【正文】 人團(tuán)結(jié)奮斗的歷史。美國(guó)人民肩負(fù)著一種使命，那就是要竭力將這個(gè)諾言變成生活中和法律上的現(xiàn)實(shí)。在上個(gè)世紀(jì)的大部分時(shí)間里，美國(guó)自由民主的信念猶如洶涌大海中的巖石。在我們的國(guó)家，民主不僅僅是一種信念，而是全人類的希望。民主，我們將銘記于心并且不斷傳播。有很多公民取得了成功，但也有人開始懷疑，懷疑我們自己的國(guó)家所許下的諾言，甚至懷疑它的公正。有時(shí)，我們的分歧是如此之深，似乎我們雖身處同一個(gè)大陸，但不屬于同一個(gè)國(guó)家。我們的團(tuán)結(jié)和統(tǒng)一，是每一代領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人和每一個(gè)公民的嚴(yán)肅使命。我知道這是我們的目標(biāo)，因?yàn)樯系郯醋约旱纳硇蝿?chuàng)造了我們，上帝高于一切的力量將引導(dǎo)我們前進(jìn)。血緣、出身或地域從未將美國(guó)聯(lián)合起來(lái)。每個(gè)孩子都必須學(xué)習(xí)這些原則。每個(gè)移民，只有接受這些原則，才能使我們的國(guó)家不喪失而更具美國(guó)特色。在生活中，有時(shí)我們被召喚著去做一些驚天動(dòng)地的事情。一個(gè)民主制度最重要的任務(wù)是由大家每一個(gè)人來(lái)完成的。我要通過這一切，用我們歷史上傳統(tǒng)價(jià)值觀來(lái)哺育我們的時(shí)代。我希望你們不要僅僅追求個(gè)人享受而忽略公眾的利益；要捍衛(wèi)既定的改革措施，使其不會(huì)輕易被攻擊；要從身邊小事做起，為我們的國(guó)家效力。你們應(yīng)成為有責(zé)任心的公民，共同來(lái)建設(shè)一個(gè)互幫互助的社會(huì)和有特色的國(guó)家。一旦這種公民精神喪失了，無(wú)論何種政府計(jì)劃都無(wú)法彌補(bǔ)它。在《獨(dú)立宣言》簽署之后，弗吉尼亞州的政治家約翰杰弗遜寫信說(shuō)：“我們知道，身手敏捷不一定就能贏得比賽，力量強(qiáng)大不一定就能贏得戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。時(shí)光飛逝，美國(guó)發(fā)生了翻天覆地的變化。我們不是這個(gè)故事的作者，是杰斐遜作者本人的偉大理想穿越時(shí)空，并通過我們每天的努力在變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)。帶著永不疲憊、永不氣餒、永不完竭的信念，今天我們重樹這樣的目標(biāo)：使我們的國(guó)家變得更加公正、更加慷慨，去驗(yàn)證我們每個(gè)人和所有人生命的尊嚴(yán)。這個(gè)故事必須延續(xù)下去。愿上帝保佑大家！愿上帝保佑美國(guó)！Renquist: Governor, are you ready to take the oath? Bush: I : Please raise your right hand and repeat after , George Walker Bush, do solemnly : I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly : That I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United : That I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United : And will to the best of my ability...Bush: And will to the best of my ability...Renquist:...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United :...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United : So help me, : So help me, : Congratulations!I thank you Justice Renquist, President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet mon in our a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new am honored and humbled to stand here where so many of America39。re called to do great as a saint of our times has said, “Everyday we39。citizens, not spectators。responsible citizens building munities of service and a nation of are generous and strong and decent not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginian statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson.“We know the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the you not think an angel rides in the 5)whirlwind and directs this storm?” Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his yearsand changes the things of this day, he would know。s grand story of courage, and its simple dream of are not this story39。s leaders have e before me, and so many will have a place, all of us, in a long storya story we continue, but whose end we will not is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slaveholding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to is the American storya story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other much of the last century, America39。s promise through civility, courage, passion and , at its best, matches a mitment to principle with a concern for civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear the stakes for America are never our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be we do not turn the hearts of childrentoward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer must live up to the calling we is not a tactic or a is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of munity over this mitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared , at its best, is also national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending mon dangers defined our mon we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future , we will reclaim America39。s whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our there is suffering, there is in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but all of us are diminished when any are has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and mon passion is the work of a nation, not just a some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor39。s and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our munities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler onthe road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other , at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper find the fullness of life not only in options, but in we find that children and munity are the mitments that set us public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our in life we are called to do great as a saint of our times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great most important tasks of a democracy are done by will live and lead by these pr