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发表于 2009-1-21 07:44:24
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把现场演说和原文放上吧。好像说得挺长的 。
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the taskbefore us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of thesacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for hisservice to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he hasshown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have nowtaken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during risingtides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often,the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At thesemoments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill orvision of those in high office, but because We the People have remainedfaithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our foundingdocuments.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nationis at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Oureconomy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibilityon the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hardchoices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost;jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; ourschools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that theways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence acrossour land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, andthat the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They areserious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a shortspan of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances andfalse promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for fartoo long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation,but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childishthings. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to chooseour better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that nobleidea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promisethat all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursuetheir full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness ofour nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must beearned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling forless. It has not been the path for the fainthearted -- for those whoprefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches andfame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers ofthings -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure intheir labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towardprosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.
Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and workedtill their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They sawAmerica as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greaterthan all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This isthe journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerfulnation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when thiscrisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and servicesno less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Ourcapacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, ofprotecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions --that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up,dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of theeconomy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not onlyto create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We willbuild the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines thatfeed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to itsrightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care'squality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds andthe soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transformour schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a newage. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Now, there aresome who question the scale of our ambitions -- who suggest that oursystem cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short.For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what freemen and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose,and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand isthat the ground has shifted beneath them -- that the stale politicalarguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. Thequestion we ask today is not whether our government is too big or toosmall, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at adecent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer isno, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollarswill be held to account -- to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and doour business in the light of day -- because only then can we restorethe vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor isthe question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill.Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but thiscrisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spinout of control -- and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favorsonly the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended notjust on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of ourprosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart-- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our commongood.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choicebetween our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced withperils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule oflaw and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood ofgenerations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not givethem up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples andgovernments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to thesmall village where my father was born: Know that America is a friendof each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future ofpeace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and 此处删除一个字 notjust with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduringconvictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us,nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that ourpower grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from thejustness of our cause, the force of our example, the temperingqualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of thislegacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those newthreats that demand even greater effort -- even greater cooperation andunderstanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraqto its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With oldfriends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclearthreat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will notapologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, andfor those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror andslaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is strongerand cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- andnonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn fromevery end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill ofcivil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter strongerand more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shallsomeday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as theworld grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and thatAmerica must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interestand mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sowconflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. Tothose who cling to power through 为了论坛安全，此处删减数字, know that you are on the wrong side of history;but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to makeyour farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starvedbodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoyrelative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference tosuffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resourceswithout regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must changewith it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, weremember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this veryhour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have somethingto tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlingtonwhisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they areguardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit ofservice; a willingness to find meaning in something greater thanthemselves.
And yet, at this moment -- a moment that will define ageneration -- it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately thefaith and determination of the American people upon which this nationrelies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break,the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see afriend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It isthe firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, butalso a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decidesour fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with whichwe meet them may be new. But those values upon which our successdepends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance andcuriosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These thingsare true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout ourhistory. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What isrequired of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, onthe part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, ournation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept butrather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing sosatisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving ourall to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and womenand children of every race and every faith can join in celebrationacross this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can nowstand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark thisday with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. Inthe year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band ofpatriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. Thecapital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stainedwith blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most indoubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to thepeople:
"Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth ofwinter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive... that the cityand the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of ourhardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue,let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms maycome. Let it be said by our children's children that when we weretested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back,nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's graceupon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered itsafely to future generations. |
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发表于 2009-1-20 05:43:12
发表于 2009-1-20 07:22:49
美国人看来比中国人更能拍啊
提到这件事也是大骂煤体热脸去贴人家的冷屁股
发表于 2009-1-20 23:28:52
