【正文】 lobe to millions who, like us, longed for the blessings of the way, Americans produced a great middle class andsecurity in old age。taking time out of our own lives to serve and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personalresponsibilitynot only for ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation.(Applause.)Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of munity for a new any one of us to succeed, we must succeed as one challenge of our past remains the challenge of our futurewill we be one nation, one people, with one mon destiny, or not? Will we all e together, or e apart?The divide of race has been America s constant each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different.(Applause.)These forces have nearly destro第二篇：克林頓第二次就職演講(英語)citizens:At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairsa moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to must keep our old democracy forever by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of new promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold conviction that we are all created was extended and preserved in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, saved the union, and abolished the awful scourge of , in turmoil and triumph, that promise exploded onto the world stage to make this the American what a century it has became the world s mightiest industrial power。hiring people off welfare rolls。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(qǐng)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。split the atom and explored the heavens。and time and again, reached out across the globe to millions who, like us, longed for the blessings of the way, Americans produced a great middle class and security in old age。第一篇：克林頓第二次就職演講My fellow citizens:At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairsa moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to must keep our old democracy forever by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of new promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold conviction that we are all created was extended and preserved in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, saved the union, and abolished the awful scourge of , in turmoil and triumph, that promise exploded onto the world stage to make this the American what a century it has became the world s mightiest industrial power。saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war。built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools to all。invented the puter and the microchip。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 of responsibility for a new is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to read。ing out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime。saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war。built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools