布什离职演讲稿译文
布什演讲稿中英文对照版
布什演讲稿中英文对照版Thank you!Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush，President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple 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 Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America’s leaders have come 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 will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.It is the American story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.Through much of the last century, America’s faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after 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 our own country. Theambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in His image.And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.Today, we affirm a new commitment to live out ournation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.We must live up to the calling we share. Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And 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 times ofdepression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.Together, we will reclaim America’s schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. We will defend our allies and ourinterests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation’s promise.And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is 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 all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.And some needs and hurts are so deep they will onlyrespond to a mentor’s touch or a pastor’s prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler onthe road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued andexpected.Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. And we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which givedirection to our freedom.Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. But as 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 by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.In all 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 a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we holdbeliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: “We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The yearsand changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nation’s grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.We are not this story’s author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.This work continues. This story goes on. And anangel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.God bless you all, and God bless America.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。
布什离职演讲-2009
当地时间15日晚上8时(北京时间16日9时)，美国总统布什向全国发表电视告别演说，反思911恐怖袭击以及布什政府八年来为反恐所做的努力。
布什的演说耗时10至15分钟，谈及他在总统生涯中获得的经验教训，以及他对未来的看法。
以下为演说全文摘要：关于权力移交五天以后，世界将再次见证美国民主制度的活力。
从立国之日起，我们就秉承着一个传统——前任总统的接班人，必须由你们——美国人民选举产生。
对于站在国会前的宣誓者来说，他的故事兑现了这块土地的不朽承诺。
对于我们整个国家而言，那个时刻充满希望和骄傲。
在此，我和所有美国人民一起，向候任总统奥巴马先生，她的妻子米歇尔女士，以及他们的一双美丽女儿致以最美好的祝愿。
关于感激今晚，我的心中充满感恩之情。
我感激人民曾经给予的信任，感激那些曾经让我振奋心智的祝福。
我还感谢在过去八年中，我曾经无数次目睹的你们那些勇敢、慷慨与高尚的行为。
关于反恐战争今晚，我的思绪再次回到了2001年9月11日后我首次在此向你们讲话时的情景。
那天早上，恐怖分子夺去了将近3000个生命，我们遭受到了自珍珠港事件以来最惨重的袭击。
时过境迁，如今，多数美国人已经大致恢复了911之前的生活。
但是我没有。
每天早上，我都会收到一份关于国家安全的简报，并且我一直在尽一切努力保障我们的安全。
在过去的7年里，我们建立了一个崭新的国土安全部。
美国的军队，情报机关和联邦调查局也已经改头换面。
我们的国家有了新的工具监视恐怖分子的活动，冻结他们的资金，挫败他们的阴谋。
而且，在我们盟友的有力支援下，我们主动出击与恐怖分子和他们的支持者战斗。
关于政府这些行为的合法性，人们有很多的讨论；但是这些行为的成就是毋庸置疑的。
在过去的7年多里，美国再也没有遭到像911一样的恐怖袭击。
这个成就，是对那些为保卫我们安全为鞠躬尽瘁的人们——执法官员，情报人员，国土安全和外交人员以及美国三军将士的最高褒奖。
当人们生活在自由之中时，他们不会心甘情愿地让鼓吹恐怖者骑在头上；当人们对未来生活有幸福憧憬时，不会把他们的生命出卖给暴力和极端。
布什演讲稿中英对照演讲范本 (1)
布什演讲稿（中英对照）演讲范文Thank ou!Chief Justie Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush， President Clinton, distinguished guests and m fello itizens, the peaeful transfer of authorit is rare in histor, et mon in our ountr. With a simple oath, e affirm old traditions and make ne beginnings.As I begin, I thank President Clinton for his servie to our nation.And I thank Vie President Gore for a ontest onduted ith spirit and ended ith grae.I am honored and humbled to stand here, here so man of Ameria's leaders have e before me, and so man ill follo.We have a plae, all of us, in a long stor -- a stor e ontinue, but hose end e ill not see. It is the stor of a ne orld that beame a friend and liberator of the old, a stor of a slave-holding soiet that beame a servant of freedom, the stor of a poer that ent into the orld to protet but not possess, to defend but not to onquer.It is the Amerian stor -- a stor of flaed and fallible people, united aross the generations b grand and enduring ideals.The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding Amerian promise that everone belongs, that everone deserves a hane, that no insignifiant person as ever born.Amerians are alled to enat this promise in our lives and in our las. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delaed, e must follo no other ourse.Through muh of the last entur, Ameria's faith in freedom and demora as a rok in a raging sea. No it is a seed upon the ind, taking root in man nations.Our demorati faith is more than the reed of our ountr, it is the inborn hope of our humanit, an ideal e arr but do not on, a trust e bear and pass along. And even after nearl 225 ears, e have a long a et to travel.While man of our itizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justie, of our on ountr. The ambitions of some Amerians are limited b failing shools and hiddenprejudie and the irumstanes of their birth. And sometimes our differenes run so deep, it seems e share a ontinent, but not a ountr.We do not aept this, and e ill not allo it. Our unit, our union, is the serious ork of leaders and itizens in ever generation. And this is m solemnpledge: I ill ork to build a single nation of justie and opportunit.I kno this is in our reah beause e are guided b a poer larger than our selves ho reates us equal in His image.And e are onfident in priniples that unite and lead us onard.Ameria has never been united b blood or birth or soil. We are bound b ideals that move us beond our bakgrounds, lift us above our interests and teah us hat it means to be itizens. Ever hild must be taught these priniples. Ever itizen must uphold them. And ever immigrant, b embraing these ideals, makes our ountr more, not less, Amerian.Toda, e affirm a ne mitment to live out our nation's promise through ivilit, ourage, passion and harater.Ameria, at its best, mathes a mitment to priniple ith a onern for ivilit. A ivil soiet demands from eah of us goodill and respet, fair dealing and forgiveness.Some seem to believe that our politis an afford to bepett beause, in a time of peae, the stakes of our debates appear small.But the stakes for Ameria are never small. If our ountr does not lead the ause of freedom, it ill not be led. If e do not turn the hearts of hildren toard knoledge and harater, e ill lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If e permit our eonom to drift and deline, the vulnerable ill suffer most.We must live up to the alling e share. Civilit is not a tati or a sentiment. It is the determined hoie of trust over niism, of munit over haos. And this mitment, if e keep it, is a a to shared aplishment.Ameria, at its best, is also ourageous.Our national ourage has been lear in times of depression and ar, hen defending mon dangers defined our mon good. No e must hoose if the example of our fathers and mothers ill inspire us or ondemn us. We must sho ourage in a time of blessing b onfronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.Together, e ill relaim Ameria's shools, before ignorane and apath laim more oung lives.We ill reform Soial Seurit and Mediare, sparing our hildren from struggles e have the poer to prevent. And e ill redue taxes, to reover the momentum of our eonom and reard the effort and enterprise of orking Amerians.We ill build our defenses beond hallenge, lest eakness invite hallenge.We ill onfront eapons of mass destrution, so that a ne entur is spared ne horrors.The enemies of libert and our ountr should make no mistake: Ameria remains engaged in the orld b histor and b hoie, shaping a balane of poer thatf avors freedom. We illdefend our allies and our interests. We ill sho purposeithout arrogane. We ill meet aggression and bad faith ith resolve and strength. And to all nations, e ill speak for the values that gave our nation birth.Ameria, at its best, is passionate. In the quiet of Amerian onsiene, e kno that deep, persistent povert is unorth of our nation's promise.And hatever our vies of its ause, e an agree that hildren at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not atsof God, the are failures of love.And the proliferation of prisons, hoever neessar, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.Where there is suffering, there is dut. Amerians in need are not strangers, the are itizens, not problems, but priorities. And all of us are diminished hen an are hopeless.Government has great responsibilities for publi safet and publi health, for ivil rights and mon shools. Yet passion is the ork of a nation, not just a government.And some needs and hurts are so deep the ill onl respond to a mentor's touh or a pastor's praer. Churh and harit, snagogue and mosque lend our munities their humanit, and theill have an honored plae in our plans and in our las.Man in our ountr do not kno the pain of povert, but e an listen to those ho do.And I an pledge our nation to a goal: When e see that ounded traveler on the road to Jeriho, e ill not pass to the other side.Ameria, at its best, is a plae here personalresponsibilit is valued andexpeted.Enouraging responsibilit is not a searh for sapegoats, it is a all to onsiene. And though it requires sarifie, itbrings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not onl in options, but in mitments. And e find that hildren and munit are the mitments that set us free.Our publi interest depends on private harater, on ivi dut and famil bonds and basi fairness, on unounted, unhonored ats of deen hih give diretion to our freedom.Sometimes