once again, our economy is the strongest on Earth. Once again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner environment. Problems that once see med destined to deepen now bend to our efforts: our streets are safer and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to wor k.And once again, we have resolved for our time a great debate over the r ole of government. Today we can declare: Government is not the proble m, and government is not the solution. We,- the American people, we are the solution. Our founders understood that well and gave us a democrac y strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our com mon challenges and advance our common dreams in each new day.As times change, so government must change. We need a new govern ment for a new century - humble enough not to try to solve all our prob lems for us, but strong enough to give us the tools to solve our problem s for ourselves; a government that is smaller, lives within its means, anddoes more with less. Yet where it can stand up for our values and intere sts in the world, and where it can give Americans the power to make a real difference in their everyday lives, government should do more, not le ss. The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americ ans an opportunity,- not a guarantee, but a real opportunity to build better lives.Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us. Our founders tau ght us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon re sponsible citizenship. And we need a new sense of responsibility for a ne w century. There is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: t eaching children to read; hiring people off welfare rolls; coming out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets fr om drugs and gangs and crime; taking time out of our own lives to serv e others.Each and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personal respon sibility, not only for ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation. Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of com munity for a new century. For any one of us to succeed, we must succee d as one America.The challenge of our past remains the challenge of our future, will we be one nation, one people, with one common destiny, or not? Will we all c ome together, or come apart?The divide of race has been America's constant curse. And each new wav e of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contem pt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no diffe rent. These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plag ue us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. And they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all around the world.These obsessions cripple both those who hate and, of course, those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will n ot, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them. And we shall replace them with th e generous spirit of a people who feel at home with one another.Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Gods end in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live t ogether, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together. As this new era approaches we can already see its broad outlines. Ten ye ars ago, the Internet was the mystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren. Scientists now are decoding the blueprint of human life. Cures for our most feared illn esses seem close at hand.The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps. Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries. Growing connections of commerce and culture give us a chance to lift the fortunes and spirits of people the world over. And for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than dictators hip.My fellow Americans, as we look back at this remarkable century, we m ay ask, can we hope not just to follow, but even to surpass the achievem ents of the 20th century in America and to avoid the awful bloodshed th at stained its legacy? To that question, every American here and every A merican in our land today must answer a resounding "Yes."This is the heart of our task. With a new vision of government, a new s ense of responsibility, a new spirit of community, we will sustain Americ a's journey. The promise we sought in a new land we will find again in a land of new promise.In this new land, education will be every citizen's most prized possession. Our schools will have the highest standards in the world, igniting the spark of possibility in the eyes of every girl and every boy. And the doors of higher education will be open to all. The knowledge and power of th e Information Age will be within reach not just of the few, but of every classroom, every library, every child. Parents and children will have time not only to work, but to read and play together. And the plans they ma ke at their kitchen table