【正文】 at world assembly of sovereign states，the United Nations，our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace，we renew our pledge of supportto prevent it from being merely a forum for invectiveto strengthen its shield of the new and the weakand to enlarge the area in which its writ may ，to those nations who would make themselves our 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。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； not as a call to battle，though embattled we arebut a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle，year in and year out，“rejoicing in hope，patient in tribulation”a struggle against the mon enemies of man： tyranny，poverty，disease，and war we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance，North and South，East and West，that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind？ Will you join in that historic effort？In the long history of the world，only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum do not shank from this responsibilityI wele do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other energy，the faith，the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve itand the glow from that fire can truly light the so，my fellow Americans： ask not what your country can do for youask what you can do for your fellow citizens of the world： ask not what America will do for you，but what together we can do for the freedom of ，whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world，ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of a good conscience our only sure reward，with history the final judge of our deeds，let us go forth to lead the land we love，asking His blessing and His help，but knowing that here on earth God39。一九六一年一月二十日在就職演講詞中，他呼吁以果斷與犧牲的精神來應付當前的許多挑戰(zhàn)。我們今天慶祝的并不是一次政黨的勝利，而是一次自由的慶典；它象征著結束，也象征著開始；意味著更新，也意味著變革?，F(xiàn)今世界已經(jīng)很不同了，因為人在自己血肉之軀的手中握有足以消滅一切形式的人類貧困和一切形式的人類生命的力量。那信念就是注定人權并非來自政府的慷慨施與，而是上帝所賜。對于這些人權我國一向堅貞不移，當前在國內(nèi)和全世界我們也是對此力加維護的。這是我們矢志不移的事－－而且還不止此。只要團結，則在許多合作事業(yè)中幾乎沒有什么是辦不到的。對于那些我們歡迎其參與自由國家行列的新國家，我們要提出保證，絕不讓一種形成的殖民統(tǒng)治消失后，卻代之以另一種遠為殘酷的暴政。對于那些住在布滿半個地球的茅舍和鄉(xiāng)村中、力求打破普遍貧困的桎梏的人們，我們保證盡最大努力助其自救，不管需要多長時間。自由社會若不能幫助眾多的窮人，也就不能保全那少數(shù)的富人。但這種為實現(xiàn)本身愿望而進行的和平革命不應成為不懷好意的國家的俎上肉。讓其它國家都知道，西半球的事西半球自己會管。我們愿重申我們的支持諾言；不讓它變成僅供謾罵的講壇，加強其對于新國弱國的保護，并擴大其權力所能運用的領域。我們不敢以示弱去誘惑他們?？墒沁@兩個強有力的國家集團，誰也不能對當前的趨勢放心－－雙方都因現(xiàn)代武器的代價而感到不勝負擔，雙方都對于致命的原子