【正文】 in this and the other Chamber of Congress, of a Government in which the Executive authority, as well as that of all the branches of the Legislature, are exercised by citizens selected at regular periods by their neighbors to make and execute laws for the general anything essential, anything more than mere ornament and decoration, be added to this by robes and diamonds? Can authority be more amiable and respectable when it descends from accidents or institutions established in remote antiquity than when it springs fresh from the hearts and judgments of an honest and enlightened people? For it is the people only that are is their power and majesty that is reflected, and only for their good, in every legitimate government, under whatever form it may existence of such a government as ours for any length of time is a full proof of a general dissemination of knowledge and virtue throughout the whole body of the what object or consideration more pleasing than this can be presented to the human mind? If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent an election is to be determined by a majority of a single vote, and that can be procured by a party through artifice or corruption, the Government may be the choice of a party for its own ends, not of the nation for the national that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror, intrigue, or venality, the Government may not be the choice of the American people, but of foreign may be foreign nations who govern us, and not we, the people, who govern ourselves。他的名字仍將時(shí)一道防線，他的長壽仍將是一座堡壘，可以抗擊一切危害美國和平的公開或隱蔽的敵人。如果外國政府可以通過諸如奉承或威脅、欺騙或暴力、陰謀或收買、以及恐怖之類的手段，來獲取這張單獨(dú)的選票，那么所選出的政府就不是美國人民的選擇，而是其他國家的選擇。我與祖國在痛苦分離達(dá)十年以后，又重新回來了它的懷抱，并有幸在一種新氣象中當(dāng)選副總統(tǒng)，因而我一直不斷把擁護(hù)憲法作為自己至為莊嚴(yán)的職責(zé)，憲法得以很好地實(shí)施，滿足了其擁護(hù)者的樂觀愿望。人們經(jīng)過探索、討論和深思熟慮，最終制定了目前這部令人滿意的政府憲章。然而無論怎樣，這個(gè)國家當(dāng)時(shí)人數(shù)僅為現(xiàn)在一半的代表們，憑藉自己出發(fā)點(diǎn)的純潔和自己事業(yè)的正義，依靠人民的團(tuán)結(jié)和智慧，在從一開始就格外庇佑這個(gè)國家的上帝的指引之下，不僅砸碎了正在鍛造的鐐銬和向他們舉起的鋼鞭，而且毅然斬?cái)嗔嗽阉麄兟?lián)結(jié)為一體的紐帶，駛?cè)胍黄鸱欢ǖ暮Ｑ?。但是美國幅員廣大，而這些國家則地域狹小，郵差從政府所在地到達(dá)邊陲僅需一天，兩者之間有著無數(shù)具體的鮮明差異。我認(rèn)為，憲法出自心懷善良愿望的有志之士之手，較之人們提出或建議實(shí)行的其他任何實(shí)驗(yàn)，均更加切合美國及美國人民的智慧、特性、環(huán)境和各種關(guān)系。官服和鉆石除了純粹裝點(diǎn)門面之外，難道還能為此增添任何實(shí)質(zhì)性的東西嗎？那種由偶然繼承所得或出自遠(yuǎn)古時(shí)代確立的制度的權(quán)威，難道會(huì)比這種從誠實(shí)而具有遠(yuǎn)見卓識的人民的內(nèi)心和判斷中生龍活虎般產(chǎn)生的權(quán)威更為可親可敬嗎？后一種權(quán)威所唯一代表的乃是人民，它的每一合法機(jī)構(gòu)，無論以什么形式出現(xiàn)，都是人民力量和尊嚴(yán)的反映，都只是為了人民的利益。這就是我們那親切可愛而饒有趣味的政府體制，以及它可能遇到的一些流弊。但人總是抱有某種希望的，因而我希望在這個(gè)場合大膽發(fā)表我見解，而不致于冒天下之大不韙。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 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。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 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 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 Adams約翰?亞當(dāng)斯就職演講費(fèi)城星期六,1797年3月4日美國的政體與喬治?華盛頓確實(shí)，還有其他什么形式的政體，值得我們?nèi)绱俗鹁春蜔釔勰?？古代有一種很不嚴(yán)密的觀念認(rèn)為，人類聚集而形成城市和國家，是最令具有卓越見識的人感到愉悅的目標(biāo)，但無可置疑的是，在善良的人們看來，任何國家所顯示的情景，都比不上這里和另一議院所經(jīng)常見到的集會(huì)更令人喜悅，更高尚莊嚴(yán)，或者說更令人敬畏；政府的行政權(quán)和國會(huì)各個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)的立法權(quán)，是由同胞們定期選出的公民來行使的，其目的是為公眾利益而制定和執(zhí)行法律。這就是使人感到親切和興趣的政治體制（及其可能暴露的某些弊端）。s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that 39。s promise in the months want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice presidentelect of the United States, Joe I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation39。t start with much money or many campaign was not hatched in the halls of began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation39。t agree with every decision or policy I make as we know the government can39。s the true genius of America: that America can union can be we39。s seen throughout her century in Americathe heartache and the hope。to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one。我剛剛接到了來自麥凱恩議員的電話。薩莎和瑪麗亞,我愛你們,你們已經(jīng)得到了一只新的小狗,它將和我們一起入