in life e are alled to do great things. But asa saint of our times has said, ever da e are alled to dosmall things ith great love. The most important tasks of a demora are done b everone.I ill live and lead b these priniples: to advane m onvitions ith ivilit, to pursue the publi interest ith ourage, to speak for greater justie and passion, to all for responsibilit and tr to live it as ell.In all these as, I ill bring the values of our histor to the are of ourtimes.What ou do is as important as anthing government does. I ask ou to seek a mon good beond our fort; to defend needed reforms against eas attaks; to serve our nation, beginningith our neighbor. I ask ou to be itizens: itizens, not spetators; itizens, not subjets; responsible itizens,building munities of servie and a nation of harater.Amerians are generous and strong and deent, not beause e believe in ourselves, but beause e hold beliefs beond ourselves. When this spirit of itizenship is missing, no government program an replae it. When this spirit is present, no rong an stand against it.After the Delaration of Independene as signed, Virginia statesman John Page rote to Thomas Jefferson: "We kno the rae is not to the sift nor the battle to the strong. Do ou not think an angel rides in the hirlind and direts this storm?"Muh time has passed sine Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The earsand hanges aumulate. But the themes of this da he ould kno: our nation's grand stor of ourage andits simple dream of dignit.We are not this stor's author, ho fills time and eternit ith his purpose. Yet his purpose is ahieved in our dut, and our dut is fulfilled in servie to one another.Never tiring, never ielding, never finishing, e rene that purpose toda, to make our ountr more just and generous, to affirm the dignit of our lives and ever life.This ork ontinues. This stor goes on. And an angel still rides in the hirlind and direts this storm.God bless ou all, and God bless Ameria.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。
布什演讲稿(中英对照)演讲范文_演讲稿.doc
布什演讲稿（中英对照)演讲范文＿演讲稿ed and ｈumbled to stand here,wheｒｅso mａnｙoｆamｅrｉca'sｌeａdｅrs ｈave comｅｂeｆoｒe me, aｎｄｓo maｎｙwｉll follow．we haｖe a pｌａｃe, alｌof uｓ, iｎa ｌong storｙ-- ａsｔory we ｃonｔinue, but whoｓe end we wiｌｌnot ｓeｅ．it is the sｔorｙof a nｅw wｏrld that becaｍe a fｒiend and ｌiberator oｆthｅoｌd, a story of aｓlaｖe－hｏlｄiｎg sｏciety that became ａservant of freedom, theｓtory of a poｗer that went into thｅworｌd to pｒoｔecｔbｕｔn ｏt posseｓs，tｏｄeｆｅnd ｂｕt not to ｃoｎｑｕeｒ.iｔisｔｈｅamerｉcan storｙ－- a story oｆflａwｅd aｎｄfａlｌiblｅpeoｐｌe，ｕnited across the gｅnera ｔioｎs by grａnｄand endｕｒｉng ideals.ｔｈｅgrａndest of these ｉｄealｓis aｎuｎfolding aｍericａn promｉsｅｔhat evｅｒｙone beｌongs，that ev ｅｒyｏne deserves a chance, that ｎo iｎｓignificant peｒson wasｅvｅr ｂorn.ameriｃansａre callｅdｔo eｎact thｉｓproｍise in ｏur livｅs aｎｄin our ｌawｓ. aｎd thougｈoｕr nation ｈａｓsｏmｅtimeｓhａｌted, anｄsomeｔiｍeｓdelayｅd，ｗeｍusｔfollow nｏoｔher cｏuｒsｅ.thrｏｕgh much of the ｌasｔcentury, amｅｒica's faｉth in fｒeedom and demoｃracy was a rocｋiｎ a raｇing seａ. now it is a ｓeｅd upoｎthe wind, takｉng root ｉn ｍanｙｎaｔiｏns.ｏur dｅmocratiｃｆａith iｓｍoｒｅthaｎthe ｃreeｄof ouｒcountry, ｉt is ｔhe inｂｏｒn ｈｏｐe oｆｏur humａｎiｔy,ａn ideal we carry buｔdｏｎot ｏwn, a ｔrust we bear anｄpass alｏng. and eｖｅn after neａｒlｙ２25 ｙeaｒs，we haｖe a long way yet to travel.ｗhile many of oｕｒｃitｉzens pｒospeｒ，otｈer ｓdouｂt ｔhｅproｍｉse, even tｈe justice, of ouｒown country.ｔhｅambitioｎｓof ｓｏｍe amｅｒicａnｓａre l ｉｍiｔeｄby failiｎg schｏｏls and ｈiｄden pｒejudｉce and thｅciｒｃuｍstancｅｓof tｈｅｉr ｂirth．aｎd sｏｍeti ｍes ouｒdiｆｆerenｃｅｓrun ｓｏdeep，iｔｓeemｓwe shaｒe a contineｎｔ, buｔnot a coｕnｔry.ｗｅdo nｏt acｃeｐｔthis，aｎdｗe wilｌｎot ａｌｌow it. our uｎity，our ｕniｏｎ, ｉｓｔhe ｓeriouｓwork oｆleadｅｒs and citiｚens in every geneｒation．ａnd tｈｉs iｓmy ｓolｅmnpleｄｇｅ:ｉwill wｏrk to builｄ a sｉｎgle nation ｏf justicｅａｎd oppｏrtunity.i know thiｓis iｎoｕr rｅａcｈbecauｓe we arｅgｕidｅd ｂy a pｏｗer laｒger than ourｓelｖｅs who creat ｅs uｓeqｕａl in his iｍage．aｎd we ａrｅcｏnfident ｉn prｉｎｃipｌｅｓｔh ａt uniｔe and leａｄuｓonｗard.amｅｒica has never bｅｅn ｕnited by bｌood or bｉr ｔh oｒsoil. wｅａｒｅbounｄby idｅals that movｅus beyond oｕr backgrouｎｄs, lift uｓaｂoｖｅｏur intereｓｔsａnｄteａcｈｕs what it means to ｂe cｉtｉｚens. eveｒｙchild musｔｂe ｔaughｔtｈese pｒinciplｅｓ．e ｖｅry ｃitｉzeｎｍust uｐholｄｔｈem. and everｙiｍmigranｔ,by ｅmｂrａcｉnｇtｈｅse iｄeａls, mａkes our cｏｕnｔｒy moｒe，ｎot lｅss, aｍｅrican.tｏｄay,we affirm a new ｃｏmｍiｔｍｅｎt to live out our natioｎ's ｐromise ｔhrouｇh civility，couｒaｇe,co ｍpａssion ａndｃｈaractｅr.aｍerica,aｔits beｓt, ｍatches a comｍｉtｍent to princｉplｅwitｈ a concern fｏr civｉlｉｔy．ａcivi ｌｓｏciｅｔy ｄemanｄs from ｅａｃh ｏf us gooｄｗill and ｒeｓpect，fａir ｄealｉng and ｆｏrgiveｎeｓs．ｓｏme sｅｅm to beｌｉeve ｔｈat ourｐｏlitｉcｓcan afford ｔo ｂｅｐetｔy ｂecaｕse, in a tiｍｅoｆpeａc ｅ, the ｓtaｋes oｆour debaｔes apｐeaｒｓmall.buｔtｈe stakes ｆｏｒaｍeｒicａａre ｎevｅｒｓmａｌｌ．ｉf our coｕntry ｄｏes not leaｄｔhe cａuｓeoｆfrｅｅdom，ｉｔwiｌl ｎot be led. if wｅdｏnot turn thｅｈｅarts oｆchiｌｄｒeｎtowaｒd knｏｗlｅdge ａnｄchaｒaｃteｒ,ｗe will lose tｈeｉr gifts aｎdｕnｄｅｒmｉne tｈｅir idealiｓm.iｆwe peｒmｉt our ｅconomy to drｉft ａnｄdｅｃｌinｅ，ｔhe vｕｌnerａble ｗｉll sufｆe ｒｍost.we must liｖe up ｔo tｈe cａlling we shａｒe. civility ｉs ｎｏt a tactic oｒ a sentimeｎｔ．ｉｔiｓt ｈe dｅｔerｍineｄchoice of tｒuｓt over cyｎiciｓm, of ｃommuｎitｙover ｃhaｏｓ．ａnｄthis ｃommitｍent,if ｗe keｅp it, is a way ｔo shａred accoｍplishmeｎt．americａ, at its ｂest,is also courａgeoｕs.ｏｕｒｎatiｏnａl courage has bｅen cleａｒin ｔｉmes of dｅpressioｎanｄｗａｒ，when defｅndiｎg ｃｏｍmon dａngers ｄｅfinｅd oｕr common good.ｎoｗwｅmust choｏsｅｉf the eｘample of ｏur fａｔhｅrs ａｎd mothers will insｐire us or conｄｅmｎus. we mｕst show courａgｅin a tiｍe ｏf bｌeｓsinｇｂｙｃｏｎfroｎting probｌems iｎsteaｄof pasｓing theｍon to ｆuturｅgｅｎeratioｎｓ．togeｔheｒ，ｗe will ｒecｌaｉm aｍeｒicａ＇s schoo ｌs，beｆoｒe iｇｎｏrａｎceａnd aｐathy clａim ｍore yoｕng liｖes.ｗｅwｉll rｅｆｏrm sｏｃial secｕｒｉty aｎd mｅdicare, spaｒｉng ｏur chiｌdｒｅｎfｒom sｔｒuggles we ｈａve the pｏwer ｔoｐrｅvｅnｔ．and wｅｗiｌｌreｄu ｃe taxes, to ｒecover tｈe mｏmentuｍof oｕｒeconｏmy and rｅward theｅffoｒt aｎｄｅnｔerｐrise oｆworking ameｒicans．ｗe ｗill bｕild oｕr defeｎｓｅs beyond challenｇｅ, l ｅｓt weakness inviｔeｃhａllenｇｅ.ｗe wilｌcｏnfronｔｗeapons of maｓs destｒuctiｏn, so that a neｗｃentury is spａred new hoｒrors.thｅeneｍies of liberty anｄour country shｏuld make no miｓtａke: americａｒｅmaｉnｓengaged iｎthe wｏrld by ｈiｓtory and bｙchｏice, ｓhａpinｇaｂalaｎｃe of pｏwer thatf aｖors frｅedoｍ. ｗe ｗill defeｎd ouｒallies and our ｉnｔereｓts．we wilｌshｏw purpoｓe withou ｔarroganｃｅ．ｗe wiｌｌmeet aggression aｎd bａd faith wｉｔh resolve aｎｄsｔrengｔh．ａnd to all nations, wｅwi ｌl spｅak for the vａlｕes ｔhat ｇavｅoｕr ｎａtｉon birth.ameｒｉca,at itｓｂest, iｓcompasｓｉonate. ｉｎt ｈe quiet of aｍeｒicａn conｓcｉｅnce, we knｏw thａt deｅｐ, ｐersiｓｔeｎt poｖｅrｔｙiｓｕnworthｙoｆou ｒnatｉｏn's proｍｉse.ａｎd whatever ｏur vｉews ofｉtｓcaｕsｅ，we can aｇｒｅｅthat childreｎaｔrｉsk are not aｔｆault. abaｎdonｍeｎtａnd aｂuse are not ａcts of goｄ，theｙare fai ｌｕres ｏf lovｅ.anｄthe proｌifｅration ｏf pｒiｓons, hｏweverｎecessary,ｉｓno substｉtuｔe fｏr hoｐe ａnd ordｅr in ｏｕr sｏuｌs．wheｒｅｔｈere iｓsuｆｆeriｎg,tｈerｅisｄuty. ameｒｉcans ｉｎｎeｅd ａｒｅｎot stｒangers，ｔhey aｒｅｃitizｅns，not probleｍs, ｂuｔprioｒitiｅｓ. and aｌl of ｕs aｒｅdｉmiｎiｓhed when aｎy are hｏpelesｓ.gｏvernmｅnｔhａs great responsibilitiｅs fｏｒｐublic ｓaｆety anｄpｕbｌｉc ｈｅaｌｔh, ｆor ｃivｉl rights and cｏmｍon schools. ｙetｃｏmｐａsｓiｏn is ｔｈe ｗoｒｋof a natiｏn, noｔjust a ｇｏｖernment．and sｏme ｎeeｄs anｄhｕｒtｓaｒe sｏｄeep ｔhｅy wiｌl oｎｌy respｏnd to a mentｏr＇s touch or a pａst ｏｒ'sｐrayｅr.churｃh and chａｒitｙ, synａgogｕe ａnd ｍoｓｑｕe lend ouｒcommuniｔies theirｈumanｉty,and ｔhey wｉll haｖe aｎhonoｒｅｄplａｃe ｉn our plａnｓanｄin ouｒlaws．ｍany ｉn our coｕntry do not know tｈe pａin ｏf ｐoverｔy，but we cａn lisｔen to those ｗｈo dｏ.ａnd i ｃaｎplｅdgeｏur natiｏn to aｇoal：wｈeｎｗeｓee ｔhat wouｎded traｖeｌｅr onthｅroad ｔo jerｉｃｈｏ, ｗe will noｔpass tｏthｅoｔheｒｓide.amerｉca, at itｓｂest, is aｐｌaｃe wｈerｅpersoｎal responsiｂiliｔy iｓｖalued andeｘpected.ｅnｃouraging respｏnsiｂilｉty iｓnot a searｃｈfor s ｃaｐeｇoaｔs，it isａｃall tｏconscience. and ｔｈough ｉt requirｅs sａcrｉficｅ，it brinｇs a deepeｒfulfiｌlment．ｗe fｉnd tｈe fulｌnｅｓｓoｆlife noｔoｎｌy i ｎopｔｉons，bｕt ｉn commitmeｎｔs. aｎｄwe find tｈａt children anｄcomｍｕnity arｅthe commｉtｍeｎtｓthat s ｅtｕs ｆreｅ.ｏur ｐubｌiｃinｔｅreｓｔdepｅｎds oｎprivａt ｅｃharacter, on civｉc duty andｆａmｉlｙbonds and ｂａsic ｆairneｓｓ, on uｎｃounteｄ，unhｏｎoｒed aｃｔs oｆdecency whiｃh ｇive ｄiｒeｃｔion to ouｒｆreｅdom．sometimes ｉn life we are calleｄtｏdo ｇｒeat th ｉngｓ.but as aｓaｉnt oｆour times hａs ｓａｉd, eｖery day ｗe aｒｅｃalｌed ｔo dｏｓｍaｌl thingｓｗｉth grｅaｔlove．the moｓt imｐortant tａｓｋs ｏf a dｅmocracy aｒe dｏｎe by evｅｒｙｏne.i ｗill liｖe and lead by these prｉｎcipleｓ: toａd ｖance my ｃoｎvictions wｉth ciｖｉliｔy,ｔo pｕｒsｕe ｔhe public inｔerest with ｃouｒａｇe, ｔo speak for greａｔer ｊustice and ｃｏｍpａｓｓｉon，to call for responsibｉlity and ｔry to live ｉt as well.iｎａlｌｔhese wａｙs,i wilｌbriｎｇthe valｕｅs of ouｒhistorｙto the carｅｏｆourｔimes．wｈat you dｏis ａｓimｐoｒtant ａs ａnyｔｈing g ｏvernmｅntｄoes. ｉａsｋｙou to seeｋａｃommoｎg ｏｏｄbeyoｎd ｙoｕr comfoｒt; ｔo defend needed reｆorｍs aｇaｉnｓt easy ａttacks;ｔo sｅrｖｅyｏur nａtion，beg ｉnninｇwitｈyour ｎeighｂｏｒ．i ask yoｕto be cｉtｉz ｅns:ｃitｉzeｎs, noｔspeｃtatoｒs; ｃiｔｉzｅns, ｎot ｓｕbｊectｓ; responsible citizenｓ,bｕｉlding commｕｎiｔies ｏｆｓｅrｖice aｎｄa nａｔiｏｎoｆｃhａｒactｅr．amerｉcans ａrｅgeneroｕs ａｎｄｓtrong and de ｃent,not because wｅbelｉeve ｉn oｕrseｌｖes, buｔbecausｅwe hｏld bｅliefs bｅyond ourselves．when tｈis ｓp ｉｒｉt oｆcitiｚｅnshｉp ｉｓmｉssｉng，no goveｒｎｍｅnt pｒｏｇram can replaceｉt.wｈen thisｓpirｉt is preｓent,no ｗrｏngｃan stand aｇainｓｔiｔ.after tｈe declarationｏｆｉndepeｎdencｅｗａs s ｉｇnｅd，viｒgｉnia ｓtatesmaｎjohn pagｅwrｏtｅｔo ｔhomas ｊefferson:＂ｗe kｎow the racｅiｓnot tｏthe swift noｒthe bａttle ｔｏthe strｏｎｇ.dｏｙoｕｎot thｉnｋａn aｎgｅl rｉdesｉn the whirlwind andｄｉrectｓtｈiｓstorm?＂mｕcｈtime haｓpassed sｉnce jefｆersｏn arｒived for his inaugｕｒａtｉｏn. thｅyearsand changｅsａｃcumｕlａｔe．ｂｕt the ｔheｍes oｆthｉs ｄaｙhｅwouｌd kno ｗ: our nation's grand story of couraｇe ａｎd its simple dreaｍｏf dignitｙ.ｗｅarｅnot this stoｒy'ｓauthor,whｏｆills ｔｉｍe anｄetｅrnitｙwith ｈis pｕｒpose. yｅt hiｓpｕrposｅｉs aｃｈievｅd in our dutｙ,and ｏur dｕｔy is ｆu ｌｆilleｄｉn serviceｔo ｏｎe aｎｏthｅr．neveｒｔiring, neｖer ｙiｅlｄｉnｇ，neｖer finｉｓｈing,wｅｒｅｎｅｗthat ｐurpｏsｅtodａy, tｏｍake ouｒcoｕntｒｙmｏre ｊust and gｅｎeｒoｕs, tｏaffirｍｔhe ｄｉgnity oｆour lives and eｖｅｒyｌife．ｔhis wｏrｋｃoｎtinues. thｉs storｙｇoeｓoｎ. anｄanａngｅl sｔｉll rides in the wｈiｒlwind anｄdirｅcts tｈiｓstorm.gｏd blesｓyou ａll, aｎd gｏｄbｌesｓａmerica．谢谢大家!尊敬的芮恩奎斯特*＊**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。
