克林顿2010年耶鲁大学演讲全文

名人名校励志英语演讲稿：Dare to Compete, Dare to Care 敢于竞争，勇于关爱---美国国务卿希拉里·克林名人名校励志英语演讲稿：Dare to Compete, Dare to Care 敢于竞争，勇于关爱---美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿耶鲁大学演讲Dare to compete. Dare to care. Dare to dream. Dare to love. Practice the art of making possible. And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going. 要敢于竞争，敢于关爱，敢于憧憬，大胆去爱！要努力创造奇迹！无论发生什么，即使有人在你背后大声喊叫，也要勇往直前。

It is such an honor and pleasure for me to be back at Yale, especially on the occasion of the 300th anniversary. I have had so many memories of my time here, and as Nick was speaking I thought about how I ended up at Yale Law School. And it tells a little bit about how much progress we’ve made.What I think most about when I think of Yale is not just the politically charged atmosphere and not even just the superb legal education that I received. It was at Yale that I began work that has been at the core of what I have cared about ever since. I began working with New Haven legal services representing children. And I studied child development, abuse and neglect at the Yale New Haven Hospital and the Child Study Center. I was lucky enough to receive a civil rights internship with Marian Wright Edelman at the Children’s Defense Fund, where I went to work after I graduated. Those experiences fueled in me a passion to work for the benefit of children, particularly the most vulnerable.Now, looking back, there is no way that I could have predicted what path my life would have taken. I didn’t sit around the law school, saying, well, you know, I think I’ll graduate and then I’ll go to work at the Children’s Defense Fund, and then the impeachment inquiry, and Nixon retired or resigns, I’ll go to Arkansas. I didn’t think like that. I was taking each day at a time.But, I’ve been very fortunate because I’ve always had an idea in my mind about what I thought was important and what gave my life meaning and purpose. A set of values and beliefs that have helped me navigate the shoals, the sometimes very treacherous sea, to illuminate my own true desires, despite that others say about what l should care about and believe in. A passion to succeed at what l thought was important and children have always provided that lone star, that guiding light. Because l have that absolute conviction that every child, especially in this, the most blessed of nations that has ever existed on the face of earth, that every child deserves the opportunity to live up to his or her God-given potential.But you know that belief and conviction-it may make for a personal mission statement, butstanding alone, not translated into action, it means very little to anyone else, particularly to those for whom you have those concerns.When I was thinking about running for the United States Senate-which was such an enormous decision to make, one I never could have dreamed that I would have been making when I was here on campus-I visited a school in New York City and I met a young woman, who was a star athlete.I was there because of Billy Jean King promoting an HBO special about women in sports called “Dare to compete.” It was about Title IX and how we finally, thanks to government action, provided opportunities to girls and women in sports.And although I played not very well at intramural sports, I have always been a strong supporter of women in sports. And I was introduced by this young woman, and as I went to shake her hand she obviously had been reading the newspapers about people saying I should or shouldn’t run for the Senate. And I was congratulating her on the speech she had just m ade and she held onto my hand and she said, “Dare to compete, Mrs. Clinton. Dare to compete.”I took that to heart because it is hard to compete sometimes, especially in public ways, when your failures are there for everyone to see and you don’t know what is going to happen from one day to the next. And yet so much of life, whether we like to accept it or not, is competing with ourselves to be the best we can be, being involved in classes or professions or just life, where we know we are competing with others.I took her advice and I did compete because I chose to do so. And the biggest choices that you’ll face in your life will be yours alone to make. I’m sure you’ll receive good advice. You’re got a great education to go back and reflect about what is ri ght for you, but you eventually will have to choose and I hope that you will dare to compete. And by that I don’t mean the kind of cutthroat competition that is too often characterized by what is driving America today. I mean the small voice inside you that says to you, you can do it, you can take this risk, you can take this next step.And it doesn’t mean that once having made that choice you will always succeed. In fact, you won’t. There are setbacks and you will experience difficult disappointments. You will be slowed down and sometimes the breath will just be knocked out of you. But if you carry with you the values and beliefs that you can make a difference in your own life, first and foremost, and then in the lives of others. You can get back up, you can keep going.But it is also important, as I have found, not to take yourself too seriously, because after all, every one of us here today, none of us is deserving of full credit. I think every day of the blessings my birth gave me without any doing of my own. I chose neither my family nor my country, but they as much as anything I’ve ever done, determined my course.You compare my or your circumstances with those of the majority of people who’ve ever lived or who are living right now, they too often are born knowing too well what their futures will be. They lack the freedom to choose their life’s path. They’re imprisoned by circumstances of poverty and ignorance, bigotry, disease, hunger, oppression and war.So, dare to compete, yes, but maybe even more difficult, dare to care. Dare to care about people who need our help to succeed and fulfill their own lives. There are so many out there and sometimes all it takes is the simplest of gestures or helping hands and many of you understand that already. I know that the numbers of graduates in the last 20 years have worked in community organizations, have tutored, have committed themselves to religious activities.You have been there trying to serve because you have believed both that it was the right thing to do and because it gave something back to you. You have dared to care.Well, dare to care to fight for equal justice for all, for equal pay for women, against hate crimes and bigotry. Dare to care about public schools without qualified teachers or adequate resources. Dare to care about protecting our environment. Dare to care about the 10 million children in our