【正文】 ys。our croplands and snowcapped is how we will preserve our planet, manded to our care by ’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once , the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are na?ve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe。and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful will support democracy from Asia to Africa。from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience pel us to act on behalf of those who long for we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our mon creed describes: tolerance and opportunity。human dignity and , the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still。just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall。just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone。to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers our journey is not plete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their journey is not plete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we mit to one another must be equal as journey is not plete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to journey is not plete until we find a better way to wele the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity。until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our journey is not plete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life。it does not mean we all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to does not pel us to settle centurieslong debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – real for every true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life。it does not mean we all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to does not pel us to settle centurieslong debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat namecalling as reasoned must act, we must act knowing that our work will be must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting mon effort and mon purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.第二篇：美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬連任就職演講(2013)美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬連任就職演講 President Biden, Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:拜登副總統(tǒng)，最高法院首席大法官先生，美國國會(huì)議員們，尊敬的客人們，同胞們：Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our affirm the promise of our recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our makes us exceptional – what makes us American – i