布什演讲稿(中英对照)
三一文库（）/演讲致辞/演讲稿布什演讲稿（中英对照）Thankyou!ChiefJusticeRehnquist,PresidentCarter,Presiden tBush，PresidentClinton,distinguishedguestsandmyfello wcitizens,thepeacefultransferofauthorityisrare inhistory,yetcommoninourcountry.Withasimpleoat h,weaffirmoldtraditionsandmakenewbeginnings.AsIbegin,IthankPresidentClintonforhisserviceto ournation.AndIthankVicePresidentGoreforacontestconducted withspiritandendedwithgrace.Iamhonoredandhumbledtostandhere,wheresomanyofA merica'sleadershavecomebeforeme,andsomanywillf ollow.Wehaveaplace,allofus,inalongstory--astorywecon tinue,butwhoseendwewillnotsee.Itisthestoryofan ewworldthatbecameafriendandliberatoroftheold,a storyofaslave-holdingsocietythatbecameaservant offreedom,thestoryofapowerthatwentintotheworld toprotectbutnotpossess,todefendbutnottoconquer .ItistheAmericanstory--astoryofflawedandfallibl epeople,unitedacrossthegenerationsbygrandanden duringideals.ThegrandestoftheseidealsisanunfoldingAmericanp romisethateveryonebelongs,thateveryonedeserves achance,thatnoinsignificantpersonwaseverborn.Americansarecalledtoenactthispromiseinourlives andinourlaws.Andthoughournationhassometimeshal ted,andsometimesdelayed,wemustfollownoothercou rse.Throughmuchofthelastcentury,America'sfaithinfr eedomanddemocracywasarockinaragingsea.Nowitisa seeduponthewind,takingrootinmanynations.Ourdemocraticfaithismorethanthecreedofourcount ry,itistheinbornhopeofourhumanity,anidealwecar rybutdonotown,atrustwebearandpassalong.Andeven afternearly225years,wehavealongwayyettotravel.Whilemanyofourcitizensprosper,othersdoubtthepr omise,eventhejustice,ofourowncountry.Theambiti onsofsomeAmericansarelimitedbyfailingschoolsan dhiddenprejudiceandthecircumstancesoftheirbirt h.Andsometimesourdifferencesrunsodeep,itseemsw eshareacontinent,butnotacountry.Wedonotacceptthis,andwewillnotallowit.Ourunity ,ourunion,istheseriousworkofleadersandcitizens ineverygeneration.Andthisismysolemnpledge:Iwillworktobuildasinglenationofjusticea ndopportunity.Iknowthisisinourreachbecauseweareguidedbyapowe rlargerthanourselveswhocreatesusequalinHisimag e.Andweareconfidentinprinciplesthatuniteandleadu sonward.Americahasneverbeenunitedbybloodorbirthorsoil. Weareboundbyidealsthatmoveusbeyondourbackgroun ds,liftusaboveourinterestsandteachuswhatitmean stobecitizens.Everychildmustbetaughttheseprinc iples.Everycitizenmustupholdthem.Andeveryimmigrant,byembracingtheseideals,makesourcountrymor e,notless,American.Today,weaffirmanewcommitmenttoliveoutournation 'spromisethroughcivility,courage,compassionand character.America,atitsbest,matchesacommitmenttoprincipl ewithaconcernforcivility.Acivilsocietydemandsf romeachofusgoodwillandrespect,fairdealingandfo rgiveness.Someseemtobelievethatourpoliticscanaffordtobep ettybecause,inatimeofpeace,thestakesofourdebat esappearsmall.ButthestakesforAmericaareneversmall.Ifourcount rydoesnotleadthecauseoffreedom,itwillnotbeled. Ifwedonotturntheheartsofchildrentowardknowledg eandcharacter,wewilllosetheirgiftsandunderminetheiridealism.Ifwepermitoureconomytodriftandde cline,thevulnerablewillsuffermost.Wemustliveuptothecallingweshare.Civilityisnota tacticorasentiment.Itisthedeterminedchoiceoftr ustovercynicism,ofcommunityoverchaos.Andthisco mmitment,ifwekeepit,isawaytosharedaccomplishme nt.America,atitsbest,isalsocourageous.Ournationalcouragehasbeenclearintimesofdepress ionandwar,whendefendingcommondangersdefinedour commongood.Nowwemustchooseiftheexampleofourfat hersandmotherswillinspireusorcondemnus.Wemusts howcourageinatimeofblessingbyconfrontingproble msinsteadofpassingthemontofuturegenerations.Together,wewillreclaimAmerica'sschools,beforei gnoranceandapathyclaimmoreyounglives.WewillreformSocialSecurityandMedicare,sparingo urchildrenfromstruggleswehavethepowertoprevent .Andwewillreducetaxes,torecoverthemomentumofou reconomyandrewardtheeffortandenterpriseofworki ngAmericans.Wewillbuildourdefensesbeyondchallenge,lestweaknessinvit echallenge.Wewillconfrontweaponsofmassdestruction,sothata newcenturyissparednewhorrors.Theenemiesoflibertyandourcountryshouldmakenomi stake:Americaremainsengagedintheworldbyhistory andbychoice,shapingabalanceofpowerthatfavorsfr eedom.Wewilldefendouralliesandourinterests.Wewillshowpurposewithoutarrogance.Wewillmeetaggre ssionandbadfaithwithresolveandstrength.Andtoal lnations,wewillspeakforthevaluesthatgaveournat ionbirth.America,atitsbest,iscompassionate.Inthequietof Americanconscience,weknowthatdeep,persistentpo vertyisunworthyofournation'spromise.Andwhateverourviewsofitscause,wecanagreethatch ildrenatriskarenotatfault.Abandonmentandabusea renotactsofGod,theyarefailuresoflove.Andtheproliferationofprisons,howevernecessary, isnosubstituteforhopeandorderinoursouls.Wherethereissuffering,thereisduty.Americansinn eedarenotstrangers,theyarecitizens,notproblems ,butpriorities.Andallofusarediminishedwhenanya rehopeless.Governmenthasgreatresponsibilitiesforpublicsaf etyandpublichealth,forcivilrightsandcommonscho ols.Yetcompassionistheworkofanation,notjustago vernment.Andsomeneedsandhurtsaresodeeptheywillonlyrespo ndtoamentor'stouchorapastor'sprayer.Churchandc harity,synagogueandmosquelendourcommunitiesthe irhumanity,andtheywillhaveanhonoredplaceinourp lansandinourlaws.Manyinourcountrydonotknowthepainofpoverty,butw ecanlistentothosewhodo.AndIcanpledgeournationtoagoal:Whenweseethatwou ndedtravelerontheroadtoJericho,wewillnotpasstotheotherside. America,atitsbest,isaplacewherepersonalresponsibilityisvaluedandexpected.Encouragingresponsibilityisnotasearchforscapeg oats,itisacalltoconscience.Andthoughitrequires sacrifice,itbringsadeeperfulfillment.Wefindthe fullnessoflifenotonlyinoptions,butincommitment s.Andwefindthatchildrenandcommunityarethecommi tmentsthatsetusfree.Ourpublicinterestdependsonprivatecharacter,onc ivicdutyandfamilybondsandbasicfairness,onuncou nted,unhonoredactsofdecencywhichgivedirectiont oourfreedom.Sometimesinlifewearecalledtodogreatthings.Buta sasaintofourtimeshassaid,everydaywearecalledto dosmallthingswithgreatlove.Themostimportanttas ksofademocracyaredonebyeveryone.Iwillliveandleadbytheseprinciples:toadvancemyc onvictionswithcivility,topursuethepublicintere stwithcourage,tospeakforgreaterjusticeandcompa ssion,tocallforresponsibilityandtrytoliveitasw ell.Inalltheseways,Iwillbringthevaluesofourhistory tothecareofourtimes.Whatyoudoisasimportantasanythinggovernmentdoes .Iaskyoutoseekacommongoodbeyondyourcomfort;tod efendneededreformsagainsteasyattacks;toserveyo urnation,beginningwithyourneighbor.Iaskyoutobe citizens:citizens,notspectators;citizens,notsu bjects;responsiblecitizens,buildingcommunities ofserviceandanationofcharacter.Americansaregenerousandstronganddecent,notbeca usewebelieveinourselves,butbecauseweholdbeliefsbeyondourselves.Whenthisspiritofcitizenshipis missing,nogovernmentprogramcanreplaceit.Whenth isspiritispresent,nowrongcanstandagainstit.AftertheDeclarationofIndependencewassigned,Vir giniastatesmanJohnPagewrotetoThomasJefferson:" Weknowtheraceisnottotheswiftnorthebattletothes trong.Doyounotthinkanangelridesinthewhirlwinda nddirectsthisstorm?"MuchtimehaspassedsinceJeffersonarrivedforhisin auguration.Theyearsandchangesaccumulate.Butthe themesofthisdayhewouldknow:ournation'sgrandsto ryofcourageanditssimpledreamofdignity.Wearenotthisstory'sauthor,whofillstimeandetern itywithhispurpose.Yethispurposeisachievedinour duty,andourdutyisfulfilledinservicetooneanothe r.Nevertiring,neveryielding,neverfinishing,werenewthatpurposetoday,tomakeourcountrymorejustand generous,toaffirmthedignityofourlivesandeveryl ife.Thisworkcontinues.Thisstorygoeson.Andanangelst illridesinthewhirlwindanddirectsthisstorm.Godblessyouall,andGodblessAmerica.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。
布什演讲稿中英对照演讲范文
布什演讲稿（中英对照）演讲范文thank you!chief justice rehnquist, president carter, president bush，president clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. with a simple 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 vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.i am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of america's leaders have come 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 will not see. it is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess,to defend but not to conquer.it is the american story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.the grandest of these ideals is an unfolding american promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. and though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.through much of the last century, america's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. and even after 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 our own country. the ambitions of some americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. and sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.we do not accept this, and we will not allow it. our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. and this is my solemn pledge: i will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.i know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in his image.and we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.america has never been united by blood or birth or soil. we are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. every child must be taughtthese principles. every citizen must uphold them. and every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, american.today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.america, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. a civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.but the stakes for america are never small. if our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. if we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. if we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.we must live up to the calling we share. civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. it is the determinedchoice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. and 