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第44任美国总统奥巴马就职演说(全文)
http://www.sina.com.cn  2009年01月21日04:24  中国日报网站

  中国日报网环球在线消息:美国东部时间1月20日中午12时左右,美国第44任总统贝拉克•奥巴马发表就职演说,全文如下:

  我的同胞们,

  今天我站在这里,看到眼前面临的重大任务,深感卑微。我感谢你们对我的信任,也知道先辈们为了这个国家所作的牺牲。我要感谢布什总统为国家做出的贡献,以及感谢他在两届政府过渡期间给与的慷慨协作。

  迄今为止,已经有44个美国总统宣誓就职。总统的宣誓有时面对的是国家的和平繁荣,但通常面临的是乌云密布的紧张形势。在紧张的形势中,支持美国前进的不仅仅是领导人的能力和远见,也在于美国人民对国家先驱者理想的信仰,以及对美国立国文件的忠诚。

  前辈们如此,我们这一代美国人也要如此。

  现在我们都深知,我们身处危机之中。我们的国家在战斗,对手是影响深远的暴力和憎恨;国家的经济也受到严重的削弱,原因虽有一些人的贪婪和不负责任,但更为重要的是我们作为一个整体在一些重大问题上决策失误,同时也未能做好应对新时代的准备。

  我们的人民正在失去家园,失去工作,很多且要倒闭。社会的医疗过于昂贵、学校教育让许多人失望,而且每天都会有新的证据显示,我们利用能源的方式助长了我们的敌对势力,同时也威胁着我们的星球。

  统计数据的指标传达着危机的消息。危机难以测量,但更难以测量的是其对美国人国家自信的侵蚀――现在一种认为美国衰落不可避免,我们的下一代必须低调的言论正在吞噬着人们的自信。

  今天我要说,我们的确面临着很多严峻的挑战,而且在短期内不大可能轻易解决。但是我们要相信,我们一定会度过难关。

  今天,我们在这里齐聚一堂,因为我们战胜恐惧选择了希望,摒弃了冲突和矛盾而选择了团结。

  今天,我们宣布要为无谓的摩擦、不实的承诺和指责画上句号,我们要打破牵制美国政治发展的若干陈旧教条。

  美国仍是一个年轻的国家,借用《圣经》的话说,放弃幼稚的时代已经到来了。重拾坚韧精神的时代已经到来,我们要为历史作出更好的选择,我们要秉承历史赋予的宝贵权利,秉承那种代代相传的高贵理念:上帝赋予我们每个人以平等和自由,以及每个人尽全力去追求幸福的机会。

  在重申我们国家伟大之处的同时,我们深知伟大从来不是上天赐予的,伟大需要努力赢得。(我们的民族一路走来),这旅途之中从未有过捷径或者妥协,这旅途也不适合胆怯之人、或者爱安逸胜过爱工作之人、或者单单追求名利之人。这条路是勇于承担风险者之路,是实干家、创造者之路。这其中有一些人名留青史,但是更多的人却在默默无闻地工作着。正是这些人带领我们走过了漫长崎岖的旅行,带领我们走向富强和自由。

  为了我们,先辈们带着微薄的细软,横渡大洋,寻找新生活;为了我们,先辈们忍辱负重,用血汗浇铸工厂;为了我们,先辈们在荒芜的西部大地辛勤耕作,定居他乡;为了我们,先辈们奔赴(独立战争中的)康科德城和葛底斯堡、(二战中的)诺曼底、(越战中的)Khe Sahn,他们征战、死去。

  一次又一次,我们的先辈们战斗着、牺牲着、操劳着,只为了我们可以生活得更好。在他们看来,美国的强盛与伟大超越了个人雄心,也超越了个人的出身、贫富和派别差异。

  今天我们继续先辈们的旅途。美国依然是地球上最富裕、最强大的国家。同危机初露端倪之时相比,美国人民的生产力依然旺盛;与上周、上个月或者去年相比,我们的头脑依然富于创造力,我们的商品和服务依然很有市场,我们的实力不曾削弱。但是,可以肯定的是,轻歌曼舞的时代、保护狭隘利益的时代以及对艰难决定犹豫不决的时代已经过去了。从今天开始,我们必须跌倒后爬起来,拍拍身上的泥土,重新开始工作,重塑美国。

  我目之所及,都有工作有待完成。国家的经济情况要求我们采取大胆且快速的行动,我们的确是要行动,不仅是要创造就业,更要为(下一轮经济)增长打下新的基础。我们将造桥铺路,为企业铺设电网和数字线路,将我们联系在一起。我们将回归科学,运用科技的奇迹提高医疗质量,降低医疗费用。我们将利用风能、太阳能和土壤驱动车辆,为工厂提供能源。我们将改革中小学以及大专院校,以适应新时代的要求。这一切,我们都能做到,而且我们都将会做到。

  现在,有一些人开始质疑我们的野心是不是太大了,他们认为我们的体制承载不了太多的宏伟计划。他们是健忘了。他们已经忘了这个国家已经取得的成就;他们已经忘了当创造力与共同目标以及必要的勇气结合起来时,自由的美国人民所能发挥的能量。

  这些怀疑论者的错误在于,他们没有意识到政治现实已经发生了变化,长期以来耗掉我们太多精力的陈腐政治论争已经不再适用。今天,我们的问题不在于政府的大小,而在于政府能否起作用,政府能否帮助家庭找到薪水合适的工作、给他们可以负担得起的医疗保障并让他们体面地退休。哪个方案能给与肯定的答案,我们就推进哪个方案。哪个方案的答案是否定的,我们就选择终止。而掌管纳税人税金的人应当承担起责任,合理支出,摒弃陋习,磊落做事,这有这样才能在政府和人民之间重建至关重要的相互信任。



奥巴马:宪章中的理想依然照亮着世界http://www.sina.com.cn  2009年01月21日04:24  中国日报网站

  我们面临的问题也不是市场好坏的问题。市场创造财富、拓展自由的能力无可匹敌,但是这场危机提醒我们,如果没有监管,市场很可能就会失去控制,而且偏袒富人国家的繁荣无法持久。国家经济的成败不仅仅取决于国内生产总值的大小,而且取决于繁荣的覆盖面,取决于我们是否有能力让所有有意愿的人都有机会走向富裕。我们这样做不是慈善,而是因为这是确保实现共同利益的途径。

  就共同防御而言,我们认为国家安全与国家理想的只能选其一的排他选择是错的。面对我们几乎无法想像的危险,我们的先辈们起草了确保法治和个人权利的宪章。一代代人民的鲜血夯实了这一宪章。宪章中的理想依然照亮着世界,我们不能以经验之谈放弃这些理想。因此我想对正在观看这一仪式的其他国家的人民和政府说,不论他们现在各国伟大的首府还是在如同我父亲出生地一般的小村落,我想让他们知道:对于每个追求和平和自尊的国家和个人而言,美国都是朋友,我们愿意再次领导大家踏上追寻之旅。

  回想先辈们在抵抗法西斯主义之时,他们不仅依靠手中的导弹或坦克,他们还依靠稳固的联盟和坚定的信仰。他们深知单凭自己的力量我们无法保护自己,他们也深知我们强大并不足以使我们有权利为所欲为。他们明白,正是因为使用谨慎,我们的实力才不断增强;正是因为我们的事业是公正的、我们为世界树立了榜样,因为我们的谦卑和节制,我们才安全。

  我们继承了这些遗产。在这些原则的再次领导下,我们有能力应对新的威胁,我们需要付出更多的努力、进行国家间更广泛的合作以及增进国家间的理解。首先,我们将以负责任的态度,将伊拉克交还给伊拉克人民,同时巩固阿富汗来之不易的和平。对于老朋友和老对手,我们将继续努力,不遗余力,削弱核威胁,遏制全球变暖的幽灵。我们不会为我们的生活方式感到报歉,我们会不动摇地捍卫我们的生活方式。对于那些企图通过恐怖主义或屠杀无辜平民达成目标的人,我们要对他们说:我们的信仰更加坚定,不可动摇,你们不可能拖垮我们,我们定将战胜你们。

  因为我们知道,我们的多元化遗产是一个优势,而非劣势。我们国家里有基督徒也有穆斯林,有犹太教徒也有印度教徒,同时也有非宗教信徒。我们民族的成长受到许多语言和文化的影响,我们吸取了这个星球上任何一个角落的有益成分。正是因为我们民族曾亲尝过内战和种族隔离的苦酒,并且在经历了这些黑色的篇章之后变得更加强大更加团结,因此我们不由自主,只能相信一切仇恨终有一天都会成为过去,种族的划分不久就会消失,而且随着世界变得越来越小,我们相信终有一天人类共有的人性品德将会自动显现。在迎接新的和平时代到来的过程中,美国需要发挥自己的作用。

  思索前方的路,我们无时无刻不在铭记那些远征沙漠和偏远山区的英勇美国战士,对他们充满了感激之情,他们和那些安息在阿灵顿国家公墓之下的战争英雄们一样,给与我们启示。

  我们尊敬他们,不仅因为他们是自由的守护者,还因为他们代表的是为国家服务的精神,他们自愿追寻比自身的价值更伟大的意义(美国国家之伟大)。此时此刻,在这个要塑造一代人的时刻,我们需要的正是这样一种精神。

  因为无论美国政府能做多少,必须做多少,美国国家的立国之本最终还是美国人的决心和信念。于防洪堤坝决堤之时收留陌生受难者的善意,于在经济不景气的时候宁愿减少自己工时也不肯看着朋友失业的无私,正是他们支撑我们走过黑暗的时刻。消防队员冲入满是浓烟的楼梯抢救生命的勇气,父母养育孩子的坚持,正是这些决定了我们的命运。

  我们面临的挑战也许是新的,我们应对挑战的措施也许也是新的,但那些长期以来指导我们成功的价值观――勤奋、诚实、勇气、公平竞争、包容以及对世界保持好奇心,还有对国家的忠诚和爱国主义――却是历久弥新,这些价值观是可靠的。他们是创造美国历史的无声力量。我们现在需要的就是回归这些古老的价值观。我们需要一个新的负责任的时代,一个觉醒的时代,每个国人都应意识到即我们对自己、对国家和世界负有责任,我们不应该不情愿地接受这些责任,而应该快乐地承担起这些责任。我们应该坚定这一认识,即没有什么比全身心投入一项艰巨的工作更能锻炼我们的性格,更能获得精神上的满足。

  这是公民应尽的义务,应做出的承诺。

  我们自信源于对上帝的信仰,上帝号召我们要掌握自己的命运。

  这就是我们自由和信仰的意义,这也是为何不同种族、不同信仰、不同性别和年龄的人可以同聚一堂在此欢庆的原因,也是我今天能站在这里庄严宣誓的原因,而在50多年前我的父亲甚至都不能成为地方餐馆的服务生。

  所以,让我们铭记自己的身份,镌刻自己的足迹。在美国诞生的时代,那最寒冷的岁月里,一群勇敢的爱国人士围着篝火在冰封的河边取暖。首都被占领,敌人在挺进,冬天的雪被鲜血染成了红色。在美国大革命最受质疑的时刻,我们的国父们这样说:

  “我们要让未来的世界知道……在深冬的严寒里,唯有希望和勇气才能让我们存活……面对共同的危险时,我们的城市和国家要勇敢地上前去面对。”

  今天的美国也在严峻的寒冬中面对共同的挑战,让我们记住国父们不朽的语言。带着希望和勇气,让我们再一次勇敢地面对寒流,迎接可能会发生的风暴。我们要让我们的子孙后代记住,在面临挑战的时候,我们没有屈服,我们没有逃避也没有犹豫,我们脚踏实地、心怀信仰,秉承了宝贵的自由权利并将其安全地交到了下一代的手中。

  (环球在线:杨洁 霍默静)

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我的国民:

我今天站在这,为我们眼前的任务感到谦卑,为你们给我的信任感激,为我们先人的牺牲不忘怀。我多谢乔治布什总统对国家的服务,以及他在整个权力过度过程展示的慷慨和合作。

至今44位美国人宣读过总统誓词。这些言词在繁荣潮起、在和平的风平浪静中说过,但很多时候,誓词是在阴霾密布中宣读。美国在这些时刻挺下去,不止是因为在位者的技巧或视野,而是因为我们人民坚信先人的理想,信守我们的立国文献。

过去如是,这一代美国人也如是。

我们正身陷危机,现在大家都很清楚了。国家正在打仗,对抗一个广大的暴力和仇恨网络。我们的经济严重地衰弱,是部份人贪婪和不负责任的结果,也是因为我们集体失败,未能作出艰难的决定,为国家进入新纪元作好准备。很多家没有了,工作被裁了,企业倒闭了。我们的医疗费太贵,我们的学校有负于太多人,每天都有新证据显示,我们用能源的方法,令我们的敌人强大,又威胁我们的星球。

这些都是危机的指针,有数据和统计。较难测量但同样影响深远的,是全国信心受重创,挥之不去的恐惧,担心美国衰落无可避免,担心下一代一定要降低期望。

今日我向你们说,我们面对的挑战千真万确,很严重也很多,不能轻易解决,不能短时间解决,但美国知道:挑战一定会克服。

这一天,我们聚首一堂,是因为我们选择希望,而非恐惧,选择目标一致,而不是冲突和争吵。

这一天,我们来宣布结束埋怨、虚假承诺、指摘和过时的条,它们窒息我们的政治太久了。

我们仍是一个年轻的国家,但正如《圣经》所说,是时候将孩子气放在一旁了。重申我们不灭精神的时候到了,去选取我们历史好的一面,去发扬那珍宝,那一代传一代的高尚理念:上帝承诺人人平等,人人自由,人人值得有机会追求快乐。

当我们再次肯定我国的伟大,我们知道伟大从来不是天生,而是争取得来的。我们的旅程从来没有走快捷方式,从不退而求其次。这不是胆小的人之路,这条路不是给那些喜欢安逸多于工作、只追求名利之乐的人。这条路是给肯冒险的人、做实事的人、创造事物的人的。这些人有些得到颂扬,但多数都是默默耕耘,是他们带领我们通过那漫长崎岖之路,通往繁荣和自由。

为了我们,他们收拾起仅有的财产,飘洋过海寻找新生命。

为了我们,他们在血汗工厂辛勤工作,在西部安顿下来,忍受鞭打,开垦恶土。

为了我们,他们战斗死亡,在康科德和葛底斯堡,在诺曼底和溪山。

一次又一次,这些男男女女挣扎牺牲,干活至双手粗糙,要让我们可以活得更好。他们以美国为大,大于小我,大于因出身、财富或派系的分歧。

今天我们延续这个旅程。我们仍是世上最富强的国家。我国工人的生产力,不输于危机开始的时候。还有我们脑袋的创造力不减,对我们货品和服务的需求,也不少于上周、上月或上一年。我们的能力并未衰减。但我们固守立场、保护狭隘利益和推迟作出不快决定的日子肯定已消逝。由今天开始,我们必须振作起来,拍掉身上的灰烟,再度开始重塑美国。

因为无论我们放眼那,都有工作要做。现时的经济情况亟待果断而迅即行动,而我们会手──不仅是创造新职位,而且是为经济增长奠下新基础。我们将修桥筑路,铺设电缆网络和数码线路,以协助商业发展,也让我们紧密联系。我们会让科学重归正当地位,运用科技的奇,提高健康水平和减少医疗开支。我们会撷取太阳、风力和泥土,为汽车提供燃料,让工厂运作。我们更会改变中小学和大学,迎合新时代的需要。这些我们都做得到。而且我们会手去做。

有些人质疑我们野心太大,他们说大计太多,政府应付不来。他们太善忘了。他们忘记了这国家的成绩;忘记了只要结合想象力和共同目标,结合需要和勇气,自由的人可以成就甚么事情。