country who lack health insurance. Dare to care about the one and a half million children who have a parent in jail. The seven million people who suffer from HIV/AIDS. And thank you for caring enough to demand that our nation do more to help those that are suffering throughout this world with HIV/AIDS, to prevent this pandemic from spreading even further.And I’ll also add, dare enough to care abou t our political process. You know, as I go and speak with students I’m impressed so much, not only in formal settings, on campuses, but with my daughter and her friends, about how much you care, about how willing you are to volunteer and serve. You may have missed the last wave of the revolution, but you’ve understood that the munity revolution is there for you every single day. And you’ve been willing to be part of remarking lives in our community.And yet, there is a real resistance, a turning away from the political process. I hope that some of you will be public servants and will even run for office yourself, not to win a position to make and impression on your friends at your 20th reunion, but because you understand how important it is for each of us as citizens to make a commitment to our democracy.Your generation, the first one born after the social upheavals of the 60’s and 70’s, in the midst of the technological advances of the 80’s and 90’s, are inheriting an economy, a society and a government that has yet to understand fully, or even come to grips with, our rapidly changing world.And so bring your values and experiences and insights into politics. Dare to help make, not just a difference in politics, but create a different politics. Some have called you thegeneration of choice. You’ve been raised with multiple choice tests, multiple channels, multiple websites and multiple lifestyles. You’ve grown up choosing among alternatives that were either not imagined, created or available to people in prior generations.You’ve been invested with far more personal power to customize your life, to make more free choices about how to live than was ever thought possible. And I think as I look at all the surveys and research that is done, your choices reflect not only freedom, but personal responsibility.The social indicators, not the headlines, the social indicators tell a positive story: drug use and cheating and arrests being down, been pregnancy and suicides, drunk driving deaths being down. Community service and religious involvement being up. But if you look at the area of voting among 18 to 29 year olds, the numbers tell a far more troubling tale. Many of you I know believe that service and community volunteerism is a better way of solving the issues facing our country than political engagement, because you believe-choose one of the following multiples or choose them all-government either can’t understand or won’t make the right choices because of political pressures, inefficiency, incompetence or big money influence.Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify feeling disconnected and alienated. But at bottom, that’s a personal cop-out and a national peril. Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community. Americorps and the Peace Corps exist because of political decisions. Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices. Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined investments. Ethnic cleansing in Kosovo ended because of political leadership. Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems. Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college.Now, I could, as you might guess, go on and on, but the point is to remind us all that government is us and each generation has to stake its claim. And, as stakeholders, you will have to decide whether or not to make the choice to participate. It is hard and it is, bringing change in a democracy, particularly now. There’s so much about our modern times that conspire to lower our sights, to weaken our vision-as individuals and communities and even nations.It is not the vast conspiracy you may have heard about; rather it’s a silent conspiracy of cynicism and indifference and alienation that we see every day, in our popular culture and in our prodigious consumerism.But as many have said before and as Vaclav Havel has said to memorably, “It cannot suffice just to invent new machines, new regulations and new institutions. It is necessary to understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this Earth and of our deeds.” And I think we are called on to reject, in this time of blessings thatwe enjoy, those who will tear us apart and tear us down and instead to liberate our God-given spirit, by being willing to dare to dream of a better world.During my campaign, when times were tough and days were long I used to think about the example of Harriet Tubman, a heroic New Yorker, a 19th century Moses, who risked her life to bring hundreds of slaves to freedom. She would say to those who she gathered up in the South where she kept going back year after year from the safety of Auburn, New York, that no matter what happens, they had to keep going. If they heard shouts behind them, they had to keep going. If they heard gunfire or dogs, they had to keep going to freedom. Well, those are n’t the risks we face. It is more the silence and apathy and indifference that dogs our heels.Thirty-two years ago, I spoke at my own graduation from Wellesley, where I did call on my fellow classmates to reject the notion of limitations on our ability to effect change and instead to embrace the idea that the goal of education should be human liberation and the freedom to practice with all the skill of our being the art of making possible.For after all, our fate is to be free. To choose competition over apathy, caring over indifference, vision over myopia, and love over hate.Just as this is a special time in your lives, it is for me as well because my daughter will be graduating in four weeks, graduating also from a wonderful place with a great education and beginning a new life. And as I think about all the parents and grandparents who are out there, I have a sense of what their feeling. Their hearts are leaping with joy, but it’s hard to keep tears in check because the presence of our children at a time and place such as this is really a fulfillment of our own American dreams. Well, I applaud you and all of your love, commitment and hard work, just as I applaud your daughters and sons for theirs.And I leave these graduates with the same message I hope to leave with my graduate. Dare to compete. Dare to care. Dare to dream. Dare to love. Practice the art of making possible. And no matter what happens, even if you hear shouts behind, keep going.Thank you and God bless you all.。

