【正文】 第一篇：奧巴馬2013就職演講（最終版）Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama11:55 THE PRESIDENT: Vice President Biden, Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: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 exceptionalwhat makes us Americanis our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal。that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights。that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”Today we continue a neverending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our history tells us that while these truths may be selfevident, they’ve never been selfexecuting。that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth.(Applause.)The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a gave to us a republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding for more than two hundred years, we blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive halfslave and made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward , we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and merce, schools and colleges to train our , we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure petition and fair , we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our we have always understood that when times change, so must we。that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges。that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or munism with muskets and single person can train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our , more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people.(Applause.)This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our decade of war is now ending.(Applause.)An economic recovery has begun.(Applause.)America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive。diversity and openness。an endless capacity for risk and a gift for fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize itso long as we seize it together.(Applause.)For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.(Applause.)We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work。when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American。she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.(Applause.)We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our we must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, reach while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single is what this moment is what will give real meaning to our , the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.(Applause.)For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to do not believe that in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us at any time may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible mitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things do not sap our initiative, they strengthen us.(Applause.)They do not make us a nation of takers。they free us to take the risks that make this country great.(Applause.)We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.(Applause.)Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes America cannot resist this transition, we must lead cannot cede to other