【正文】 le nation of justice know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger thanourselves who creates us equal in His image and we are confident in principles that uniteand lead us has never been united by blood or birth or are bound by ideals thatmove us beyond our backgrounds lift us above our interests and teach us what it meansto be child must be taught these citizen must uphold themand every immigrant by embracing these ideals makes our country more not we affirm a new mitment to live out our nations promise through civilitycourage passion and at its best matches a mitment toprinciple with a concern for civil society demands from each of us good will andrespect fair dealing and seem to believe that our politics can afford tobe petty because in a time of peace the stakes of our debates appear thestakes for America are never our country does not lead the cause of freedom itwill not be we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character wewill lose their gifts and undermine their we permit our economy to drift anddecline the vulnerable will suffer must live up to the calling we isnot a tactic or a is the determined choice of trust over cynicism of munityover mitment if we keep it is a way to shared at its best is also national courage has been clear in timesof 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 must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead ofpassing them on to future we will reclaim Americas schools before ignorance and apathy claim moreyoung lives we will reform Social Security and Medicare sparing our children fromstruggles we have the power to prevent we will reduce taxes to recover the momentumof our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans we will buildour defenses beyond challenge lest weakness invite challenge and we will confrontweapons of mass destruction so that a new century is spared new enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake America remainsengaged in the world by history and by choice shaping a balance of power that will defend our allies and our interests we will show purpose withoutarrogance we will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength and to allnations we will speak for the values that gave our nation at its best is the quiet of American conscience we knowthat deep persistent poverty is unworthy of our nations our views ofits cause we can agree that children at risk are not at and abuse arenot acts of God they are failures of proliferation of prisons however necessaryis no substitute for hope and order in our there is suffering there is in need are not strangers they are citizens not problems but priorities and allof us are diminished when any are has great responsibilities forpublic safety and public health for civil rights and mon passion is thework of a nation not just a needs and hurts are so deep they will onlyrespond to a mentors touch or a pastors and charity synagogue andmosque lend our munities their humanity and they will have an honored place in ourplans and in our in our country do not know the pain of poverty but we canlisten to those who can pledge our nation to a goal When we see that woundedtraveler on the 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 it requires sacrifice it brings a deeper find the fullness of life notonly in options but in find that children and munity are themitments that set us public interest depends on private character on civicduty and family bonds and basic fairness on uncounted unhonored acts of decencywhich give direction to our in life we are called to do great 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 bythese principles to advance my convictions with civility to pursue the public interest withcourage to speak for greater justice and passion to call for responsibility and try tolive it as all of these ways I will bring the values of our history to the care of you do is as important as anything government ask you to seek amon good beyond your fort to defend needed reforms against easy attacks toserve your nation beginning with your ask you to be notspectators citizens not subjects responsible citizens building munities of serviceand a nation of are generous and strong and decent not because we believe in ourselvesbut because we hold beliefs beyond this spirit of citizenship is missingno government program can replace this spirit is present no wrong can standagainst the Declaration of Independence was signed Virginia statesman John Pagewrote to Thomas Jefferson We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm Much timehas passed since Jefferson arrived for his years and changesaccumulate but the themes of this day he would know our nations grand story ofcourage and its simple dream of are not this storys author who fills time and eternity with His Hispurpose is achieved in our duty and our duty is fulfilled in service to one never yielding never finishing we renew that purpose today to make our countrymore just and generous to affirm the dignity of our lives and every work story goes an angel still rides in the whirlwind anddirects this bless you all and God bless : 喬治布什 2001 年就職演說 謝謝大家 尊敬的芮恩奎斯特大法官，卡特總統(tǒng)，布什總統(tǒng)，克林頓總統(tǒng)，尊敬的來賓們，我的同胞們，這次權(quán)利的和平過渡在歷史上是罕見的，但在美國是平常的。我們以樸素的宣誓莊嚴(yán)地維護(hù)了古老的傳統(tǒng)，同時開始了新的歷程。站在這里，我很榮幸，也有點(diǎn)受寵若驚。在美國悠久的歷史中，我們每個人都有自己的位置我們還在繼續(xù)推動著歷史前進(jìn)，但是我們不可能看到它的盡頭。這是一部美國由奴隸制社會發(fā)展成為崇尚自由的社會的歷史。這就是美國史。這些理想中最偉大的是正在慢慢實(shí)現(xiàn)的美國的承諾，這就是：每個人都有自身的價值，每個人都有成功的機(jī)會，每個人天生都會有所作為的。雖然我們的國家過去在追求實(shí)現(xiàn)這個承諾的途中停滯不前甚至倒退，但我們?nèi)詫远ú灰频赝瓿蛇@一使命。現(xiàn)在它更像風(fēng)中的種子，把自由帶給每個民族。民主，我們不會獨(dú)占，而會竭力讓大家分享。225 年過去了，我們?nèi)杂泻?