美国克林顿总统的演讲稿
尊敬的各位贵宾，女士们，先生们：
今天，我很荣幸能够站在这里，向各位分享我对美国未来的展望和对全球合作
的期许。

作为美国克林顿总统，我深知我们所面临的挑战和机遇，也深信只有通过合作和团结，我们才能共同创造一个更加美好的未来。

首先，我想谈谈美国的内部挑战。

我们的国家面临着诸多问题，包括经济不平等、社会分裂、种族歧视等。

这些问题不容忽视，我们需要共同努力，找到解决之道。

我们需要建立一个更加公正、包容的社会，让每个人都有机会实现自己的梦想，让每个家庭都能过上幸福美满的生活。

其次，我想谈谈美国在国际事务中的角色。

作为世界上最强大的国家之一，美
国有责任在全球事务中发挥积极作用。

我们需要与其他国家携手合作，共同应对气候变化、恐怖主义、贫困等全球性挑战。

只有通过国际合作，我们才能找到解决这些问题的有效途径。

同时，我也呼吁各国领导人共同努力，推动全球经济发展。

我们需要打破贸易
壁垒，促进贸易和投资自由化，推动全球经济实现可持续增长。

只有通过共同努力，我们才能实现经济全球化的共赢局面。

最后，我想强调的是，我们每个人都有责任为实现这些目标而努力。

无论是政府、企业还是个人，我们都应该积极参与到推动社会进步和全球发展的过程中来。

只有当每个人都意识到自己的责任，我们才能共同创造一个更加美好的未来。

在结束我的演讲之前，我想再次强调，我们需要团结一致，共同努力，才能应
对当前的挑战，创造一个更加美好的未来。

让我们携手并肩，共同开创一个更加繁荣、和平的世界。

谢谢大家！。

克林顿两届就职演讲稿(2)Our Founders saw themselves in the light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched 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 responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility 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 communities and our country. To renew America, we must revitalize our democracy.This beautiful capital, like every capital since the dawn of civilization, is often a place of intrigue and calculation. Powerful people maneuver 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 us here and pays 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 us 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 capital back to the people to whom it belongs.To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as wellat home. There is no longer division between what is foreign and what is domestic; the world economy, the world environment, the world 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. Clearly 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 opportunities, of this new world. Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy when ever possible, with force when necessary. The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand 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 hands, 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 voices in an unmistakable chorus. You have cast your votes in historic numbers. And you have changed the face of 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 authority 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 young Americans to a season of service; to act on your idealism by helping troubled children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our torn communities. There is so much to be done; enough indeed for millions of others who are still young in spirit to give of themselves in service, too.In serving, we recognize a simple but powerful truth, we need each other. And we must care for one another. Today, we do more than celebrate America; we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of America.An idea born in revolution and renewed through two centuries of challenge. An idea tempered by the knowledge that, 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 infused with the conviction that America's long heroic journey must go forever upward.And so, my fellow Americans, at the edge of the 21st century, let us begin with energy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is done. The scripture says, "And 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 way, and with God's help, we must answer the call.Thank you, and God bless you all.。

克林顿总统英语演讲稿以下文昌文案文昌文案整理的克林顿总统英语演讲稿，供大家参考，希望大家能够有所收获!克林顿总统英语演讲稿First, I'd like to thank the commission and my opponents for participating in these debates and making them possible. I think the real winners of the debates were the American people. I was especially moved in Richmond a few days ago, when 209 of our fellow citizens got to ask us questions. They went a long way toward reclaiming this election for the American people and taking their country back. I want to say, since this is the last time, I'll be on platform with my opponents, that even though, I disagree with Mr. Perot on how fast we can reduce the deficit and how much we can increase taxes in the middle class, I really respect what he's done in this campaign to bring the issue of deficit reduction to our attention. I'd like to say that Mr. Bush even though I have got profound differences with him, I do honor his service to our country. I appreciate his efforts and I wish him well. I just believe it's time to change.I offer a new approach. It's not trickle-down economics. It's been tried for 12 years and it's failed. More people are working harder, for less, 100,000 people a month losing their health insurance, unemployment going up, our economics slowing down. We can do better, and it's not tax and spend economics. It's invest and grow, put our people first, control health care costs and provide basic health care to all Americans, have an education system second to none, and revitalize the private economy. That is my commitment to you. It is the kind of change that can open up a whole world of opportunities toward the 21st century.I want a country where people, who work hard and play by the rules,are rewarded, not punished. I want a country where people are coming together across the lines of race and region and income. I know we can do better. It won't take miracles and it won't happen overnight, but we can do much, much better, if we have the courage to change.Thank you very much.。

