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lity, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and mand the respect of the dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, since there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness。 between duty and advantage。 between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity。 since we ought to be no a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained。 and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted on the hands of the American people. 華盛頓介紹 喬治華盛頓(George Washington,1732年2月22日—1799年12月14日) ,美國(guó)杰出的資產(chǎn)階級(jí)政治家、軍事家、革命家,美國(guó)開國(guó)元?jiǎng)?、?guó)父、首任總統(tǒng)。 1775年至1783年美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)任大陸軍(Continental Army)的總司令,1787年主持了制憲會(huì)議。會(huì)議制定了現(xiàn)在實(shí)施的美國(guó)憲法。1789年,他經(jīng)過(guò)全體選舉團(tuán)無(wú)異議的支持而成為美國(guó)第一任總統(tǒng)(其同時(shí)也成為全世界第一位以“總統(tǒng)”為稱號(hào)的國(guó)家元首,首任總統(tǒng)),在接連兩次選舉中都獲得了全體選舉團(tuán)無(wú)異議支持,一直擔(dān)任總統(tǒng)直到1797年。他在兩屆的任期中設(shè)立了許多持續(xù)到今天的政策和傳統(tǒng)。在兩屆任期結(jié)束后,他自愿放棄權(quán)力不再謀求續(xù)任。 華盛頓由于扮演了美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和建國(guó)中最重要的角色,故被尊稱為“美國(guó)國(guó)父”,又稱“合眾國(guó)之父”。學(xué)者們則將他和亞伯拉罕林肯、富蘭克林羅斯福并列為美國(guó)歷史上最偉大的總統(tǒng)。喬治華盛頓被美國(guó)的權(quán)威期刊《大西洋月刊》評(píng)為影響美國(guó)的100位人物第2名。 6