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 times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. we must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.together, we will reclaim america's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.we will reform social security and medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. and we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working americans.we will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.we will confront weapons of mass destruction, sothat a new century is spared new horrors.the enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: america remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. we will defend our allies and our interests. we will show purpose without arrogance. we will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. and to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.america, at its best, is compassionate. in the quiet of american conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.and whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. abandonment and abuse are not acts of god, they are failures of love.and the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is 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, notproblems, but priorities. and all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.and some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.and i can pledge our nation to a goal: when we see that wounded traveler onthe road to jericho, we will not pass to the other side.america, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued andexpected.encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. and though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. we find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. and we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.sometimes in life we are called to do great things. but as 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 by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.in all 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 a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. i ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. when this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. when this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.after the declaration of independence was signed, virginia statesman john page wrote to thomas jefferson: "we know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?"much time has passed since jefferson arrived for his inauguration. the yearsand changes accumulate. butthe themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.we are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more 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 and directs this storm.god bless you all, and god bless america.谢谢大家！尊敬的芮恩奎斯特****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。
小布什离职的中英文演讲稿(经典)
小布什离职中英文演讲稿!八年的总统生涯，是美国人民赋予我的荣耀！21世纪的前10年是一个并不寻常的时期.今晚，我带着一颗感恩的心来到这里，并且我希望你们能给我最后一次机会，因为我想和你们分享我对过去八总统生涯的想法，以及我对国家未来的展望.5天以后，全世界就将会看到美国民主的活力.我即将把我的工作交由你们心目中的理想总统，奥巴马！能够接受全美人民崇敬的人，必须能够为你们，为这片土地带来希望.对于我们的国家来说，这是一个充满希望和自豪的时刻.并且，我渴望与美国人民一道为奥巴马，他的妻子和两个漂亮的女儿送去美好的祝愿.今天，我满怀感激之情，感谢我的副总统切尼以及我所有的政府成员.我还要感谢我的妻子劳拉和我的女儿芭芭拉，詹娜，是她们给我的生活带来了无尽的快乐和爱意.我感谢我的父母，是他们给予了我前进的动力.最重要的是，我感谢美国人民给予我的信任.，我感谢你们给予我的勇气、宽容.今晚，我的思绪回到了2001年的9月11日.当天早晨，恐怖分子带走了近3000人的生命.自珍珠港事件后，恐怖分子制造了美国历史上最严重的一次恐怖袭击.我想起了3天后我站在世贸中心废墟前的情景，那时，我诚挚地与那些夜以继日抢救伤者的救援工人们交谈，他们不顾自己的危险，在浓烟滚滚的五角大楼的走廊里抓紧工作.同时，我也为不幸遇难的人感到痛心，他们是我们的英雄！我想起了阿琳-霍华德，他当时把他死去儿子的警察盾牌交给了我，以表达对逝者的思念之情.而现在，我仍然珍藏着他的徽章.随着时间的推移，大部分的美国人民能够从悲痛中解脱出来，并重归“9.11”之前正常的生活.然而，我还没有解脱.每天清晨，我都会收到简报，获知是什么还在威胁着我们国家的安全，并且我发誓一定会竭尽全力来维护你们的安全.在过去的7年中，我们成立了新的国土安全部.我们的军队，军事情报部门，以及FBI都进行了改革.为了监视恐怖分子的行动，我们已经做了充分的准备，我们冻结了恐怖分子的账户，并屡屡打破了他们的图谋.我们身边也有强大的同盟国，并且我们携起手来共同打击恐怖分子以及那些支持恐怖分子的人.在我们的帮助下，阿富汗已经由恐怖主义的天堂转变成了一个尚未成熟的民主国家，那里的人们正和恐怖主义战斗.此外，女孩子上学也得到了应有的尊重.伊拉克也已经摆脱了萨达姆的残酷统治，并且其不再是美国人民的敌人.相反，伊拉克已经成为了中东地区阿拉伯民主的核心和美国的朋友.针对我的许多决策，有人对其合法性表示出怀疑.但是，当我们看到结果时这些人就不会再发出疑问了.在过去的七年多来，美国本土再也没有遭受过恐怖袭击.这要归功于那些日夜辛劳保护我们安全的人们：执法人员、情报分析员、国土安全人员、外交人员、以及美军的士兵们.受上帝的恩典，美国有这些愿意在国家危难之际挺身保护他人的公民.我非常珍惜美国可以拥有这些无私的爱国者及其家庭.美国感激你们.对于那些正在收听的演讲的美军士兵们来说，没有什么荣誉要比让你当上总司令还要崇高.美军正在从事的战争从属于两种系统之间的冲突，而这两种系统又有天壤之别.在其中的一种系统中，一小撮狂热分子要求所有人都服从于他们所制定的暴虐的意识形态，这些人让妇女屈从，而对那些不相信他们暴政的人进行谋杀.而另一种系统则相信自由是上帝给予全世界的礼物，自由与正义是通往和平的道路.美国，正是基于这样的信念诞生的.从长远来看，推广这种理念是保护我们公民的唯一选择.当人们生活在自由之中时，他们就不愿再去选择那些追求恐怖活动的领导者.当人们对未来怀有希望时，他们就不会将自己的生命交给暴力和极端主义.环视全球，美国正在推动人类自由、人权及人的尊严的发展.我们同持有不同政见者以及年轻的民主国家同在，我们为挽救生命而提供治疗艾滋病的药物，我们避免母亲和自己的孩子染上疟疾.自由是美国成立的唯一基石，并且领导世界向一个自由普照全球的时代发展.过去的八年，我们努力扩大美国人民所拥有的机会与希望.在美国，学生不断上进，以求符合公立学校更高的标准.对于老人和残疾人来说，一种新的医疗处方药福利令他们颇感舒心.每个纳税人缴纳了更少的税款.通过以信仰为基础的治疗项目，那些瘾君子和痛苦的人们找到了新希望.过去八年来的工作更好地保护了人脆弱的生命.对于退伍老兵的补助几乎增加了一倍.美国的一山一水都真切地变得更为干净.睿智的山姆-阿力拓、首席法官约翰-罗伯茨加入到联邦法院中.当美国的繁荣遇到挑战时，我们勇敢地去面对.当金融危机发生时，我们采取果断措施来保护我们的经济.对于那些辛勤工作的家庭来说，这些都是十分艰难的时期.但是如果我们不采取行动的话，结果将会更为糟糕.所有的美国人都站在了一起.凭借着我们的决心和辛勤工作，我们将美国经济重新拉回到增长的车道上.我们将向世界再次展现美国自由企业制度的复兴.正如所有前任总统一样，我也曾经历过挫折.如果可能的话，我会采取不一样的方式来应对这些措施.但是，我总是为国家利益的最大化来行动.你也许会不同意我所做出的一些决定，但我希望你能理解我是愿意采取这些措施的.未来的几十年，美国将面对更多的艰难抉择，而有一些指导性原则可以塑造我们的道路.尽管我们的国家要比7年前更为安全，但目前美国最严峻的威胁仍然是另一场恐怖袭击.我们的敌人十分耐心，并且决心要再次发动袭击.美国没有故意挑起冲突.但是我们肩负着庄严的责任，必须同恐怖主义作斗争.我们不能骄傲自满，我们要坚定决心，我们绝不能放松警惕.与此同时，我们必须带着信心和清晰的目标参与世界事务.面对来自海外的威胁，在国内寻求安慰是一种诱人的举措.但是我们必须拒绝孤立主义与保护主义.退缩只会找来危险.在21世纪，国内的安全和繁荣需要依靠国外自由的扩展.如果美国不领导自由事业，那么自由事业就将无所适从.一方面我们在处理这些眼前和未来的挑战，另一方面美国必须保持自己在道义上的明确性.我经常谈及善恶问题，这令一些人颇感不适.但是目前这个世界确实存在着善恶双方，而且双方之间无法达成妥协.通过谋杀无辜来宣扬某种意识形态无论在何时何地都是错误的.将人们从压迫与绝望中解救出来是永远正确的.美国必须坚持为正义与真理而呼喊，我们必须保护正义与真理，并且推动和平事业的发展.托马斯-杰斐逊曾写到：“相比于过去的历史，我更喜欢未来的梦想.”随着我马上要离开白宫，我赞同杰斐逊这样的乐观精神.美国是一个年轻的国家，充满了活力，不断发展与更新.即便在最艰难的时候，美国仍然没有放弃对未来的梦想.我了解我们民族的特质，因此我也相信美国的明天会更美好.这是一个鼓励移民们为自由的梦想而去尝试一切事情的国家，这是一个在面对危险使仍然镇定的国家，这是一个面对苦难仍抱有同情心的国家.我们在身边的每一个人身上都可以看到美国的特征.今晚，受我和夫人劳拉的邀请，一切代表也来到了白宫.我在外科医生克里索夫身上看到了美国人民的伟大个性.克里索夫的儿子，一名海军，在伊拉克光荣地献出了自己的生命.当我见到克里索夫和他家人的时候，他告诉了我一个惊人的消息：他告诉我，为了缅怀儿子，他希望加入美国海军医疗团.克里索夫已经60岁了，超过了年龄限制，但是他的申请得到了批准.在过去的一年中，克里索夫接受了良好的训练，但已经荣升少校的他今晚不能来到这里，他很快就会前往伊拉克，在那里他可以救助我们受伤的勇士并继续他儿子为完成的事业.同时，从美国公民身上，我看到了我们国家优秀的一面—我们的国家充满关怀和希望，这样的优点令我对国家有着坚贞的信念.我们面临着危险和审判，而且在未来我们仍将需要应对更多的挑战.然而，依靠你们的勇气和信心，伟大的美国永远会稳如磐石，从来不会走向没落.对我来说，能够担任你们的总统，是我一生的荣耀.我有过欢乐也有过困苦.但是，每天我都会受到伟大祖国的鼓舞，并且我也一直在为我们的国家祈祷.在以后的时光里，我会永远珍视这样一段话：美利坚合众国的公民.我亲爱的同胞们，我的演说就到这里了，晚安！愿上帝保佑奥巴马！愿上帝保佑你和我们美好的国家！Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence -- a time set apart. Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have traveled together, and the future of our nation. Five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of American democracy. In a tradition dating back to our founding, the presidency will pass to a successor chosen by you, the American people. Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose history reflects the enduring promise of our land. This is a moment of hope and pride for our whole nation. And I join all Americans in offering best wishes to President-Elect Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two beautiful girls.Tonight I am filled with gratitude -- to Vice President Cheney and members of my administration; to Laura, who brought joy to this house and love to my life; to our wonderful daughters, Barbara and Jenna; to my parents, whose examples have provided strength for a lifetime. And above all, I thank the American people for the trust you have given me. I thank you for the prayers that have lifted my spirits. And I thank you for the countless acts of courage, generosity, and grace that I have witnessed these past eight years.This evening, my thoughts return to the first night I addressed you from this house -- September the 11th, 2001. That morning, terrorists took nearly 3,000 lives in the worst attack on America since Pearl Harbor. I remember standing in the rubble of the World Trade Center three days later, surrounded by rescuers who had been working around the clock. I remember talking to brave souls who charged through smoke-filled corridors at the Pentagon, and to husbands and wives whose loved ones became heroes aboard Flight 93.I remember Arlene Howard, who gave me her fallen son's police shield as a reminder of all that was lost. And I still carry his badge.As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did. Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our nation. I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe.Over the past seven years, a new Department of Homeland Security has been created. The military, the intelligence community, and the FBI have been transformed. Our nation is equipped with new tools to monitor the terrorists' movements, freeze their finances, and break up their plots. And with strong allies at our side, we have taken the fight to the terrorists and those who support them. Afghanistan has gone from a nation where the Taliban harbored al Qaeda and stoned women in the streets to a young democracy that is fighting terror and encouraging girls to go to school. Iraq has gone from a brutal dictatorship and a sworn enemy of America to an Arab democracy at the heart of the Middle East and a friend of the United States.There is legitimate debate about many of these decisions. But there can be little debate about the results. America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil night and day to keep us safe -- law enforcement officers, intelligence analysts, homeland security and diplomatic personnel, and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.Our nation is blessed to have citizens who volunteer to defend us in this time of danger. I have cherished meeting these selfless patriots and their families. And America owes you a debt of gratitude. And to all our men and women in uniform listening tonight: There has been no higher honor than serving as your Commander-in-Chief.The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience, and marks unbelievers for murder. The other system is based on the conviction that freedom is the universal gift of Almighty God, and that liberty and justice light the path to peace.This is the belief that gave birth to our nation. And in the long run, advancing this belief is the only practical way to protect our citizens. When people live in freedom, they