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 cooperation he has sh own throughout this transition.Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been s poken 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 mome nts, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in hi gh office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our f orbearers, 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, ag ainst a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weaken ed, 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. Hom es have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our healthcare is too costly; o ur schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we u se energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable b ut no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging fear th at America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sigs.Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and the y 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 promis es, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled o ur politics.We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to se t aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choos e 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 fre e, 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 short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisu re over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been t he risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often m en and women obscure in their labour, who have carried us up the long, rugged p ath towards prosperity 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 wh ip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy an d Khe Sahn.Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till the ir 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 o r wealth or faction.This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful n ation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. O ur 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 d ecisions - 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 la y a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric gri ds 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 healthcare's q uality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fu el 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 th is 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 courae.What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - t hat the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer appl y. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too sm all, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, car e they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we inten d to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us w ho manage the public's dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform ba d habits and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we resto re 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 pow er to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has remind ed 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 ou r economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic produc t, but on the reach f; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - n ot 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, drafte d a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded b y the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give t hem up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small 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 o nce more.Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with mi ssiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understo od that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we plea se. 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 cooperation 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 specter of a warming planet. We will not apologise for our way of life, nor will we waver i n its defence, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror an d 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 s haped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and bec ause we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged fro m 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 smaller, 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 bl ame 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 corrupt ion 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 far ms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry m inds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no l onger 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 mu st change with it.As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitud e 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 ar e guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingn ess to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this momen t - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inha bit us all.For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and det ermination 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 woul d rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through ourdarkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, 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 n ew. But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, c ourage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things a re old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress througho ut 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 Ame rican, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we d o 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 t o 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 shap e an uncertain destiny.This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and childr en of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mal l, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been ser ved 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 t raveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of p atriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was a bandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a mo ment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nati on 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 ho pe 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 th e 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 gra ce upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to fut ure generations.。

