The Second Inaugural Address by Bill Clinton

Inaugural AddressWe observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom —symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning — signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.我们今天庆祝的并不是一次政党的胜利，而是一次自由的庆典；它象征着结束，也象征着开始；意味着更新，也意味着变革。

因为我已在你们和全能的上帝面前，作了跟我们祖先将近一又四分之三世纪以前所拟定的相同的庄严誓言。

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.现今世界已经很不同了，因为人在自己血肉之躯的手中握有足以消灭一切形式的人类贫困和一切形式的人类生命的力量。

生命是永恒不断的创造，因为在它内部蕴含着过剩的精力，它不断流溢，越出时间和空间的界限，它不停地追求，以形形色色的自我表现的形式表现出来。

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克林顿总统第一次就职演说Bill Clinton's Inaugural AddressThursday, January 20, 1993My fellow citizens:Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. This ceremony is held in the depth of winter, but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. A spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America. When our founde rs boldly declared America's independence to the world, and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew th at America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for change sake, but change to preserve Ameri ca's ideals: life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generation of American's must define what it means to be an American. On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President B ush, for his half-century of service to America, and I thank the millions of men and women whose stead fastness and sacrifice triumphed over depression, fascism and communism.Today, a generation raised in the shadows of the Cold War assumes new responsibilities in a world war med by the sunshine of freedom, but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues. Raised in unriv alled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world's strongest, but is weakened by business fa ilures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our own people.When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news travelled slowly across t he land by horseback, and across the ocean by boat. Now the sights and sounds of this ceremony are br oadcast instantaneously to billions around the world. Communications and commerce are global. Investme nt is mobile. Technology is almost magical, and ambition for a better life is now universal.We earn our livelihood in America today in peaceful competition with people all across the Earth. Profo und and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is wh ether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threa tens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small; when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens of the ir freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lea d, we have not made change our friend.We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps, but we have not done so. Instead we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence. T hough our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a restless, questing, h opeful people, and we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us. Fr om our Revolution to the Civil War, to the Great Depression, to the Civil Rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history. Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation we would need dramatic change fr om time to time. Well, my fellow Americans, this is our time. Let us embrace it.Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is no thing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.And so today we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift, and a new season of American renewa l has begun.To renew America we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must in vest more in our own people, in their jobs, and in their future, and at the same time cut our massive de bt. . .and we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be ea sy. It will require sacrifice, but it can be done, and done fairly. Not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.Our founders saw themselves in the light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watche d a child's eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come, the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred resp onsibilities. We must do what America does best, offer more opportunity to all and demand more respon sibility from all.It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing: from our government, or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families, but for our communit ies and our country. To renew America we must revitalize our democracy. This beautiful capitol, like ev ery capitol since the dawn of civilization, is often a place of intrigue and calculation. Powerful people m aneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those people whose toil and sweat sends ushere and paves our way.Americans deserve better, and in this city today there are people who want to do better, and so I say to all of you here, let us resolve to reform our politics, so that power and privilege no longer shout down the voice of the people. Let us put aside personal advantage, so that we can feel the pain and see the promise of America. Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation, a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays." Let us give this c apitol back to the people to whom it belongs.To renew America we must meet challenges abroad, as well as at home. There is no longer a clear divi sion between what is foreign and what is domestic. The world economy, the world environment, the worl d AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all. Today as an old order passes, the new world is more free, but less stable. Communism's collapse has called forth old animosities, and new dangers. Clear ly, America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make.While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges nor fail to seize the opportuniti es of this new world. Together with our friends and allies, we will work together to shape change, lest i t engulf us. When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international com munity is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy whenever possible, with force when necessary.The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they st and, are testament to our resolve, but our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands. Across the world, we see them embraced and we rejoice. Our hopes, our hearts, our ha nds, are with those on every continent, who are building democracy and freedom. Their cause is America 's cause. The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today. You have raised your voi ces in an unmistakable chorus, you have cast your votes in