do not willingly choose leaders who pursue campaigns of terror. When people have hope in thefuture, they will not cede their lives to violence and extremism. So around the world, America is promoting human liberty, human rights, and human dignity. We're standing with dissidents and young democracies, providing AIDS medicine to dying patients -- to bring dying patients back to life, and sparing mothers and babies from malaria. And this great republic born alone in liberty is leading the world toward a new age when freedom belongs to all nations.For eight years, we've also strived to expand opportunity and hope here at home. Across our country, students are rising to meet higher standards in public schools. A new Medicare prescription drug benefit is bringing peace of mind to seniors and the disabled. Every taxpayer pays lower income taxes. The addicted and suffering are finding new hope through faith-based programs. Vulnerable human life is better protected. Funding for our veterans has nearly doubled. America's air and water and lands are measurably cleaner. And the federal bench includes wise new members like Justice Sam Alito and Chief Justice John RobertsWhen challenges to our prosperity emerged, we rose to meet them. Facing the prospect of a financial collapse, we took decisive measures to safeguard our economy. These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted. All Americans are in this together. And together, with determination and hard work, we will restore our economy to the path of growth. We will show the world once again the resilience of America's free enterprise system.Like all who have held this office before me, I have experienced setbacks. There are things I would do differently if given the chance. Yet I've always acted with the best interests of our country in mind. I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. You may not agree with some of the tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions.The decades ahead will bring more hard choices for our country, and there are some guiding principles that should shape our course.While our nation is safer than it was seven years ago, the gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack. Our enemies are patient, and determined to strike again. America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard.At the same time, we must continue to engage the world with confidence and clear purpose. In the face of threats from abroad, it can be tempting to seek comfort by turning inward. But we must reject isolationism and its companion, protectionism. Retreating behind our borders would only invite danger. In the 21st century, security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad. If America does not lead the cause of freedom, that cause will not be led.As we address these challenges -- and others we cannot foresee tonight -- America must maintain our moral clarity. I've often spoken to you about good and evil, and this has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two of them there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always bewilling to act in their defense -- and to advance the cause of peace.President Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." As I leave the house he occupied two centuries ago, I share that optimism. America is a young country, full of vitality, constantly growing and renewing itself. And even in the toughest times, we lift our eyes to the broad horizon ahead.I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people. This is a nation that inspires immigrants to risk everything for the dream of freedom. This is a nation where citizens show calm in times of danger, and compassion in the face of suffering. We see examples of America's character all around us. And Laura and I have invited some of them to join us in the White House this evening.We see America's character in Dr. Tony Recasner, a principal who opened a new charter school from the ruins of Hurricane Katrina. We see it in Julio Medina, a former inmate who leads a faith-based program to help prisoners returning to society. We've seen it in Staff Sergeant Aubrey McDade, who charged into an ambush in Iraq and rescued three of his fellow Marines.We see America's character in Bill Krissoff -- a surgeon from California. His son, Nathan -- a Marine -- gave his life in Iraq. When I met Dr. Krissoff and his family, he delivered some surprising news: He told me he wanted to join the Navy Medical Corps in honor of his son. This good man was 60 years old -- 18 years above the age limit. But his petition for a waiver was granted, and for the past year he has trained in battlefield medicine. Lieutenant Commander Krissoff could not be here tonight, because he will soon deploy to Iraq, where he will help save America's wounded warriors -- and uphold the legacy of his fallen son.In citizens like these, we see the best of our country - resilient and hopeful, caring and strong. These virtues give me an unshakable faith in America. We have faced danger and trial, and there's more ahead. But with the courage of our people and confidence in our ideals, this great nation will never tire, never falter, and never fail.It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President. There have been good days and tough days. But every day I have been inspired by the greatness of our country, and uplifted by the goodness of our people. I have been blessed to represent this nation we love. And I will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other - citizen of the United States of America.And so, my fellow Americans, for the final time: Good night. May God bless this house and our next President. And may God bless you and our wonderful country. Thank you. (Applause.)文案编辑词条B 添加义项?文案，原指放书的桌子，后来指在桌子上写字的人。
布什演讲稿(中英对照)演讲范文
布什演讲稿（中英对照）演讲范文ed and humbled to stand here, where so many of america's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.we have a place, all of us, in a long story -- astory we continue, but whose end we will not see. it is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator ofthe old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to er.it is the american story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.the grandest of these ideals is an unfolding american promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.americans are called to enact this promise in ourlives and in our laws. and though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.through much of the last century, america's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. andeven after 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 our own country. the ambitions of some americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. and sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.we do not accept this, and we will not allow it. our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. and this is my solemnpledge: i will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.i know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in his image.and we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.america has never been united by blood or birth or soil. we are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. every child must be taught these principles. every citizen must uphold them. and every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, american.today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.america, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. a civil societydemands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.but the stakes for america are never small. if our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. if we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. if we permit our ey to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.we must live up to the calling we share. civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. it is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of ity over chaos. and 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 times of depression and war, when defending dangers defined our good. now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. we must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing themon to future generations.together, we will reclaim america's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.we will reform social security and medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. andwe will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our ey and reward the effort and enterprise of working americans.we will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.we will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.the enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: america remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. we will defend our allies and our interests. we will show purpose without arrogance. we will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. and to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.america, at its best, is compassionate. in the quiet of american conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.and whatever our views of its cause, we can agreethat children at risk are not at fault. abandonment and abuse are not acts of god, they are failures of love.and the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is 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 all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.government has great responsibilities for publicsafety and public health, for civil rights and schools. yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.and some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our ities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.and i can pledge our nation to a goal: when we seethat wounded traveler on the road to jericho, we will notpass to the other side.america, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued andexpected.encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. and though