愤世疾俗之辈没法理解的是,他们的论据已站不住脚──那些烦扰我们多时的陈腐政治论据,已不再合用。我们今天要问的,并非政府是否太大或太小,而是能否做出成绩──能否帮助家庭找到薪金合理的工作,获得负担得起的医疗照顾,以及过得到有尊严的退休生活。答案是肯定的话,我们就会看下一项;答案是否定的话,计划或要打住。我们这些管理公帑的人将要负起责任──钱要花得其所,改掉坏习惯,还要将一切决定公开──惟其如此,才可重建人民对政府的信任。

我们面对的问题,亦非市场力量是正是邪。市场创造财富、推动自由的威力,无可比拟,但这次危机提醒我们,欠缺监察的话,市场就会失控──而一个国家若偏帮富人,将不能得享长久的繁盛。我们的经济得到成功,除了端视我国国内生产总值之外,还要让更多人共享繁荣,以及让有心人得到机会──不是出于慈悲怜悯,而是因为这才是达到共荣的最确切途径。

至于共同防卫问题,我们不认为需要在安全和理想之间作出抉择。我国的开国元勋们,当年面对我们难以想象的险境,依然拟出确保法治和人权的宪章,并由历代人的鲜血加以发扬。那些理念至今仍照亮世人,我们断不会为一时之便而放弃这些理念。今天在看我们的各国政府和人民、由最宏伟的首都到家父出生的小村落,请听好:美国是每个国家的朋友,是想寻找和平与尊严的男人、女人和小孩的朋友,还有就是,我们已准备好,再一次领导世界。

要记得先辈压倒法西斯主义和共产主义,不只用导弹和坦克,还凭坚定的团结和不挠的信念。他们明了,单凭一己力量,我们不足以自保,更不能自把自为。反之,他们明白到,只有审慎运用,我们的力量才能壮大起来;我们的安稳,源自我们目标之正确、我们所作榜样的力量,还有谦卑与克制的温和质量。

我们是这个遗产的保存者。在这些原则的再次引领下,我们可以迎战需要更大努力、国家间更强合作和更大的理解而面对的新威胁。我们要开始负责任地将伊拉克,交还给该国人民,并在阿富汗打造要辛苦攫取的和平。在旧朋友和前敌人的陪同下,我们会努力不懈地减低核威胁,并逆转正在变暖的地球。我们不会为我们的生活方式道歉,也不会放弃防卫,对于那些透过恐怖手段和屠杀无辜者而达到目标的人,我们现在对你们说,我们的意志比你们更坚强,我们不会被击败,你们无法比我们更长久,我们会击败你们。

因为我们知道,祖先的遗产是力量,而非软弱。我们是一个基督徒、伊斯兰教徒、犹太教徒、印度教徒和无信仰者的国家。世界上每种语文和文化,塑造出我们。由于我们尝过内战和种族隔离的痛苦,我们能够更强和更团结地走出黑暗的一章。我们深切相信宿怨有一天会过去;种族部落间的裂缝很快会消弭;当世界变得越来越小时,我们的人性会彰显;美国必须扮演引导世界走向新和平纪元的角色。

对于穆斯林世界,我们基于互利和互相尊重的原则上,寻找新的前路。对于世界上那些散布冲突、或将自己社会的病态怪罪于西方的领袖:要知道你们的人民,会根据你的建设而非破坏去评核你。对于那些透过贪污、欺骗、打压异见者而稳住政权的人,要知道你们处于历史错误的一面,但如果你们愿意放松拳头,我们愿意向你们伸出手。

对于贫穷国家的人民,我们承诺与你一起,令你的农田肥沃,令洁净的水川流不息;令饥饿的身体得到滋养,并喂养饥饿的心灵。对于那些与我们一样,享受丰盛物资的国家,我们不能再对在国界外受苦的人漠不关心;我们也不能不理会效能地,耗用世界的资源。因为世界改了,我们也必须改变。