克林顿演说词i have sense of deeply p President Bill Clinton:Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to be here with you.I am honored to share this podium with my senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton. And I want to thank the people of New York for giving the best public servant in my family a chance to continue serving the public. Thank you. I am also - I'm going to say that again, in case you didn't hear it.I'm honored to be here tonight. And I want to thank thepeople of New York for giving Hillary the chance to continue to serve in public life.I am very proud of her. And we are both very grateful to all of you, especially my good friends from Arkansas, for giving me the chance to serve in the White House for eight years.I am honored to share this night with President Carter, for whom I worked in 1976 and who has inspired the world with his work for peace, democracy and human rights.I am honored to share it with Al Gore, my friend and my partner for eight ears, who played such a large role in building the prosperity and peace that we left America in 2000.And Al Gore, as he showed again tonight, demonstrated incredible patriotism and grace under pressure. He is the livingembodiment of the principle that every vote counts.And this year, we're going to make sure they're all counted in every state in America. My friends, after three conventions as a candidate or a president, tonight I come to you as a citizen, returning to the role that I have played for most of my life, as a foot soldier in our fight for the future, as we nominate in Boston a true New England Patriot for president.Now this state, who gave us in other times of challenge John Adams and John Kennedy, has given us John Kerry, a good man, a great senator, a visionary leader. And we are all here to do what we can to make him the next president of the United States.My friends, we are constantly being told that America is deeply divided. But all Americans value freedom and faith and family. We all honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the world.We all want good jobs, good schools, health care, safe streets, a clean environment.。

美国总统克林顿两届就职演讲稿(4)In this new land, education will be every citizen's most prized possession. Our schools will have the highest standards in the world, igniting the spark of possibility in the eyes of every girl and every boy. And 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 their 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 sell 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 claim 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 destruction. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Ports and airports, farms and factories will thrive with trade and innovation and ideas. And the world's greatest democracy 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. A nation where our grandparents have secure retirement and health care, and their grandchildren know we have made the reforms necessary to sustain those benefitsfor their time. 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 will always speak louder than the din of narrow interests, regaining the participation and deserving the trust of all Americans.Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward toward realizing the full potential of all its citizens. Prosperity and power, yes, they are important, and we must maintain them. But let 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 strength and decency of the human spirit.Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this Mall, in words that moved the conscience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. 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 labors we 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 here to join in that pledge. The American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of another. Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisanship theyplainly deplore. 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. 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 and happy heart. Let us shape the hope of this day into the noblest chapter in our history. Yes, let us build our bridge.A bridge wide enough and strong enough for every American to cross over to a blessed land of new promise.May those generations whose faces we cannot yet see, whose names we may never know, say of us here 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 flame 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 hands for the good work ahead, and always, always bless our America.。

