【正文】 。雖然我們伴隨著時代的樂曲前進(jìn)，我們的使命卻是永恒的。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。split the atom and explored the heavens。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 s in“克林頓總統(tǒng)第二次就職演說”版權(quán)歸作者所有；轉(zhuǎn)載請注明出處!dispensable 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 mon dreams 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。saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war。ing out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime。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。s independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change for change39。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(jì)蕭條、法西斯主義。investment is mobile。when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small。From our revolution, the Civil War, to the Great Depression to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our ，到大蕭條，到民權(quán)運(yùn)動，我們的人民總是下定決心，從這些危機(jī)中擺脫出來去建立我們歷史的支柱。一個振興美國的新時代已經(jīng)到來。Our Founders saw themselves in the light of can do no who has ever watched a child39。我們必須盡美國之所能：向所有人提供更多的機(jī)會，要求所有人承擔(dān)更多的責(zé)任。所以，我要向在場的諸位說，讓我們下定決心改革我們的政治，使人民的呼聲不再被權(quán)力和特權(quán)所壓倒。全球經(jīng)濟(jì)、全球環(huán)境、全球艾滋病危機(jī)和全球軍備競賽，這一切影響著所有的人。with peaceful diplomacy when ever possible, with force when brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our ，或者國際社會的意志及公德遭到蔑視的時候，我們將盡可能地通過和平外交手段去解決。他們的事業(yè)就是美國的事業(yè)。to act on your idealism by helping troubled children, keeping pany with those in need, reconnecting our torn is so much to be done。we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of ，我們認(rèn)識到一個簡單而強(qiáng)有力的真理。And so, my fellow Americans, at the edge of the 21st century, let us begin with energy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is scripture says, “And let us not be weary in welldoing, for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.”為此，同胞們，在即將跨入21世紀(jì)的時候，讓我們重新開始，鼓起勇氣、滿懷希望、堅定信念、遵守紀(jì)律，把我們的事業(yè)進(jìn)行到底。愿上帝保佑大家。invented the puter and the microchip。today, it is a monplace encyclopedia for millions of now are decoding the blueprint of human for our most feared illnesses seem close at world is no longer divided into two hostile , now we are building bonds with nations that once were our connections of merce and culture give us a chance to lift the fortunes and spirits of people the world for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than fellow Americans, as we look back at this remarkable century, we may ask, can we hope not just to follow, but even to surpass the achievements of the 20th century in America and to avoid the awful bloodshed that stained its legacy? To that question, every American here and every American in our land today must answer a resounding “Yes.”This is the heart of our a new vision of government, a new sense of responsibility, a new spirit of munity, we will sustain America39。s dream was the American quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true history has been built on such dreams and by our dreams and labors we will redeem the promise of America in the 21st that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my ask the members of Congress here to join in that American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of , they d