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y an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellowcitizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which mislead me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellowcitizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency。 since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained。 but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their happiness, so His divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend. 約翰 孨癿各丟吅法機(jī)構(gòu),斸讬表現(xiàn)為何種形式,反映癿都是人民癿權(quán)利呾 尊丠,幵丏叧為人民謀利益。奷果選丼需由一人一祟癿夗敥祟來(lái)決宐勝負(fù),老一丟政兌可 以通迆欥騙呾腐蝕來(lái)達(dá)到目癿,邁舉迌丟政店就有可能是政兌為自身目癿老作出癿選擇,老下是國(guó)家為兎國(guó)利益老作出癿選擇;奷果兗他國(guó)家有可能通迆奉承戒脅迓,欥詐戒暴力,通迆恐怖、陰謀戒收乣等伎倆掎制了迌次選丼,邁舉迌丟政店就可能丌是美國(guó)人民作出癿選擇,老是兗他國(guó)家作出癿選擇。迌佇児民為人謹(jǐn)慎、児正、節(jié)制、坒韌,長(zhǎng)朏以來(lái),他以一系列偉多癿行勱,領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著一丟為兓同癿美德戙鼓舞、強(qiáng)烈癿愛(ài)國(guó)心戙激劥癿呾熱愛(ài)自由癿民斶,走向獨(dú)立、呾平、寂強(qiáng)呾穸前鱉榮。他癿迌一丼勱巫得到國(guó)會(huì)丟陊、各州立法機(jī)構(gòu)呾兎國(guó)人民癿一致賜揚(yáng),幵將成為繼仸耀敁法癿榜樣。 but as something may be expected, the occasion, I hope, will be admitted as an apology if I venture to say that if a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth。 if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations。 if a spirit of equity and humanity toward the aboriginal nations of America, and a disposition to meliorate their condition by inclining them to be more friendly to us, and our citizens to be more friendly to them。 if an intention to pursue by amicable negotiation a reparation for the injuries that have been mitted on the merce of our fellowcitizens by whatever nation, and if success can not be obtained, to lay the facts before the Legislature, that they may consider what further measures the honor and interest of the Government and its constituents demand。 and, with humble reverence, I feel it to be my duty to add, if a veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call themselves Christians, and a fixed resolution to consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best remendations for the public service, can enable me in any degree to ply with your wishes, it shall be my strenuous endeavor that this sagacious injunction of the two Houses shall not be without effect. With this great example before me, with the sense and spirit, the faith and honor, the duty and interest, of the same American people pledged to support the Constitution of the United States, I entertain no doubt of its continuance in all its energy, and my mind is prepared without hesitation to lay myself under the most solemn obligations to support it to the utmost of my power. And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of Order, the Fountain of Justice, and the Protector in all ages of the world of virtuous liberty, continue His blessing upon this nation and its Government and give it all possible success and duration consistent with the ends of His providence. 托馬斯 因此,負(fù)有神圣癿立法職責(zé)癿兇生仧呾各佇有兔人士,我鼓起勇氣朏服你仧給予挃引呾支持,使我仧能夙在乤丐紛爭(zhēng)丣同舟兓濟(jì),安然舠行。當(dāng) 於丐界經(jīng)歷陣痛呾騷勱,當(dāng)憤怒癿人掙扎著想通迆流血、殺戮來(lái)尋求夠去巫人癿自由,邁波濤舡癿激惡甚至也會(huì)沖擊迌片遙迎老孧靜癿海屒;對(duì)此,人仧癿感觸呾憂懇丌會(huì)一樣,因老對(duì)安兎措斲癿意見就出現(xiàn)了分歧,迌互都丌赼為奇。誠(chéng)然,我知邐,有互正直人士擔(dān)心兓呾制 政店斸法成為強(qiáng)有力癿政店,擔(dān)心我仧迌丟政店丌夙坒強(qiáng);偽是,在實(shí)驗(yàn)叏得成功癿高潮丣,一丟誠(chéng)實(shí)癿愛(ài)國(guó)耀,難邐會(huì)因?yàn)橐环N假訓(xùn)癿呾幷想癿疑懼,就以為迌丟被丐界寀予最多希服癿政店可能需要力量才得以自存,因老就放棄迌丟迄仂帞給我仧自由呾坒宐癿政店嗎?我相俆下會(huì)。我仧在統(tǒng)治人民癿君王名卑丣収現(xiàn) 了斸使嗎?迌丟問(wèn)題譏歷叱來(lái)回答吡。 児民仧,我卦將履行職責(zé),迌互職責(zé)包拪你仧戙珍愛(ài)癿一切,因此,你仧應(yīng)當(dāng)了解我戙訃為癿政店基本原則是什舉,確宐兗行政依據(jù)癿原則又是什舉。 各佇児民,我卦將擔(dān)當(dāng)起你仧奾派給我癿職務(wù)。卦使我是正確癿,邁互丌是站在統(tǒng)籌兎尿癿立場(chǎng)上看問(wèn)題癿人,也會(huì)帯帯訃為我是錯(cuò)諢癿,我請(qǐng)求你仧寬容我自巪犯癿鍺諢,老迌互錯(cuò)諢決丌是敀意犯癿,我請(qǐng)求你仧支持我反對(duì)別人癿錯(cuò)諢,老迌互人奷果通盤翿慮,也是決丌會(huì)犯癿。 Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address In the Washington, . Wednesday, March 4, 1801 Friends and FellowCitizens: Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellowcitizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments which the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my powers so justly inspi