itrequires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. we findthe fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. and we find that children and ity are the commitments thatset us free.our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on ted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.sometimes in life we are called to do great things.but as a saint of our times has said, every day we are calledto do small things with great love. the most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.i will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.in all 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 a good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. i ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building ities of service and a nation of character.americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. when this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. when this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.after the declaration of independence was signed, virginia statesman john page wrote to thomas jefferson: "we know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?"much time has passed since jefferson arrived for his inauguration. the yearsand changes alate. but the themes ofthis day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.we are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more 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 and directs this storm.god bless you all, and god bless america.谢谢大家！敬爱的芮恩奎斯特****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特权在历史上是罕见的，但在美国是正经的。
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名人演讲稿布什演讲稿（中英对照）Thank you!Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush， President Clinton, distinguished guests and myfellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet mon in our country. With a *** 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 Vice President 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 have e 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 will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.It is the American story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant pe ([!--t资/料来.源,于:/网 ]布什演讲稿（中英对照）.ｆｗJIa.ｃoｍ】 rson was ever born.Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.Through much of the last century, Americas faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after 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 our own country. Theambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems weshare a continent, but not a country.We do not aept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders andcitizens in every generation. And this is my solemnpledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in His image.And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds,lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.Today, we affirm a new mitment to live out our nations promise through civility, courage, passion and character.America, at its best, matches a mitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not beled. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerabl ( [!范;文,之.家网布什演讲稿（中英对照）(2))hTTp://wWw.fWJiａ.cOm } e 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 munity over chaos. And this mitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared aomplishment.America, at its best, is also courageous.Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending mon dangers defined our mon good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.Together, we will reclaim Americas schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparingour children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake:America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, wewill speak for the values that gave our nation birth.America, at its best, is passionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nations promise.And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is 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 all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and mon schools. Yet passion is the work of a nation, not (此资料转贴于范-文,家网布什演讲稿（中英对照）(3) )just a government.And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentors touch or a pastors prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our munities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler 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 andexpected.Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in mitments. And we find that children and munity are the mitments that set us free.Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. But as a saint of our times has said, every day we are calledto do small things with great love. The most importanttasks of a democracy are done by everyone.I will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interestwith courage, to speak for greater justice and passion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.In all these ways, I will bring the values of ourhistory to the care of ourtimes.What you do is as important as anything government does.I ask you to seek a mon good beyond your fort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building munities of service and a nation of character.Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we holdbeliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenshipis missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: "Weknow the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwindand direct{布什演讲稿（中英对照）(4)欢迎您访问范,文,家[!--titleurl--]}s this storm?"Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The yearsand changes aumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nations grand story of courage and its *** dream of dignity.We are not this storys author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more 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 and directs this storm.God bless you all, and God bless America.尊敬的芮恩奎斯特***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，但在美国事平常的。
布什的卸任离职演讲
布什的卸任离职演讲布什的卸任演讲Unpopular but unbowed, President George W. Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation Thursday night, claiming a hard-won record of achievement, AP reported.Reaching back to the Sept. 11 attacks, when the public rallied behind him, Bush declared the United States will “never tire, never falter and never fail.”Leaving office with the highest disapproval rating since Richard Nixon, Bush said, “You may not agree with some of the toughdecisions I have made, but I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions.”A bookend to eight years indelibly marked by terrorism, two wars and recessions, the 13-minute speech was Bush’s last opportunity before he leaves office Tuesday to defend his presidency.He spoke from the East Room of the White House with just 112 hours left in office.His next scheduled public appearance will be greetingPresident-elect Barack Obama on Inauguration Day at the White House’sNorth Portico.Seemingly upbeat and confident, Bush called the inauguration of Obama, the first black president, a “moment of hope and pride” for America.Defiant until the end, the nation’s 43rd president claimed foreign policy successes in Iraq and Afghanistan while creditinghis administration with improving public schools, creating a new Medicare prescription drug benefit and finding more money for veterans.With the United States facing the worst financial crisis in generations, Bush said his White House took “d ecisive measures”to safeguard the economy.The bottom line, Bush said, is there have been “good days and tough days” during his term.Self-assurance gave way to nostalgia as soon as Bush left the podium.He walked alone down the red-carpeted hallway toward the White House residence.Then, he returned to the room — full of Cabi secretaries and allies, advisers and friends — still on their feet, cheering.Bush and first lady Laura Bush greeted the guests.Across the room, their daughter, Barbara, wiped away tears with both hands.Her sister, Jenna Hager, touched her on her shoulder as their father said his final farewell.Bush’s presidency began with the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil and ends with the worst economic collapse in three generations.“These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted,” he said.“All Americans are in this together. And together, with determination and hard work, we will restore our economy to the pathof growth.”“Like all who have held this office before me, I have experienced setbacks,” Bush said.“And there are things I would do differently if given the chance. Yet I have always acted with the best interests of our country in mind. I have followed my conscience and done whatI thought was right.”Bush appeared content — grinning at times — as he summed up his presidency and prepared to be relieved from the burdens of the Oval Office.On national security, he highlighted his administ ration’s efforts to equip the nation with new tools to monitor terrorists,freeze their finances and foil their plots.But he also acknowledged some of his controversial policies, including the terrorist surveillance program and harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists.Bush, the victor of the bitterly contested 2xxx election, became leader of a divided nation on a rainy Jan. 20, 2xxx. He spoke then of a need for civility and passion, pledged to overhaul Social Security and Medicare and talked of building a nation of “justice and opportunity.”The Sept. 11 attacks several months later drastically changed everything, leaving his legacy to be largely defined by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and his terror-fighting initiatives.As he passed off a huge set of domestic and international problems to Obama, Bush said, “We have faced danger and trial,andthere is more ahead. But with the courage of our people and confidence in our ideals, this great nation will never tire, never falter, a nd never fail.”。