will be those of a better home, a better job, the certain chance to go to college.Our streets will echo again with the laughter of our children, because no one will try to shoot them or sell them drugs anymore. Everyone who ca n work, will work, with today's permanent under class part of tomorrow's growing middle class. New miracles of medicine at last will reach not o nly those who can claim care now, but the children and hardworking fam ilies too long denied.We will stand mighty for peace and freedom, and maintain a strong defen se against terror and destruction. Our children will sleep free from the thr eat of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Ports and airports, farms a nd factories will thrive with trade and innovation and ideas. And the worl d's greatest democracy will lead a whole world of democracies.Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a na tion that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values. A nation where our grandparents have secure retirement and health care, an d their grandchildren know we have made the reforms necessary to sustai n those benefits for their time. A nation that fortifies the world's most pr oductive economy even as it protects the great natural bounty of our wate r, air, and majestic land.And in this land of new promise, we will have reformed our politics so t hat the voice of the people will always speak louder than the din of narr ow interests, regaining the participation and deserving the trust of all Am ericans.Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward t oward realizing the full potential of all its citizens. Prosperity and power, yes, they are important, and we must maintain them. But let us never fo rget: The greatest progress we have made, and the greatest progress we h ave yet to make, is in the human heart. In the end, all the world's wealt h and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of th e human spirit.Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this Mall, in words that moved the cons cience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. Martin Luther King's dream was the American Drea m. His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true cree d. Our history has been built on such dreams and labors. And by our dre ams and labors we will redeem the promise of America in the 21st centu ry.To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office. I a sk the members of Congress here to join in that pledge. The American p eople returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of anoth er. Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisanship they plainly deplore. No, they call on us instead to be repairers of the breach, and to move on with America's mission. America demands and deserves big things from us,- and nothing big ever came from being small. Let us remember the timeless wisdom of Cardin al Bernardin, when facing the end of his own life. He said, "It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division."Fellow citizens, we must not waste the precious gift of this time. For all of us are on that same journey of our lives, and our journey, too, will come to an end. But the journey of our America must go on.And so, my fellow Americans, we must be strong, for there is much to dare. The demands of our time are great and they are different. Let us m eet them with faith and courage, with patience and a grateful and happy heart. Let us shape the hope of this day into the noblest chapter in our h istory. Yes, let us build our bridge. A bridge wide enough and strong eno ugh for every American to cross over to a blessed land of new promise. May those generations whose faces we cannot yet see, whose names we may never know, say of us here that we led our beloved land into a ne w century with the American Dream alive for all her children; with the American promise of a more perfect union a reality for all her people; w ith America's bright flame of freedom spreading throughout all the world. From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go f orth. May God strengthen our hands for the good work ahead, and alway s, always bless our America.【中文译文】:克林顿第二次就职演讲同胞们:藉此二十世纪最后一届总统就职演讲之际,让我们睁开眼睛迎接下一世纪我们将面临的挑战。
克林顿1993年就职演讲+(中英文)
January 20, 1993, Inaugural Address of William J. Clinton克林顿1993年就职演讲(中英文)My fellow citizens :(同胞们)Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.今天,我们庆祝振兴美国这件令人感到异常惊奇的事。
This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America.尽管这个仪式在隆冬举行,但是,我们所说的话,我们向全世界所显示的面貌,将促使春天的早日来临。
春天重新降临到这个世界上最古老的民主国家,它给我们带来了重新塑造美国的构想和勇气。
When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.当我们的缔造者们大胆地向全世界宣布美国的独立,向上帝宣布我们的目的时,他们知道,美国要长久地存在下去,就必须改革。
克林顿1993年就职演讲+(中英文)
January 20, 1993, Inaugural Address of William J. Clinton克林顿1993年就职演讲(中英文)My fellow citizens :(同胞们)Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.今天,我们庆祝振兴美国这件令人感到异常惊奇的事。
