【正文】 ur adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental dare not tempt them with only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take fort from our present courseboth sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind39。第一篇：約翰肯尼迪就職演講稿約翰s final let us begin anewremembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to us never negotiate out of let us never fear to both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of armsand bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the mand of Isaiahto “undo the heavy burdens...and to let the oppressed go free.”And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace this will not be finished in the first 100 will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this let us your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the the trumpet summons us againnot as a call to bear arms, though arms we need。s work must truly be our 就職演講星期五，1961年1月20日首席法官先生、艾森豪威爾總統(tǒng)、尼克松副總統(tǒng)、杜魯門總統(tǒng)、尊敬的牧師、各位公民：今天我們慶祝的不是政黨的勝利，而是自由的勝利。因?yàn)槲乙言谀銈兒腿艿纳系勖媲埃x了我們的先輩在170多年前擬定的莊嚴(yán)誓言。但我們的先輩為之奮斗的那些革命信念，在世界各地仍然有著爭論。今天，我們不敢忘記我們是第一次革命的繼承者。這一代人在本世紀(jì)誕生，在戰(zhàn)爭中受過鍛煉，在艱難困苦的和平時(shí)期受過陶冶，他們?yōu)槲覈凭玫膫鹘y(tǒng)感到自豪他們不愿目睹或聽任我國一向保證的、今天仍在國內(nèi)外作出保證的人權(quán)漸趨毀滅。這些就是我們的保證而且還有更多的保證。我們?nèi)绻麍F(tuán)結(jié)一致，就能在許多合作事業(yè)中無在而下勝；我們?nèi)绻制鐚α?，就?huì)一事無成因?yàn)槲覀儾桓以跔幊诚滦荨⑺姆治辶褧r(shí)迎接強(qiáng)大的挑戰(zhàn)。我們并不總是指望他們會(huì)支持我們的觀點(diǎn)。對世界各地身居茅舍和鄉(xiāng)村，為擺脫普遍貪困而斗爭的人們，我們保證盡量大努力幫助他們自立，不管需要花多長時(shí)間之所以這樣做，并不是因?yàn)楣伯a(chǎn)黨可能正在這樣做，也不是因?yàn)槲覀冃枰麄兊倪x票，而是因?yàn)檫@樣做是正確的，自由社會(huì)如果不能幫助眾多的窮人，也就無法保全少數(shù)富人。但是，這種充滿希望的和平革命決不可以成為敵對國家的犧牲品。讓所有其他國家都知道，本半球的人仍然想做自己家園的主人。因此，我們重申予以支持；防止它僅僅成為謾罵的場所；加強(qiáng)它對新生國家和弱小國家的保護(hù)；擴(kuò)大它的行使法令的管束范圍。我們不敢以怯弱來引誘他們。但是，這兩個(gè)強(qiáng)大的國家集團(tuán)都無法從目前所走的道路中得到安慰發(fā)展現(xiàn)代武器所需的費(fèi)用使雙方負(fù)擔(dān)過重，致命的原子武器的不斷擴(kuò)散理所當(dāng)然使雙方憂心忡忡，但是，雙方卻在爭著改變那制止人類發(fā)動(dòng)最后戰(zhàn)爭的不移定的恐怖均勢。禮貌并不意味著怯弱，誠意永遠(yuǎn)有侍于驗(yàn)證。但我們決不能畏懼談判。讓雙方首次為軍備檢查和軍備控制制訂認(rèn)真而又明確的提案，把毀滅他國的絕對力量置于所有國家的絕對控制之下。讓我們一起探索星球，征服沙漠，根除疾患，開發(fā)深梅，并鼓勵(lì)藝術(shù)和商業(yè)的發(fā)展?！比绻献鞯臑╊^陣地的逼退猜忌的叢林，那么就讓雙方共同作一次新的努力：不是建立一種新的均勢，而是創(chuàng)造一個(gè)新的法治世界，在這個(gè)世界中，強(qiáng)者公正，弱者安全，和平將得到維護(hù)。但是，讓我們開始吧。自從合眾國建立以來，每一代美國人都曾受到召喚去證明他們對國家的忠誠?，F(xiàn)在，號角已再次吹響不是召喚我們拿起武器，雖然我們需要武器，不是召喚我們?nèi)プ鲬?zhàn)，雖然我們嚴(yán)陣以待。為反對這些敵人，確保人類更為豐裕的生活，我們能夠組成一個(gè)包括東西南北各方的全球大聯(lián)盟嗎？你們愿意參加這一歷史性的努力嗎？在漫長的世界歷史中，只有少數(shù)幾代人在自由處于最危急的時(shí)刻被賦予保衛(wèi)自由的責(zé)任。我不相信我們中間有人想同其他人或其他時(shí)代的人交換位置。因此，美國同胞們，不要問國家能力你們做些什么，而要問你們能為國家做些什么。最后，不論你們是美國公民還是其他國家的公民，你們應(yīng)該要求我們現(xiàn)出我們同樣要求于你們地高度力量和犧牲。我們祈求上帝的福佑和幫助，但我們知道，確切的說，上帝在塵世的工作必定是我們自己的工作?？夏岬暇吐氀菡f稿英文vice president johnson, , justice, president eisenhower, vice president nixon, president truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedomsymbolizing an end, as well as a beginningsignifying renewal, as well as i have sworn i before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forebears l prescribed nearly a century and three quarters world is very different man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globethe belief that the rights of man e not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americansborn in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritageand unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been mitted, and to which we are mitted today at home and around the every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in o