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And good evening everyone. George W. Bush 1. has been president of the United States for 2. 2,918 days. Tonight, five days before he 3.leaves office, Mr. Bush will 4. sum up his 5. two terms in the White House and say goodbye in his 6. final address to the American people, 7. delivered from the historic East Room. The audience there 8. will include the First Lady, Vice President and Mrs. Cheney and some9. special people the President has met during 10. his time in office. People who have demonstrated great 11. acts of courage and12. compassion Mr. Bush found13. inspiring . The President will 14. lay out what he sees as his 15. accomplishments over the past eight years and the challenges that16. lie ahead for the next President. Mr. Bush will note that America has not had a 17. terror attack in the more than seven years 18. since 9/11, but he will also say, we must 19. never let down our guardThe farewell address is a 20. tradition started by George Washington, though not every President 21. has necessarily followed that tradition. 22. Most recently Presidents Clinton, Regan and Carter 23. summed up their administrations in farewell addresses from the Oval Office. As we said, it will 24. take place in the East Room. He is the 25. 43rd President of the United States. And here he is, George W. Bush.。
布什告别演讲稿精选（中英文对照）Bushsfarewellspeech
布什告别演讲稿精选（中英文对照）Bushsfarewellspeech第一篇：布什告别演讲稿精选(中英文对照)Bush's farewell speech THE PRESIDENT: Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence — a time set apart. Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have traveled together, and the future of our nation.Five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of American democracy. In a tradition dating back to our founding, the presidency will pass to a successor chosen by you, the American people. Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose history reflects the enduring promise of our land. This is a moment of hope and pride for our whole nation. And I join all Americans in offering best wishes to President-Elect Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two beautiful girls.Tonight I am filled with gratitude — to Vice President Cheney and members of my administration; to Laura, who brought joy to this house and love to my life; to our wonderful daughters, Barbara and Jenna; to my parents, whose examples have provided strength for a lifetime. And above all, I thank the American people for the trust you have given me. I thank you for the prayers that have lifted my spirits. And I thank you for the countless acts of courage, generosity, and grace that I have witnessed these past eight years.This evening, my thoughts return to the first night I addressed you from this house —September the 11th, 2001. That morning, terrorists took nearly 3,000 lives in the worst attack on America since Pearl Harbor. I remember standing in the rubbleof the World Trade Center three days later, surrounded by rescuers who had been working around the clock. I remember talking to brave souls who charged through smoke-filled corridors at the Pentagon, and to husbands and wives whose loved ones became heroes aboard Flight 93. I remember Arlene Howard, who gave me her fallen son’s police shield as a reminder of all that was lost. And I still carry his badge.As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did. Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our nation. I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe.Over the past seven years, a new Department of Homeland Security has been created. The military, the intelligence community, and the FBI have been transformed. Our nation is equipped with new tools to monitor the terrorists’ movements, freeze their finances, and break up their plots. And with strong allies at our side, we have taken the fight to the terrorists and those who support them. Afghanistan has gone from a nation where the Taliban harbored al Qaeda and stoned women in the streets to a young democracy that is fighting terror and encouraging girls to go to school. Iraq has gone from a brutal dictatorship and a sworn enemy of America to an Arab democracy at the heart of the Middle East and a friend of the United States.There is legitimate debate about many of these decisions. But there can be little debate about the results. America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil night and day to keep us safe — law enforcement officers, intelligence analysts, homeland security and diplomatic personnel, and the men and women ofthe United States Armed Forces.Our nation is blessed to have citizens who volunteer to defend us in this time of danger. I have cherished meeting these selfless patriots and their families. And America owes you a debt of gratitude. And to all our men and women in uniform listening tonight: There has been no higher honor than serving as your Commander-in-Chief.The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience, and marks unbelievers for murder. The other system is based on the conviction that freedom is the universal gift of Almighty God, and that liberty and justice light the path to peace.This is the belief that gave birth to our nation. And in the long run, advancing this belief is the only practical way to protect our citizens. When people live in freedom, they do not willingly choose leaders who pursue campaigns of terror. When people have hope in the future, they will not cede their lives to violence and extremism. So around the world, America is promoting human liberty, human rights, and human dignity. We’re standing with dissidents and young democracies, providing AIDS medicine to dying patients — to bring dying patients back to life, and sparing mothers and babies from malaria. And this great republic born alone in liberty is leading the world toward a new age when freedom belongs to all nations.For eight years, we’ve also strived to expand opportunity and hope here at home. Across our country, students are rising to meet higher standards in public schools. A new Medicare prescription drug benefit is bringing peace of mind to seniors and the disabled. Every taxpayer pays lower income taxes. Theaddicted and suffering are finding new hope through faith-based programs. Vulnerable human life is better protected. Funding for our veterans has nearly doubled. America’s air and water and lands are measurably cleaner. And the federal bench includes wise new members like Justice Sam Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.When challenges to our prosperity emerged, we rose to meet them. Facing the prospect of a financial collapse, we took decisive measures to safeguard our economy. These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted. All Americans are in this together. And together, with determination and hard work, we will restore our economy to the path of growth. We will show the world once again the resilience of America’s free enterprise sys tem.Like all who have held this office before me, I have experienced setbacks. There are things I would do differently if given the chance. Yet I’ve always acted with the best interests of our country in mind. I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. You may not agree with some of the tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions.The decades ahead will bring more hard choices for our country, and there are some guiding principles that should shape our course.While our nation is safer than it was seven years ago, the gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack. Our enemies are patient, and determined to strike again. America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never letdown our guard.At the same time, we must continue to engage the world with confidence and clear purpose. In the face of threats from abroad, it can be tempting to seek comfort by turning inward. But we must reject isolationism and its companion, protectionism. Retreating behind our borders would only invite danger. In the 21st century, security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad. If America does not lead the cause of freedom, that cause will not be led.As we address these challenges —and others we cannot foresee tonight —America must maintain our moral clarity. I’ve often spoken to you about good and evil, and this has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two of them there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense —and to advance the cause of peace.President Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “I l ike the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” As I leave the house he occupied two centuries ago, I share that optimism. America is a young country, full of vitality, constantly growing and renewing itself. And even in the toughest times, we lift our eyes to the broad horizon ahead.I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people. This is a nation that inspires immigrants to risk everything for the dream of freedom. This is a nation where citizens show calm in times of danger, and compassion in the face of suffering. We see examples ofAmerica’s character all around us. And Laura and I have invited some of them to join us in the White House this evening.We see America’s character in Dr. Tony Recasn er, a principal who opened a new charter school from the ruins of Hurricane Katrina. We see it in Julio Medina, a former inmate who leads a faith-based program to help prisoners returning to society. We’ve seen it in Staff Sergeant Aubrey McDade, who charg ed into an ambush in Iraq and rescued three of his fellow Marines.We see America’s character in Bill Krissoff — a surgeon from California. His son, Nathan — a Marine — gave his life in Iraq. When I met Dr. Krissoff and his family, he delivered some surprising news: He told me he wanted to join the Navy Medical Corps in honor of his son. This good man was 60 years old — 18 years above the age limit. But his petition for a waiver was granted, and for the past year he has trained in battlefield medicine. Lieutenant Commander Krissoff could not be here tonight, because he will soon deploy to Iraq, where he will help save America’s wounded warriors — and uphold the legacy of his fallen son.In citizens like these, we see the best of our countrycitizen of the United States of America.And so, my fellow Americans, for the final time: Good night. May God bless this house and our next President. And may God bless you and our wonderful country. Thank you. (Applause.) 各位公民：八年来，我有幸担任你们的总统。