This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America.尽管这个仪式在隆冬举行,但是,我们所说的话,我们向全世界所显示的面貌,将促使春天的早日来临。
春天重新降临到这个世界上最古老的民主国家,它给我们带来了重新塑造美国的构想和勇气。
When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.当我们的缔造者们大胆地向全世界宣布美国的独立,向上帝宣布我们的目的时,他们知道,美国要长久地存在下去,就必须改革。
克林顿就职演讲稿-中英文对照
克林顿就职演讲稿-中英文对照Inaugural Address of George W. Bush January 20 2001 President Clinton distinguished guests and my fellow citizens: The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history yet common in our country. With asimple oath we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. As I begin I thank President Clinton for his service to our nation and I thank VicePresident Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace. I am honored and humbled to stand here where so many of Americas leaders havecome before me and so many will follow. We have a place all of us in a long story. A story we continue but whose end we willnot see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old a storyof a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom the story of a power thatwent into the world to protect but not possess to defend but not to conquer. It is theAmerican story. A story of flawed and fallible people united across the generations bygrand and enduring ideals. The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promisethat everyone belongs that everyone deserves a chance that no insignificant person wasever born. Americans are called upon to enact this promise in our lives and in our lawsand though our nation has sometimes halted and sometimes delayed we must follow noother course. Through much of the last century Americas faith in freedom and democracy was arock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind taking root in many nations. Ourdemocratic faith is more than the creed of our country it is the inborn hope of ourhumanity an ideal we carry but do not own a trust we bear and pass along and evenafter nearly 225 years we have a long way yet to travel. While many of our citizens prosper others doubt the promise even the justice of ourown country. The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hiddenprejudice and the circumstances of their birth and sometimes our differences run so deepit seems we share a continent but not a country. We do not accept this and we will notallow it. Our unity our union is the serious work of leaders and citizens in everygeneration and this is my solemn pledge I will work to build a single nation of justice andopportunity. I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger thanourselves who creates us equal in His image and we are confident in principles that uniteand lead us onward. America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals thatmove us beyond our backgrounds lift us above our interests and teach us what it meansto be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold themand every immigrant by embracing these ideals makes our country more not lessAmerican. Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nations promise through civilitycourage compassion and character. America at its best matches a commitment toprinciple with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will andrespect fair dealing and forgiveness. Some seem to believe that our politics can afford tobe petty because in a time of peace the stakes of our debates appear small. But thestakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom itwill not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character wewill lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift anddecline the vulnerable will suffer most. We must live up to the calling we share. Civility isnot a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism of communityover chaos. This commitment if we keep it is a way to shared accomplishment. America at its best is also courageous. Our national courage has been clear in timesof depression and war when defending common dangers defined our common good.Nowwe must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemnus. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead ofpassing them on to future generations. Together we will reclaim Americas schools before ignorance and apathy claim moreyoung lives we will reform Social Security and Medicare sparing our children fromstruggles we have the power to prevent we will reduce taxes to recover the momentumof our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans we will buildour defenses beyond challenge lest weakness invite challenge and we will confrontweapons of mass destruction so that a new century is spared new horrors.The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake America remainsengaged in the world by history and by choice shaping a balance of power that favorsfreedom. We will defend our allies and our interests we will show purpose withoutarrogance we will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength and to allnations we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth. America at its best is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience we knowthat deep persistent poverty is unworthy of our nations promise. Whatever our views ofits cause we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse arenot acts of God they are failures of love. The proliferation of prisons however necessaryis no substitute for hope and order in our souls. Where there is suffering there is duty.Americans in need are not strangers they are citizens not problems but priorities and allof us are diminished when any are hopeless. Government has great responsibilities forpublic safety and public health for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is thework of a nation not just a government. Some needs and hurts are so deep they will onlyrespond to a mentors touch or a pastors prayer. Church and charity synagogue andmosque lend our communities their humanity and they will have an honored place in ourplans and in our laws. Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty but we canlisten to those who do. I can pledge our nation to a goal When we see that woundedtraveler on the road to Jericho we will not pass to the other side. America at its best is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected.Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats it is a call to conscience.Though it requires sacrifice it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life notonly in options but in commitments. We find that children and community are thecommitments that set us free. Our public interest depends on private character on civicduty and family bonds and basic fairness on uncounted unhonored acts of decencywhich give direction to our freedom. Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. Butas a saint of our times has said every day we are called to do small things with great love.The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone. I will live and lead bythese principles to advance my convictions with civility to pursue the public interest withcourage to speak for greater justice and compassion to call for responsibility and try tolive it as well. In all of these ways I will bring the values of our history to the care of ourtimes. What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek acommon good beyond your comfort to defend needed reforms against easy attacks toserve your nation beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens. Citizens notspectators citizens not subjects responsible citizens building communities of serviceand a nation of character. Americans are generous and strong and decent not because we believe in ourselvesbut because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missingno government program can replace it. When this spirit is present no wrong can standagainst it. After the Declaration of Independence was signed Virginia statesman John Pagewrote to Thomas Jefferson We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to thestrong.Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm Much timehas passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The years and changesaccumulate but the themes of this day he would know our nations grand story ofcourage and its simple dream of dignity. We are not this storys author who fills time and eternity with His purpose. Yet Hispurpose is achieved in our duty and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another. Nevertiring never yielding never finishing we renew that purpose today to make our countrymore just and generous to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life. This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind anddirects this storm. God bless you all and God bless America.参考中文翻译: 乔治-布什2001 年就职演说谢谢大家尊敬的芮恩奎斯特大法官,卡特总统,布什总统,克林顿总统,尊敬的来宾们,我的同胞们,这次权利的和平过渡在历史上是罕见的,但在美国是平常的。
克林顿总统就职演说
My fellow citizens:Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.同胞们,今天,我们在这里隆重集会来庆祝复兴美国伟大时刻的到来。
This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But by the words we speak and faces we show the world. We force the spring. A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent American.现在虽然仍是寒月隆冬,但在对世界发出的誓言和展示的姿态中,我们已经让春暖花开悄然降临到了每个人的心里。
春天已经来到了世界上最古老的民主国家,它为美利坚的中兴带来了一派欣欣向荣的新气象和令人鼓舞的勇气。
When our founder boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the almighty,they knew that America, would have to change.,to endure,Not change for change's sake,but change to preserve America's ideals, life,liberty ,the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time,our mission is timeless. Each generation of Americans must define what if means to be an American.当美利坚合众国的缔造者向全世界宣告这个国家的独立和我们的远大目标的时候,他们已然知道,美利坚合众国必须在不断的变革中才能得到长足的生存和发展。
克林顿就职演讲稿