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您的努力学习是为了更美好的未来！In all the work I have done as president, every decision I have made, every executive action I have taken, every bill I have proposed and signed, I've tried to give all Americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams, in a good society, with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous world. 作为总统，我所做的一切---每一个决定，每一个行政命令，提议和签署的每一项法令，都是在努力为美国人民提供工具和创造条件，来实现美国的梦想，建设美国的未来---一个美好的社会，繁荣的经济，清洁的环境，进而实现一个更自由、更安全、更繁荣的世界．I have steered my course by our enduring values. Opportunity for all. Responsibility from all. A community of all Americans. I have sought to give America a new kind of government, smaller, more modern, more effective, full of ideas and policies appropriate to this new time, always putting people first, always focusing on the future. 借助我们永恒的价值，我驾驭了我的航程．机会属于每一个美国公民；(我的)责任来自全体美国人民；所有美国人民组成了一个大家庭．我一直在努力为美国创造一个新型的政府：更小、更现代化、更有效率、面对新时代的挑战充满创意和思想、永远把人民的利益放在第一位、永远面向未来．Working together, America has done well. Our economy is breaking records, with more than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the highest home ownership ever, the longest expansion in history. 我们在一起使美国变得更加美好．我们的经济正在破着一个又一个的记录，向前发展．我们已创造了2200万个新的工作岗位，我们的失业率是30年来最低的，老百姓的购房率达到一个空前的高度，我们经济繁荣的持续时间是历史上最长的．Our families and communities are stronger. Thirty-five million Americans have used the family leave law. Eight million have moved off welfare. Crime is at a 25-year low. Over 10 million Americans receive more college aid, and more people than ever are going to college. Our schools are better - higher standards, greater accountability and larger investments have brought higher test scores, and higher graduation rates. 我们的家庭、我们的社会变得更加强大．3500万美国人曾经享受联邦休假，800万人重新获得社会保障，犯罪率是25年来最低的，1000多万美国人享受更多的入学贷款，更多的人接受大学教育．我们的学校也在改善．更高的办学水平、更大的责任感和更多的投资使得我们的学生取得更高的考试分数和毕业成绩．More than three million children have health insurance now, and more than 7 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty. Incomes are rising across the board. Our air and water are cleaner. Our food and drinking water are safer. And more of our precious land has been preserved, in the continental United States, than at any time in 100 years. 目前，已有300多万美国儿童在享受着医疗保险，700多万美国人已经脱离了贫困线．全国人民的收入在大幅度提高．我们的空气和水资源更加洁净，食品和饮用水更加安全．我们珍贵的土地资源也得到了近百年来前所未有的保护．America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe. I'm very grateful to be able to turn over the reins of leadership to a new president, with America in such a strong position to meet the challenges of the future. 美国已经成为地球上每个角落促进和平和繁荣的积极力量．我非常高兴能于此时将领导权交给新任总统，强大的美国正面临未来的挑战．Tonight, I want to leave you with three thoughts about our future. First, America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility. Through our last four budgets, we've turned record deficits to record surpluses, and we've been able to pay down $600 billion of our national debt, on track to be debt freeby the end of the decade for the first time since 1835. 今晚，我希望大家能从以下3点审视我们的未来：第一，美国必须保持它的良好财政状况．通过过去4个财政年度的努力，我们已经把破纪录的财政赤字变为破纪录的盈余．并且，我们已经偿还了6000亿美元的国债，我们正向10年内彻底偿还国家债务的目标迈进，这将是1835年以来的第一次．Staying on that course will bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity and the opportunity to meet our big challenges. If we choose wisely, we can pay down the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby boomers, invest more in our future and provide tax relief. 只要这样做，就会带来更低的利率、更大的经济繁荣，从而能够迎接将来更大的挑战．如果我们做出明智的选择，我们就能偿还债务，解决(二战后出生的)一大批人们的退休问题，对未来进行更多的投资，并减轻税收．