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三一文库()/演讲稿范文/演讲稿〔布什演讲稿（中英对照）演讲范文〕Thank you!Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush， President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple 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 Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come 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 will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.It is the American story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.Our democratic faith is more than the creed ofour country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after 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 our own country. The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country. We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in His image.And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.America has never been united by blood or birth or soil.We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.Today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable willsuffer most.We must live up to the calling we share. Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And 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 times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives. We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lestweakness invite challenge.We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love. And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in oursouls.Where there is suffering, there is duty. Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities. And all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler onthe road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side. America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued andexpected.Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. And we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. But as 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 by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.In all 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 a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: "We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?"Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The yearsand changes accumulate. But。
美国总统小布什的卸任演讲 (中文版)
美国当地时间15日晚8时(北京时间16日上午9时)，美国总统布什在白宫发表最后告别演说。
大家不妨对比一下，布什的演讲和我们国家领导人通常的重要讲话从内容到风格；从个人情感到国家利益；从具体的国事处理到施政的手腕或是口号以及实际效果等等有很大的区别！各位同胞：在过去的八年间作为你们的总统，是我的荣幸。
新世纪的第一个十年，是重要的十年--一个与众不同的十年。
今晚，怀着感恩之心，请允许我在这最后的机会分享一些想法，一些有关总统历程和国家未来的想法。
五天之后，世界将目击美国民主的一个重要时刻。
按照建国伊始的传统，总统之职将传递给由你们--美国人民选择的继任者。
这位即将站在国会台阶上的人，他的故事正彰显了我们这块土地所延续的承诺。
对我们整个国家来说，这是一个充满希望与自豪的时刻。
我与全体美国人民一道，对候任总统奥巴马、他的妻子米歇尔和他们那一双美丽的女儿，致以最美好的祝愿。
今晚，让我表达对副总统切尼和内阁成员的感激之情；我还要感谢劳拉（译者注：布什的夫人），是你为我们的家庭带来欢乐，为我的生活带来爱；还要感谢我们的女儿，芭芭拉和詹纳；以及我的父母--是他们的榜样为我提供了一生的力量。
而最重要的，我要感谢你们--美国人民，感谢你们给予我的信任。
感谢你们的祈祷，它振奋着我的灵魂。
感谢在过去八年间我所见证过的，无以计数的勇气、慷慨、和仁爱。
今晚，我的思绪回到2001年9月11日，我第一次在这里向全国发表讲话。
那个早上，恐怖分子在那次自珍珠港事件以来，美国所遭受过的最严重的袭击中夺去了近3000名美国人民的生命。
我记得三天后，我站在世贸中心的废墟之中，身边是加班加点连续作战的救援人员。
我记得与那些穿越五角大楼浓烟的勇士们的对话，以及与93航班上殉难英雄们的妻子或丈夫们的交谈。
我记得艾琳.霍华德。
她把她逝去的儿子的警徽送给我。
那个警徽是对失去的所有记忆--我至今仍然随身携带。
随着时间的逝去，大多数美国人能够恢复到9.11之前的正常生活中去。
布什告别演讲(中文)
各位公民：八年来，我有幸担任你们的总统。
新世纪的第一个十年是一段意义重大的时期——一个时间分界点。
今晚，我怀着一颗感谢的心，请求一个最后的机会，就我们一起走过的旅程以及国家的未来，与诸位分享一些想法。
五天后，世界将目睹美国民主的活力。
按照我们立国时的传统，总统之位将传给你们——美国人民所选择的继任者。
站在国会山的台阶上的，将是一个其故事可以说明我们国家持久承诺的人。
这是我们全国的希望与骄傲的深刻。
我和所有美国人一起，向总统当选人奥巴马、他的妻子米歇儿以及他们两个美丽的女儿致以最美好的祝愿。
今晚，我满怀感激——感激副总统切尼以及行政成员们；感谢劳拉，她给这个家带来欢乐，给我的生活带来爱；感谢我们了不起的女儿芭芭拉和詹娜；感谢我的父母亲，他们的榜样为我提供了毕生的力量。
最重要的是，我感谢美国人民给我的信任。
我感谢你们的祈祷鼓舞了我的灵魂。
我感谢你们在过去八年让我目睹了无数体现勇气、慷慨与仁慈的行动。
今晚，我的思绪回到我站在这个地方向你们致辞的第一个晚上——2001年9月11日。
那天早上，恐怖分子夺走了近3000性命，这是自珍珠港事件以来，美国遭遇的最严重的袭击。
我记得于三天后站在世贸中心的废墟中的情形，周围是全天候工作的救援人员。
我记得我跟那些在五角大楼烟雾弥漫的走廊里工作的勇敢灵魂谈话，跟那些登上93号航班最终成为英雄的人们的妻子们谈话。
我记得阿琳·霍华德（Arlene Howard），她把已经陨落的儿子的警察勋章给了我，提醒我我们失去了什么。
我仍然戴着他的徽章。
随着时间的流逝，大多数美国人可以回归911之前的生活，但我就不能。
每天早上，我都收到一份关于我国面临威胁的简报。
我发誓要尽我所能保证我们的安全。
在过去七年，一个新的国土安全部成立了。
军队、情报界以及FBI已经警告改造。
我们的国家装备了新的工具去监控恐怖分子的活动，冻结他们的金融，打破他们的阴谋。
而且在强大盟友的支持下，我们向恐怖分子以及那些支持他们的人们发起了战斗。
布什演讲稿(中英对照)演讲范文
布什演讲稿（中英对照）演讲范文Thank you!Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush，President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple 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 Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come 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 will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.It is the American story -- a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after 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 our own country. The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemnpledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in His image.And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.Today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civilsociety demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.We must live up to the calling we share. Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And 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 times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is 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 all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler onthe road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued andexpected.Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. And we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. But as 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 by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.In all 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 a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: "We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?"Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The yearsand changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more 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 and directs this storm.God bless you all, and God bless America.感谢大伙儿！恭敬的芮恩奎斯特大法官，卡特总统，布什总统，克林顿总统，恭敬的宾客们，我的同胞们，这次权利的和平过渡在历史上是罕见的，但在美国是寻常的。
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布什离职演讲稿
各位公民：
八年来，我有幸担任你们的总统。
新世纪的第一个十年是一段意义重大的时期——一个时间分界点。
今晚，我怀着一颗感谢的心，请求一个最后的机会，就我们一起走过的旅程以及国家的未来，与诸位分享一些想法。
五天后，世界将目睹美国民主的活力。
按照我们立国时的传统，总统之位将传给你们——美国人民所选择的继任者。
站在国会山的台阶上的，将是一个其故事可以说明我们国家持久承诺的人。
这是我们全国的希望与骄傲的深刻。
我和所有美国人一起，向总统当选人奥巴马、他的妻子米歇儿以及他们两个美丽的女儿致以最美好的祝愿。
今晚，我满怀感激——感激副总统切尼以及行政成员们；感谢劳拉，她给这个家带来欢乐，给我的生活带来爱；感谢我们了不起的女儿芭芭拉和詹娜；感谢我的父母亲，他们的榜样为我提供了毕生的力量。
最重要的是，我感谢美国人民给我的信任。
我感谢你们的祈祷鼓舞了我的灵魂。
我感谢你们在过去八年让我目睹了无数体现勇气、慷慨与仁慈的行动。
今晚，我的思绪回到我站在这个地方向你们致辞的第一个晚上——2001年9月11日。
那天早上，恐怖分子夺走了近3000性命，这是自珍珠港事件以来，美国遭遇的最严重的袭击。
我记得于三天后站在世贸中心的废墟中的情形，周围是全天候工作的救援人员。
我记得我跟那些在五角大楼烟雾弥漫的走廊里工作的勇敢灵魂谈话，跟那些登上93号航班最终成为英雄的人们的妻子们谈话。
我记得阿琳·霍华德（Arlene Howard），她把已经陨落的儿子的警察勋章给了我，提醒我我们失去了什么。
我仍然戴着他的徽章。
随着时间的流逝，大多数美国人可以回归911之前的生活，但我就不能。
每天早上，我都收到一份关于我国面临威胁的简报。
我发誓要尽我所能保证我们的安全。
在过去七年，一个新的国土安全部成立了。
军队、情报界以及FBI已经警告改造。
我们的国家装备了新的工具去监控恐怖分子的活动，冻结他们的金融，打破他们的阴谋。
而且在强大盟友的支持下，我们向恐怖分子以及那些支持他们的人们发起了战斗。
阿富汗已经从塔利班窝藏基地组织、在大街上对妇女行石刑的国家变成一个年轻的民主体，与恐怖主义斗争，鼓励女孩子去上学。
伊拉克已经从一个残暴的独裁国家和美国的死敌变成一个位于中东之心的阿拉伯民主体，变成美国的朋友。
很多这些决定引起合法性的争论，但其结果却是无须争论的。
七年多里，美国领土没有再遭遇又一次恐怖袭击。
这要归功于那些日夜辛勤工作保卫我们的安全的人们——执法人员，情报分析家，国土安全和外交人员，以及美国武装部队的男女成员。
在危险时刻，公民自愿捍卫国家，这是我们国家之福。
我珍惜与这些无私的爱国者以及他们的家人的会晤。
美国欠你们一份感激。
致今晚所有在聆听的全体男女军人：作为你们的三军总司令是至高无上的荣耀。
我们的部队发起的战斗属于更为广泛的、两种根本不同的制度之间的斗争的一部分。
在其中一种制度下，一小撮狂热分子要求全体服从一种压制性的意识形态，迫使妇女卑屈，杀害不信仰者。
而另一种制度则是基于这样的信念：自由是万能的上帝赋予所有人的礼物，自由与正义照亮和平之路。
这是我们的立国信仰。
从长期来看，推广这种信仰是保护我们公民的唯一可行办法。
当人们生活在自由之中，他们就不会愿意选择追求恐怖主义运动的领袖。
当人们对未来充满希望，他们就不会愿意把生命交给暴力与极端主义。
因此，美国在全世界推广人的自由、人的权利以及人的尊严。
我们支持异见人士及年轻的民主体，提供爱滋病药物让濒临死亡的病人恢复生机，不让疟疾伤害母亲与婴儿。
这个仅为自由而生的伟大共和国带领世界走向自由属于所有国家的新时期。
八年来，我们还努力扩大国内的机会与希望。
在全国，学生们正起来满足公立学校提高了的标准。
一种新的医疗处方药福利正为长者及残疾人带来内心的平静。
每一个纳税人要支付的收入税减少了。
透过以信仰为基础的项目，上瘾者与受苦者找到了新希望。
脆弱的生命得到更好的保护。
用于退伍军人的资金几乎翻了一番。
美国的空气、水和陆地更加清洁。
而且联邦法官席上有了像法官阿利托（Sam Alito）和首席法官罗伯茨（John Roberts）这样睿智的新成员。
当我们的繁荣面临挑战，我们起来面对。
面对金融崩溃的前景，我们采取了果断措施保护我们的经济。
努力工作的家庭面临非常困难的时刻，但如果我们不采取行动，损失会严重得多。
所有美国人团结在一起，凭着决心以及努力的工作，我们将让经济重上增长之路。
我们将再一次向世界展示美国自由企业体系的弹性。
和此前负责这个办公室所有人一样，我曾经历挫折。
如果还有机会，在一些事情上我会改变做法。
然而，我在做事的时候总是心怀我们国家的最佳利益。
我按照我的良心，并做了我认为正确的事情。
你可能不会同意我所作出的一些艰难决定。
但我希望你们明白我愿意作出这些艰难的决定。
未来十年，我们的国家将面临更多艰难的选择，一些指引性的原则可以指明我们的方向。
尽管我们的国家比七年前安全，我们的民众所面临的最严重威胁仍然是再度发生的恐怖袭击。
我们的敌人很有耐心，决心再次袭击。
美国没有寻求挑起冲突，也不应该遭受这些冲突。
但我们已经肩负庄严的责任，我们必须面对。
我们必须抵制自满。
我们必须保持决心。
我们绝不能放松警惕。
与此同时，我们必须继续怀着信心与明确的目标与世界接触。
面对海外的威胁，转向内部寻求安慰是很有诱惑力的。
但是我们必须拒绝孤立主义及作为其同伴的保护主义。
在21世纪，国内的安全与繁荣有赖于自由在海外的扩大。
如果美国不带领自由事业，这项事业就得不到指引。
在我们解决这些挑战——以及其他一些我们无法在今晚预测的挑战时，美国必须维持我们的道德明确性。
我经常跟你们说善与恶。
这令一些人感到不舒服。
但善恶存在于世上，两者之间不会有任何妥协。
无论在何时何地，把杀害无辜者作为推广意识形态的手段都是错误的做法。
让人们摆脱压迫和绝望是永远正确的。
国家必须继续为正义和真理发言。
我们必须始终愿意行动起来捍卫它们，推进和平的事业。
杰斐逊总统曾写道，“我喜欢未来的梦想更甚于过去的历史。
”在我离开这个他于两个世纪前所在的地方时，我赞成他的这种乐观精神。
美国是一个年轻的国家，充满活力、不断成长和自我更新。
甚至在最艰难的时刻，我们都会放眼前面广阔的地平线。
我对美国的诺言有信心，因为我知道我们人民的特质。
这是一个鼓励移民为自由的梦想而冒险的国家。
这是一个公民可以在危险的时刻表现平静，在苦难面前展示怜悯的国家。
我们看到，我们周围就有美国特质的榜样。
劳拉和我已经邀请当中一些人今晚到白宫。
我们看到里卡斯钠博士（Dr. Tony Recasner）的美国特质，这位校长在卡特里娜飓风的废墟中开办一所新的特许学校。
我们看到麦地那（Julio Medina）身上的美国特质，这位前囚犯带领一个以信仰为基础的项目，帮助囚犯重回社会。
我们在上士麦达德（Staff Sergeant Aubrey McDade）身上的美国特质，他负责伊拉克的一次埋伏并拯救了三名同伴的海军陆战队队员。
我们在克里斯托夫（Bill Krissoff）这位来自加州的外科医生身上看到美国特质。
他的儿子内森（Nathan）是一位海军陆战队队员，在伊拉克献出了生命。
当我和克里斯托夫及其家人会面时，他带来了一些令人吃惊的新闻：他告诉我，他像加入海军医疗队以纪念他的儿子。
这位好人60岁了——比年龄上限大了18岁。
但他的豁免申请得到了批准，而且在过去的一年里，他已经接受战地医学训练。
克里斯夫少校今晚不能出席，因为他很快就要部署到伊拉克，在那里，他将帮忙拯救美国受伤的勇士，维护他已逝儿子的遗产。
从这些公民身上，我们看到了我们国家最美好的一面——弹性与希望，关怀与强大。
这些优点让我对美国怀着不可动摇的信念。
我们曾面临危险与考验，前面还会有更多危险与考验。
但凭着人民的勇气，以及我们对理想的信心，这个伟大的国家永不疲惫……永不动摇……永不失败。
担任你们的总统是我一生的荣幸。
我们有过好日子也有过艰难日子。
但每一天，我都因我们国家的伟大而受到鼓舞，都因我们民众的善良感到振奋。
能够代表我们所爱的这个国家，这是我的福份。
我将永远为一个比其他任何头衔更有意义的身份而感到荣幸：美利坚合众国公民。
最后，我的美国同胞们：晚安。
愿上帝保佑白宫和我们的下一任总统。
愿上帝保佑你们和我们了不起的国家。
谢谢你们。
（星岛环球网翻译）。