【正文】 ters of learning and opened public schools to all。split the atom and explored the heavens。invented the puter and the microchip。and deepened the wellspring of justice by making a revolution in civil rights for African Americans and all minorities, and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to , for the third time, a new century is upon us, and another time to began the 19th century with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to began the 20th century with a choice, to harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human choices made all the the dawn of the 21st century a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the Information Age and the global society, to unleash the limitless potential of all our people, and, yes, to form a more perfect last we gathered, our march to this new future seemed less certain than it does vowed then to set a clear course to renew our these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by stands alone as the world sindispensable again, our economy is the strongest on again, we are building stronger families, thriving munities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner that once seemed destined to deepen now bend to our efforts: our streets are safer and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to once again, we have resolved for our time a great debate over the role of we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the American peoplewe are the solution.(Applause.)Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our mon challenges and advance our mondreams in each new times change, so government must need a new government for a new centuryhumble enough not to try to solve all our problems for us, but strong enough to give us the tools to solve our problems for ourselves。a government that is smaller, lives within its means, and does more with where it can stand up for our values and interests in the world, and where it can give Americans the power to make a real difference in their everyday lives, government should do more, not preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunitynot a guarantee, but a real opportunityto build better lives.(Applause.)Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to founders taught us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon responsible we need a new sense ofresponsibility for a new is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to read。hiring people off welfare rolls。ing out from behindlocked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime。taking time out of our own lives to serve and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personal responsibilitynot only for ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation.(Applause.)Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of munity for a new any one of us to succeed, we mustsucceed as one challenge of our past remains the challenge of our futurewill we be one nation, one people, with one mon destiny, or not? Will we all e together, or e apart?The divide of race has been America s constant each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.(Applause.)These forces have nearly destro第三篇：克林頓1993年就職演講January 20, 1993, Inaugural Address of William （克林頓1993年就職演講）My fellow citizens :（同胞們）Today we celebrate the mystery of American ，我們慶祝振興美國這件令人感到異常驚奇的事。This ceremony is held in the depth of , by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring reborn in the world39。s oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent ，但是，我們所說的話，我們向全世界所顯示的面貌，將促使春天的早日來臨。春天重新降臨到這個世界上最古老的民主國家，它給我們帶來了重新塑造美國的構(gòu)想和勇氣。When our founders boldly declared America39。s independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change for change39。s sake, but change to preserve America39。s ideals。life, liberty, the pursuit of we march to the music of our time, our mission is generation of Americans must define what it means to be an ，向上帝宣布我們的目的時，他們知道，美國要長久地存在下去，就必須改革。我們不是為改革而改革，而是為了保持美國的理想——生活、自由和追求幸福。雖然我們伴隨著時代的樂曲前進，我們的使命卻是永恒的。每一代美國人都必須明確作為一個美國人意味著什么。On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his halfcentury of service to I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over Depression, fascism and ，在此，我代表我們的國家向他致以崇高的敬意。Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new ，他們以堅定的信念和犧牲戰(zhàn)勝了經(jīng)濟蕭條、法西斯主義。今天，在冷戰(zhàn)的陰影下成長起來的一代人在世界上已肩負起新的責任。這個世界雖然沐浴在自由的陽光下，但仍然面臨著舊的仇恨和新的災(zāi)禍的威脅。Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world39。s strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our ，繼承了一個仍然是世界上最強大經(jīng)濟，但是，商業(yè)失敗、工資停滯、不平等加劇，以及我們自己的人民四分五裂，削弱了這個經(jīng)濟。When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by , the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the ，消息緩慢地通過騎馬傳遍大陸和乘船漂洋過海。而今，這個儀式的情景和聲音可以立即向全世界數(shù)十億人廣播。Communications and merce are global。investment is mobile。technology is almost magical。and ambition for a better life is now earn our livelihood in peaceful petition with people all across the ，投資是流動性的，技術(shù)幾乎是神秘的，而要求改善生活的強烈愿望是全世界人民共同的。今天，我們美國人是和全世界人民在和平競爭中謀求我們的生計。Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our 。我們時代迫切需要解決的問題是，我們能否使改革