克林顿就职演讲稿克林顿就职演讲稿英文版Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring.A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America.When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, wouldhave to change.Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals—life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless.Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America.And I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism and Communism.Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues.Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world's strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our people.When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world.Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across the earth.Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small; when fear of crime robs law-abiding citiens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead—we have not made change our friend.We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps. But we have not done so. Instead, wehave drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence.Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. And Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people. We must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us.From our revolution, the Civil War, to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history.Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow citiens,this is our time. Let us embrace it.Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.And so today, we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift—a new season of American renewal has begun.。
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就职演讲(克林顿1993年1月20日)
同胞们,今天我们庆祝振兴美国这件令人感到异常惊奇的事。
尽管这个仪式在隆冬举行,但是,我们所说的话,我们向全世界所显示的面貌,将促使春天的早日来临。
春天重新降临到这个世界上最古老的民主国家,它给我们带来了重新塑造美国的构想和勇气。
当我们的缔造者们大胆地向全世界宣布美国的独立,向上帝宣布我们的目的时,他们知道,美国要长久地存在下去,就必须改革。
我们不是为改革而改革,而是为了保持美国的理想——生活、自由和追求幸福。
虽然我们伴随着时代的乐曲前进,我们的使命却是永恒的。
每一代美国人都必须明确作为一个美国人意味着什么。
我的前任布什总统为美国服务了半个世纪,在此,我代表我们的国家向他致以崇高的敬意。
我还要向千百万人民表示感谢,他们以坚定的信念和牺牲战胜了经济萧条、法西斯主义。
今天,在冷战的阴影下成长起来的一代人在世界上已肩负起新的责任。
这个世界虽然沐浴在自由的阳光下,但仍然面临着旧的仇恨和新的灾祸的威胁。
我们在无与伦比的繁荣中成长,继承了一个仍然是世界上最强大经济,但是,商业失败、工资停滞、不平等加剧,以及我们自己的人民四分五裂,削弱了这个经济。
当乔治华盛顿第一次发出我刚才宣誓信守的誓言时,消息缓慢地通过骑马传遍大陆和乘船漂洋过海。
而今,这个仪式的情景和声音可以立即向全世界数十亿人广播。
通讯和商业是全球性的,投资是流动性的,技术几乎是神秘的,而要求改善生活的强烈愿望是全世界人民共同的。
今天,我们美国人是和全世界人民在和平竞争中谋求我们的生计。
各种根深蒂固和强大的势力正在动摇和重新塑造我们的世界。
我们时代迫切需要解决的问题是,我们能否使改革成为我们的朋友,而不是我们的敌人。
尽管这个新的世界已经使千百万能够在其中竞争并取胜的美国人富裕起来了,但是,在大多数人更加拼命地工作而收入却在减少的时候,在还有人根本找不到工作的时候,在卫生保健费用使许多人倾家荡产、使大大小小的企业行将倒闭的时候,在恐惧犯罪而使奉公守法的公民丧失自由的时候,在千百万贫困儿童甚至难以想象我们正召唤他们去过的那种生活的时候,我们却还没有使改革成为我们的朋友。
我们知道,我们必须正视严酷的现实并且采取有力的措施,但是,我们没有这样做。
相反,我们所奉行的是放任自流的政策,这种政策已经削弱了我们的力量,破坏了我们的经济,动摇了我们的信心。
虽然我们的挑战是可畏的,但我们的力量也是可畏的。
美国人民从来就是一个不甘寂寞、勇于探索和充满希望的人民。
我们必须使我们今天的任务体现我们前人的远见和意志。
从美国革命到南北战争,到大萧条,到民权运动,我们的人民总是下定决心,从这些危机中摆脱出来去建立我们历史的支柱。
托马斯杰斐逊认为,要保持我们国家的基础,我们就需要不时地进行改革。
同胞们,这是我们的时代,让我们去拥抱它。
我们的民主制度不仅要为全世界所仰慕,还必须成为我们自我振兴的发动机。
美国完全有能力自己解救自己。
因此,今天我们决心结束这个僵持停顿和放任自流的时代。
一个振兴美国的新时代已经到来。
要振兴美国,我们必须有足够的勇气和胆量。
我们必须对自己的人民——对他们的工作和对他们的未来——增加投资,同时削减我们的巨额债务。
在一个我们必须靠竞争才能获得每个机会的世界上,我们一定要这样做。
虽然,这不是一件轻而易举的事,它需要作出牺牲。
但是,我们能够做到,而且能够做得很好。
我们不是为了牺牲而牺牲,而是为我们自己的利益而牺牲。
我们必须像一个家庭抚育它的孩子那样抚育我们的国家。
我们的缔造者们是从子孙后代的角度来审视他们自己的行为。
我们也必须这样做。
任何曾经注意过孩子的双眼朦胧进入梦乡的人,都知道后代是什么。
后代是未来的世界。
为了他们,我们满怀理想。
从他们那里,我们借用了这块地球,对他们,我们负有神圣的责任。
我们必须尽美国之所能:
向所有人提供更多的机会,要求所有人承担更多的责任。
现在,已经到了该破除那种只望政府或别人给予,而自己不愿付出的坏习惯的时候了。
让我们大家都担负起更多的责任,不光是为我们自己和我们的家庭,而且是我们的社会和我们的国家。
为振兴美国,我们必须给我们的民主制度带来新的活力。
这个美丽的首都,就像文明出现以来的所有首都一样,往往是一个搞阴谋诡计和勾心斗角的地方。
达官贵族们玩弄权术、争名夺利,随时都在担心谁进谁出、谁升谁降,忘记了那些用辛勤和汗水把我们送到这里,并为我们承担费用的人。
美国人应当生活得更好。
今天,在这座城市里,人们希望把事情办得更好。
所以,我要向在场的诸位说,让我们下定决心改革我们的政治,使人民的呼声不再被权力和特权所压倒。
让我们抛开个人利益,这样,我们便能感受到美国的痛苦,也看到美国的希望。
让我们下定决心,使我们的政府成为一个富兰克林罗斯福所说的,进行“大胆而持久的实验”的地方,即是说,成为一个着眼于未来,而不是留恋过去的政府。
让我们把这个首都还给她所属的人民。
为了振兴美国,我们必须迎接来自国内、国外的种种挑战。
在什么是国外和什么是国内之间已不再有明确的界线。
全球经济、全球环境、全球艾滋病危机和全球军备竞赛,这一切影响着所有的人。
今天,随着旧秩序被打破,新的世界更加自由,但又更加不稳定。
共产主义的崩溃激起了旧的仇恨和新的危险。
显然,美国必须继续领导这个我们曾经付出巨大努力而创造的世界。
当我们致力于重建美国的时候,我们不会在这个新世界的挑战面前退缩,也不会坐失良机。
我们将同我们的朋友和盟国一道,努力确定改革和发展方向,以免被改革所吞没。
当我们的国家利益受到挑战,或者国际社会的意志及公德遭到蔑视的时候,我们将尽可能地通过和平外交手段去解决。
必要时也可以诉诸武力。
今天,在波斯湾,在索马里,在其他地方,那些为国效力的美国勇士们都证明了我们的决心。
然而,我们最大的实力是我们的思想力量。
在许多国家,美国的思想还是一种新生力量。
看到这些思想为世界各国所接受,我们感到由衷的高兴。
我们的希望、我们的心,我们的手,同五大洲正在建设民主和自由的人民是联在一起的。
他们的事业就是美国的事业。
美国人民呼唤我们今天庆祝的变革。
你们异口同声地提高了自己的呼声。
你们以前所未有的人数参加了投票。
你们改变了国会、总统以及政治进程本身的面貌。
同胞们,是的,你们已经促使春天提前到来了。
现在,我们必须致力于这个时期所赋予我们的任务。
为了这个任务,我将充分行使我的职权。
我请求国会同我合作。
但是,任何一位总统,任何一个国会,任何一届政府,都无法独自承担这一使命。
同胞们,你们也必须在国家的振兴中发挥作用。
我要求新一代美国青年按照你们的理想行动起来,帮助困难儿童,同患难者休戚与共,把我们这个四分五裂的社会重新凝为一体,为祖国贡献你们的力量。
要做的事情太多——确实足以使千百万精神上依然年轻的其他人也投身其中。
在振兴祖国的事业中,我们认识到一个简单而强有力的真理。
我们不仅彼此需要,还必须相互关心。
今天,我们不只是在庆祝美国,而且是在重新献身于美国的思想。
这种思想是一种在革命中诞生、经过两个世纪的挑战而获得新生的思想。
一种经受过这种认识锤炼的思想,即我们这些幸运者和不幸者,若非因为命运的安排,可能已经变换位置。
一种因为这种信念而变得崇高的思想,即相信我们的国家能够从无数的分歧中求得最大程度的团结一致。
一种充满信心的思想,即相信美国漫长而英勇的旅程定会永远向上。
为此,同胞们,在即将跨入21世纪的时候,让我们重新开始,鼓起勇气、满怀希望、坚定信念、遵守纪律,把我们的事业进行到底。
《圣经》说:“我们行善,不可丧志,只要坚持,终有收获。
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在这个欢庆的高山之巅,我们听到山谷里传来为国效力的召唤。
我们听到了号声。
我们已经换岗。
现在,我们每个人都必须以自己的方式在上帝的帮助下响应这一号召。
谢谢你们。
愿上帝保佑大家。