【正文】 ual。that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges。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。我們?cè)俅翁嵝颜f，把這個(gè)國(guó)家凝聚在一起的不是我們的膚色，不是信仰的教條，也不是我們的姓氏源于何處。1776年愛國(guó)先驅(qū)們所進(jìn)行的斗爭(zhēng)并不是以少數(shù)人的特權(quán)或?yàn)鹾现姷慕y(tǒng)治來替代專制君主。我們?cè)』鹬厣?，我們發(fā)誓共同努力向前。在做這一切的時(shí)候，我們從來沒有放棄對(duì)政府集中權(quán)力的懷疑，我們也沒有屈就于那種相信只靠政府就可以解決所有社會(huì)弊病的幻想。沒有任何一個(gè)個(gè)人有能力訓(xùn)練出我們后代的教育需要的所有數(shù)學(xué)和科學(xué)教師，或者建造出能把新的工作和商業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)帶給我們的道路、網(wǎng)絡(luò)、實(shí)驗(yàn)室。美國(guó)同胞們，我們?yōu)檫@個(gè)時(shí)刻而生，只要我們共同努力，我們就能牢牢抓住這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。我們必須駕馭新的思想和技術(shù)以重塑政府，更新稅法，改革學(xué)校，并讓公民能夠掌握新技能，以便更加努力工作，學(xué)習(xí)更多的知識(shí)，以達(dá)到更高的目標(biāo)。我們，美國(guó)人，仍然相信，每位公民都應(yīng)該得到基本的安全和尊嚴(yán)。我們不相信，在這個(gè)國(guó)家里自由只屬于幸運(yùn)者，幸福只屬于少數(shù)人。第三篇：美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬連任就職演講(2013)美國(guó)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(guó)國(guó)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 – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:當(dāng)我們每次聚集在一起為總統(tǒng)舉行就職典禮時(shí)，我們都是在見證美國(guó)憲法的不朽力量?！琓oday 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 have never been selfexecuting。他們?yōu)槲覀兙喸斓氖且粋€(gè)共和國(guó)，一個(gè)民有、民治、民享的政府，并將捍衛(wèi)這個(gè)建國(guó)理念的任務(wù)交給一代又一代的后人。Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and merce。Through 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。that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges?，F(xiàn)在比以往任何時(shí)候都需要我們共同努力，作為一個(gè)國(guó)家人民的整體，來做這些事情。長(zhǎng)達(dá)10年的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)即將結(jié)束，經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇已經(jīng)開始，美國(guó)的潛力是無限的，因?yàn)槲覀儞碛羞@個(gè)全球化的世界需要的所有特質(zhì)：我們年輕有動(dòng)力，多元而開放，我們有應(yīng)對(duì)危機(jī)的無限能力和創(chuàng)新發(fā)展的天賦。當(dāng)一個(gè)出身貧困的年輕女孩知道，她與任何人都享有同樣的成功機(jī)會(huì)，身為美國(guó)人，她不僅僅是在上帝眼中，而且在每一個(gè)人的眼中，她都享有自由與平等，這樣我們才算是遵守了立國(guó)的原則。這是當(dāng)下所需要的。they free us to take the risks that make this country ，美國(guó)人，仍然相信，每位公民都應(yīng)該得到基本的安全和尊嚴(yán)。我們不相信，在這個(gè)國(guó)家里自由只屬于幸運(yùn)者，幸福只屬于少數(shù)人。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 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 towardssustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes America cannot resist this transition。有些人可能依然不承認(rèn)科學(xué)的判斷，但所有人都無法不去正視瘋狂的野火、殘酷的干旱、更大風(fēng)暴的襲擊。這是維護(hù)我們經(jīng)濟(jì)的活力與國(guó)家財(cái)富的途徑，這些財(cái)富包括我們的森林、江河、農(nóng)田、雪山。我們的軍人久經(jīng)戰(zhàn)火考驗(yàn)，技能和勇氣都舉世無雙。這些經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)，我們今天必須發(fā)揚(yáng)光大。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 creeddescribes:tolerance and opportunity。我們將支持從亞洲到非洲、從拉美到中東的民主發(fā)展，因?yàn)槔婧土贾偈刮覀內(nèi)ブС帜切┫Ｍ杂傻娜藗?。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。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 。在從底特律的街頭到阿巴拉契亞山間到紐頓安靜的小巷中，我們所有的孩子們都知道他們?cè)诒魂P(guān)心和愛護(hù)，安全有保障之前，我們的使命還沒有完成。進(jìn)步并不強(qiáng)迫我們放棄幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來關(guān)于所有政府作用的辯論但需要我們?cè)谖覀兊臅r(shí)代采取行動(dòng)。我們必須行動(dòng)，盡管知道今天的勝利只是部分的成功，它將更多地取決于今后四年、四十年乃至四百年后站在這里的人們，繼續(xù)發(fā)揚(yáng)從費(fèi)城獨(dú)立廳傳到我們手中的超越時(shí)代的精神。They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s ，代表了我們最大的希望。憑借共同的努力，憑借熱。你們和我，作為美國(guó)公民，有塑造我們時(shí)代話語的責(zé)任，不僅通過我們投下的選票，也通過為了維護(hù)我們最永久的價(jià)值觀及理想而發(fā)出的大聲疾呼。我們必須在任職期間忠實(shí)履行我們的誓言。我們不能誤以為毫無妥協(xié)余地是在堅(jiān)持原則，或者以做秀取代政治，或者以相互指責(zé)取代理性的辯論。it does not mean we will 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 。在所有公民行使投票權(quán)不必被迫等待幾個(gè)小時(shí)之前，我們的使命還沒有完成。他們來到這里聆聽宣講，說我們不能獨(dú)自行進(jìn)；他們來聆聽一位王者[4]說，我們的個(gè)人自由與地球上每個(gè)人的自由是緊密地聯(lián)系在一起的。We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still。我們將通過試圖與其它國(guó)家和平地解決爭(zhēng)端來顯示我們的勇氣——這不是出于對(duì)我們面臨的危險(xiǎn)的無知，而是相信協(xié)商能夠更長(zhǎng)久地解除懷疑與恐懼。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。不忘先烈們的犧牲將讓我們永遠(yuǎn)對(duì)敵人保持警惕。這也是我們?yōu)橄闰?qū)們宣示的信念增加新的含義的途徑。但美國(guó)不能抗拒這個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)變，而是必須領(lǐng)導(dǎo)這個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)變。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 ，美國(guó)人，依然相信我們作為美國(guó)人的承諾不僅是對(duì)自己的，也是對(duì)所有子孫后代的。我們通過聯(lián)邦醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)、醫(yī)療補(bǔ)助計(jì)劃以及社會(huì)安全保障為彼此作出的承諾，不僅不會(huì)挫傷我們的積極性，反而使我們更加強(qiáng)壯。但是，我們拒絕接受這種看法，亦即美國(guó)必須在照顧建設(shè)了國(guó)家的那代人和投資于開創(chuàng)國(guó)家未來的那代人之間作出選擇。We, 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 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