historic numbers, you have changed the faceof congress, the presidency, and the political process itself. Yes, you, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now we must do the work the season demands. To that work I now turn with all the autho rity of my office. I ask the congress to join with me; but no president, no congress, no government can undertake this mission alone.My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part in our renewal. I challenge a new generation of yo ung Americans to a season of service, to act on your idealism, by helping troubled children, keeping co mpany with those in need, reconnecting our torn communities. There is so much to be done. Enough, in deed, for millions of others who are still young in spirit, to give of themselves in service, too. In servin g we recognize a simple, but powerful, truth: we need each other, and we must care for one another. To day we do more than celebrate America, we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America, an idea b orn in revolution, and renewed through two centuries of challenge, an idea tempered by the knowledge t hat but for fate, we, the fortunate and the unfortunate, might have been each other; an idea ennobled by the faith that our nation can summon from its myriad diversity, the deepest measure of unity; an idea i nfused with the conviction that America's journey long, heroic journey must go forever upward.And so, my fellow Americans, as we stand at the edge of the 21st Century, let us begin anew, with ene rgy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is done. The Scripture says: "An d let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." From this joyful mountaintop of celebration we hear a call to service in the valley. We have heard the trumpets, we have changed the guard, and now each in our own way, and with God's help, we must answer the call.Thank you, and God bless you all!克林顿总统第二次就职演说INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENTWILLIAM J. CLINTONJanuary 20, 1997My fellow citizens:At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that a wait us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at t he edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human aff airs -- a moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to come. We must keep our old democracy forever young. Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights up on a land of new promise.The promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold conviction that we are all created equal. It was extended and preserved in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, saved the union, and abolished the awful scourge of slavery.Then, in turmoil and triumph, that promise exploded onto the world stage to make this the American Ce ntury. And what a century it has been. America became the world's mightiest industrial power; saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war; and time and again, reached out across th e globe to millions who, like us, longed for the blessings of liberty.Along the way, Americans produced a great middle class and security in old age; built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools to all; split the atom and explored the heavens; invented the comp uter and the microchip; and deepened the wellspring of justice by making a revolution in civil rights for African Americans and all minorities, and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to women.Now, for the third time, a new century is upon us, and another time to choose. We began the 19th cent ury with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to coast. We began the 20th century with a choice, t o harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human decency. Th ose choices made all the difference. At the dawn of the 21st century a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the Information Age and the global society, to unleash the limitless potential of all o ur people, and, yes, to form a more perfect union.When last we gathered, our march to this new future seemed less certain than it does today. We vowed then to set a clear course to renew our nation.In these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achieve ment. Americastands alone as the world's indispensable nation. Once again, our economy is the strongest on Earth. Onc e again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleane r environment. Problems that once seemed destined to deepen now bend to our efforts: our streets are sa fer and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to work.And once again, we have resolved for our time a great debate over the role of government. Today we c an declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We -- the American peo ple -- we are the solution. (Applause.) Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy stron g enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our comm on dreams in each new day.As times change, so government must change. We need a new government for a new century -- humble enough not to try to solve all our problems for us, but strong enough to give us the tools to solve our problems for ourselves; a government that is smaller, lives within its means, and does more with less. Yet where it can stand up for our values and interests in the world, and where it can give Americans th e power to make a real difference in their everyday lives, government should do more, not less. The pre eminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity -- not a guarantee, but a real opportunity -- to build better lives. (Applause.)Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us. Our founders taught us that the preservation of o ur liberty and our union depends upon responsible citizenship. And we need a new sense of responsibilit y for a new century. There is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to r ead; hiring people off welfare rolls; coming out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime; taking time out of our own lives to serve others.Each and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personal responsibility -- not only for ourselve s and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation. (Applause.) Our greatest responsibility is to em brace a new spirit of community for a new century. For any one of us to succeed, we must succeed asoneAmerica.The challenge of our past remains the challenge of our future -- will we be one nation, one people, with one common destiny, or not? Will we all come together, or come apart?The divide of race has been America's constant curse. And each new wave of immigrants gives new targ ets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different. (Applause.) These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plague us s till. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. And they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all aro und the world.These obsessions cripple both those who hate and, of course, those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them. (Applause.) And we shall replace them with the gener ous spirit of a people who feel at home with one another. Our rich texture of racial, religious and politi cal diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live toge ther, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.As this new era approaches we can already see its broad outlines. Ten years ago, the Internet was the m ystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren. Sci entists now are decoding the blueprint of human life. Cures for our most feared illnesses seem close at h and.The world is no longer divided into two hostile camps. Instead, now we are building bonds with nations that once were our adversaries. Growing connections of commerce and culture give us a chance to lift t he fortunes and spirits of people the world over. And for the very first time in all of history, more peop le on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship. (Applause.)My fellow Americans, as we look back at this remarkable century, we may ask, can we hope not just to follow, but even to surpass the achievements of the 20th century in America and to avoid the awful bloodshed that stained its legacy? To that question, every American here and every American in our land t oday must answer a resounding "Yes." (Applause.)This is the heart of our task. With a new vision of government, a new sense of responsibility, a new sp irit of community, we will sustain America's journey. The promise we sought in a new land we will fin d again in a land of new promise. (Applause.)In this new land, education will be every citizen's most prized possession. Our schools will have the hig hest standards in the world, igniting the spark of possibility in the eyes of every girl and every boy. An d the doors of higher education will be open to all. The knowledge and power of the Information Age will be within reach not just of the few, but of every classroom, every library, every child. Parents and children will have time not only to work, but to read and play together. And the plans they make at the ir kitchen table will be those of a better home, a better job, the certain chance to go to college.Our streets will echo again with the laughter of our children, because no one will try to shoot them or s ell them drugs anymore. Everyone who can work, will work, with today's permanent under class part of tomorrow's growing middle class. New miracles of medicine at last will reach not only those who can cl aim care now, but the children and hardworking families too long denied.We will stand mighty for peace and freedom, and maintain a strong defense against terror and destructio n. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Ports and airp orts, farms and factories will thrive with trade and innovation and ideas. And the world's greatest democr acy will lead a whole world of democracies.Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations -- a nation that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values. (Applause.) A nation where our grandparents have secure retire ment and health care, and their grandchildren know we have made the reforms necessary to sustain those benefits for their time. (Applause.) A nation that fortifies the world's most productive economy even as it protects the great natural bounty of our water, air, and majestic land.And in this land of new promise, we will have reformed our politics so that the voice of the people wil l always speak louder than the din of narrow interests -- regaining the participation and deserving the tru st of all Americans. (Applause.)Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward toward realizing the full potenti al of all its citizens. Prosperity and power -- yes, they are important, and we must maintain them. But l et us never forget: The greatest progress we have made, and the greatest progress we have yet to make, is in the human heart. In the end, all the world's wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the st rength and decency of the human spirit. (Applause.)Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end o f this Mall, in words that moved the conscience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his drea m that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the hear t. Martin Luther King's dream was the American Dream. His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true creed. Our history has been built on such dreams and labors. And by our dreams and laborswe will redeem the promise of America in the 21st century.To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office. I ask the members of Congress h ere to join in that pledge. The American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congr ess of another. Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisa nship they plainly deplore. (Applause.) No, they call on us instead to be repairers of the breach, and to move on with America's mission.America demands and deserves big things from us -- and nothing big ever came from being small. (Appl ause.) Let us remember the timeless wisdom of Cardinal Bernardin, when facing the end of his own life. He said: "It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division."Fellow citizens, we must not waste the precious gift of this time. For all of us are on that same journey of our lives, and our journey, too, will come to an end. But the journey of our America must go on.And so, my fellow Americans, we must be strong, for there is much to dare. The demands of our time are great and they are different. Let us meet them with faith and courage, with patience and a grateful a nd happy heart. Let us shape the hope of this day into the noblest chapter in our history. Yes, let us bu ild our bridge. (Applause.) A bridge wide enough and strong enough for every American to cross over t o a blessed land of new promise.May those generations whose faces we cannot yet see, whose names we may never know, say of us her e that we led our beloved land into a new century with the American Dream alive for all her children; with the American promise of a more perfect union a reality for all her people; with America's bright fl ame of freedom spreading throughout all the world.From the height of this place and the summit of this century, let us go forth. May God strengthen our h ands for the good work ahead -- and always, always bless our America. (Applause.)。