当我们考虑前路要怎样走时,我们要以谦虚的态度,记住那些每小时都在遥远沙漠和山区巡逻的勇敢美国人。他们今天有话跟我们说,就像长眠在阿灵顿国家公墓下的英雄一样,跨越世代向我们耳语。我们尊崇他们,不只因为他们是捍卫自由的卫士,也因为他们体现了服务的精神;这是一种寻找超越自身意义的意愿。在这个时刻,将会为一个时代下定义的时刻,我们正需要这种精神,居于我们全部人身上。

政府有许多事可以做和必须做,但这个国家建基的,始终是美国人的信念和决心。令我们得以度过黑暗时刻的美德,就是当大堤破裂时,救助一名陌生人的仁慈;就是工人宁愿减工时,也不愿看到一个好朋友失业。最后决定我们命运的,就是消防员走入浓烟密布的走廊的勇气,还有父母愿意培养小孩的热诚。

我们的挑战可能是新的。我们迎接挑战的工具也可能是新的。但令我们成功的价值,包括勤劳、诚实、勇气、公平竞赛、容忍、好奇心、忠诚和爱国,都是既有的。它们都是实实在在的。它们一直是我们跨越历史的寂静动力。所需要的,是回归这些真理。现在需要我们做的,是一个负责任的新时代,一个认知,就是每个美国人,都要对我们自己、我们的国家和世界负责。我们非但不能不情愿,相反要乐意地捉紧这些责任。我们要相信,没有任何事比全情投入迎接艰难的任务,更能满足我们的精神,更能为我们的性格下定义。

这就是做公民代价与承诺。

这是我们信心的泉源──就是对主感召我们塑造不明确命运的认知。

这是我们自由和我们信仰的意思──为甚么每个种族、每种信仰的男女和孩子能在这个宏伟的广场一起庆祝;为甚么一个父亲在差不多六十年前或在餐厅不获招待的男子今天能站在你们的面前,作出最庄严的宣誓。

因此,让我们铭记这一天,毋忘我们是谁、我们走了多远的路。在美国诞生的一年,在最寒的岁月,一小群爱国的人在冰封的河畔,围拢一堆营火余烬取暖。首都失守。敌人进攻。白雪染血。在我们革命成果备受疑惑的时刻,我们的开国父亲下令向人们宣读:

“告诉未来的世界……在严冬一无所有之际,只有希望和德行存活……这个城市和这个国家,必须迎上前克服共同的危难。”

美利坚。面对共同的危难,在我们困境的寒冬,让我们紧记这些不朽的文字。凭希望和德行,让我们再一次勇敢对抗冰冷的寒流,承受所有来袭的风暴。告诉我们孩子的孩子,当我们经历考验,我们绝不让这旅程终结,我们不掉头,我们不畏缩;放眼未来,有主给我们的恩典,我们带自由的赞礼向前进,将它安然相传给未来世界。

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奥巴马就职演讲英语原文

Text of the inaugural address of U.S. President Barack Obama, sent in advance of delivery on Jan. 20, 2009:

My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and co-operation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
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 nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways 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 across our land ― a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span 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 and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted ― for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things ― some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and travelled 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 Sanh.
Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting 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 the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act ― not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun, and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions ― who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them ― that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too xxxall, but whether it works ― whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account ― to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day ― because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control ― and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart ― not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
As for our common defence, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the xxxall village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascixxx and communixxx not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort ― even greater co-operation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the spectre of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and 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 ― and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows xxxaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America 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 interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, 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. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, 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 make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honour them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment ― a moment that will define a generation ― it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. 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 a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with xxxoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends ― hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotixxx ― these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility ― a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all 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 women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have travelled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a xxxall band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"'Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive ... that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].'"
America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, 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 grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

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今天刚看了视频,正要找演讲稿原文呢!谢啦~~

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原声


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm

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这个才是真正的全文,没有删节的吧

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今天刚看了视频,正要找演讲稿原文呢!谢啦~~ katze 2009-01-21
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这个才是真正的全文,没有删节的吧 狮舞 2009-01-22
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