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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 know the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm? Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his years and changes the themes of this day, he would know。s grand story of courage, and its simple dream of tiring, never yielding, never renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives, and every work story goes an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this bless you all and God bless America!第三篇:布什就職演說(英文版)Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet mon in our a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new I begin, I thank President Clinton for his service to our I thank Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America39。s faith in freedom and democracy wasa rock in a raging it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a do not accept this, and we will not allow unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves who creates us equal in His we are confident in principles that unite and lead us has never been united by blood or birth or are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be child must be taught these citizen must uphold every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, , we affirm a new mitment to live out our nation39。s schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors will defend our allies and our will show purpose without will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation , at its best, is the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation39。s touch or a pastor39。to defend needed reforms against easy attacks。citizens, not subjects。s grand story of courage and its simple dream of are not this story39。s leadershave e before me, and so many will have a place, all of us, in a long storya story we continue, butwhose end we will not is the story of a new world that became afriend and liberator of the old, a story of a slaveholding society thatbecame a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the worldto protect but not possess, to defend but not to is the American storya story of flawed and fallible people, unitedacross the generations by grand and enduring grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise thateveryone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person wasever are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we mustfollow no other much of the last century, America39。s promise