林肯全部演讲稿林肯是美国历史上最伟大的总统之一，他的演讲给世人留下了深刻的印象。

以下是林肯的一些重要演讲稿和对它们的回答。

1.《葛底斯堡演说》(Gettysburg Address)《葛底斯堡演说》被广泛认为是林肯最重要的演讲之一，他在这篇演讲中纪念了在美国内战中牺牲的士兵。

这篇演讲呼吁国民团结，同时强调了人民的平等和自由。

《葛底斯堡演说》中，林肯提到了美国的创建原则，即所有人都是平等的。

他认为士兵的牺牲证明了国家“民有、民治、民享”的理念。

这篇演讲具有浓厚的感情色彩，并鼓励人们为整个国家的统一团结而努力。

这篇演讲至今仍然广为流传，并在美国历史上有着深远的影响。

它强调了人民的自由和平等，这些原则在美国民主体系中至关重要。

林肯通过这篇演讲，激发了国民的爱国情感，并坚定了他们继续奋斗的信念。

2.《第二次年告诉国民陈述》(Second Inaugural Address)在这篇演讲中，林肯回顾了内战的痛苦和破坏，并呼吁国家团结起来，重建和平。

林肯在演讲中提到，内战是因为奴隶制度争议而引起的，他提醒人们不要忘记这场战争的根源。

然而，他强调国家需要团结在一起，而不是对抗过去的敌人。

他强调了宽恕和友善的重要性，并呼吁国民共同努力，重新建设和平与繁荣的国家。

这篇演讲展示了林肯作为领导者的智慧和慈悲。

他没有向内战中的敌人发出愤怒和报复的呼声，而是寻求国家的团结和和解。

这一演讲强调了爱国精神和宽容的重要性，是一个令人难忘的演讲。

3.《关于亚利桑那领土法案的特别报告》(Special Message to Congress on the Arizona Territory Bill)这篇演讲中，林肯提到了亚利桑那领土法案的重要性，并呼吁国会通过该法案，将亚利桑那升格为领土。

他认为这将有助于扩展西部地区，并加强美国的国防。

林肯在演讲中强调了西部地区的重要性，特别是在国防方面。

他相信，通过将亚利桑那升级为领土，可以保护国家的领土完整，并扩大美国的影响力。

/v/b/18331823-1290078633.html/programs/view/dxBrJ0V54vk/Clinton's Farewell Speech 克林顿告别演说President Bill Clinton Thursday, January 18, 2001 My fellow citizens,Tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president. I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. And I'm grateful to Vice President Gore, to my Cabinet secretaries, and to all those who have served with me for the last eight years.同胞们，今晚是我最后一次作为你们的总统，在白宫椭圆形办公室向你们做最后一次演讲。

我从心底深处感谢你们给了我两次机会和荣誉，为你们服务，为你们工作，和你们一起为我们的国家进入21世纪做准备。

这里，我要感谢戈尔副总统，我的内阁部长们以及所有伴我度过过去8年的同事们。

This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge. You have made our social fabric stronger, our families healthier and safer, our people more prosperous. You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.现在是一个极具变革的年代，你们为迎接新的挑战已经做好了准备。

北京时间1月22日凌晨，贝拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马宣誓就职第四十四任美利坚合众国总统并发表就职演说。

奥巴马在演讲中追溯美国民主传统和宪法精神，强调了民众的力量。

演讲中涉及了包括就业、医保、移民和同性恋等多项议题，以下为奥巴马就职演说全文：MR. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much. Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:谢谢，非常感谢大家。

拜登副总统、首席大法官先生、国会议员们、尊敬的各位嘉宾、亲爱的公民们。

Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:每一次我们集会庆祝总统就职都是在见证美国宪法的持久力量。

我们都是在肯定美国民主的承诺。

我们重申，将这个国家紧密联系在一起的不是我们的肤色，也不是我们信仰的教条，更不是我们名字的来源。