Second, because the world is more connected every day in every way, America's security and prosperity require us to continue to lead in the world. At this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom that ever before. Our alliances are stronger than ever. People all around the world look to America to be a force for peace and prosperity, freedom and security. The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work andlive and raise their families with dignity. 第二，世界各国的联系日益紧密．为了美国的安全与繁荣，我们应继续融入世界．在这个特别的历史时刻，更多的美国人民享有前所未有的自由．我们的盟国更加强大．全世界人民期望美国成为和平与繁荣、自由与安全的力量．全球经济给予美国民众以及全世界人民更多的机会去工作、生活，更体面地养活家庭．But the forces of integration that have created these good opportunities also make us more subject to global forces of destruction, to terrorism, organized crime and narco-trafficking, the spread of deadly weapons and disease, the degradation of the global environment. 但是，这种世界融合的趋势一方面为我们创造了良好的机会，但同时使得我们在全球范围内更容易遭致破坏性力量、恐怖主义、有组织的犯罪、贩毒活动，致命性武器和疾病传播的威胁．The expansion of trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of survival. 尽管世界贸易不断扩大，但它没能缩小处于全球经济繁荣中的我们同数十亿处于死亡边缘的人们之间的距离．This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action. Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignitedby our indifference. In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson warned of entangling alliances. But in our times, America cannot and must not disentangle itself from the world. If we want the world to embody our shared values, then we must assume a shared responsibility. 要解决世界贫富两极分化需要的不是同情和怜悯，而是实际行动．贫穷有可能被我们的漠不关心激化而成为火药桶．托马斯-杰斐逊在他的就职演说中告诫我们结盟的危害．但是，在我们这个时代，美国不能，也不可能使自己脱离这个世界．如果我们想把我们共有的价值观赋予这个世界，我们必须共同承担起这个责任．If the wars of the 20th century, especially the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have taught us anything, it is that we achieve our aims by defending our values and leading the forces of freedom and peace. We must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead, to stand with our allies in word and deed, and to put a human face on the global economy so that expanded trade benefits all people in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world. 如果 20世纪的历次战争，尤其是新近在科索沃地区和波斯尼亚爆发的战争，能够让我们得到某种教训的话，我们从中得到的启示应是：由于捍卫了我们的价值观并领导了自由和和平的力量，我们才达到了目标．我们必须坚定勇敢地拥抱这个信念和责任，在语言和行动上与我们的同盟者们站在一起，领导他们按这条道路前进；循着在全球经济中以人为本的观念，让不断发展的贸易能够使所有国家的所有人受益，在全世界范围内提高他们的生活水平和实现他们的梦想．Third, we must remember that America cannot lead in the world unless here at home we weave the threads of our coat of many colors into the fabric of one America. As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common humanity. 第三，我们必须牢记如果我们不团结一致，美国就不能领先世界．随着我们变得越来越多样化，我们必须更加努力地团结在共同价值观和共同人性的旗帜下．We must work harder to overcome our differences. In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of when they arrived in our country, always moving toward the more perfect union of our founders' dreams. 我们要加倍努力地工作，克服生活中存在的种种分歧．于情于法，我们都要让我们的人民受到公正的待遇，不论他是哪一个民族、信仰何种宗教、什么性别或性倾向，或者何时来到这个国家．我们时时刻刻都要为了实现先辈们建立高度团结的美利坚合众国的梦想而奋斗．Hillary, Chelsea and I join all Americans in wishing our very best to the next president, George W. Bush, to his familyand his administration in meeting these challenges and in leading freedom's march in this new century. 希拉里、切尔西和我同美国人民一起，向即将就任的布什总统、他的家人及美国新政府致以衷心的祝福，希望新政府能够勇敢面对挑战，并高扛自由大旗在新世纪阔步前进．As for me, I'll leave the presidency more idealistic, more full of hope than the day I arrived and more confident than ever that America's best days lie ahead. 对我来说，当我离开总统宝座时，我充满更多的理想，比初进白宫时更加充满希望，并且坚信美国的好日子还在后面．My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen. 我的总统任期就要结束了，但是我希望我为美国人民服务的日子永远不会结束．在我未来的岁月里，我再也不会担任一个能比美利坚合众国总统更高的职位、签订一个比美利坚合众国总统所能签署的更为神圣的契约了．当然，没有任何一个头衔能让我比作为一个美国公民更为自豪的了．Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America. 谢谢你们！愿上帝保佑你们！愿上帝保佑美国！。

克林顿两届就职演讲稿尊敬的美国公民们，各位领导和来自世界各地的客人：今天，我们行使我们民主国家的权力——我们的权利和责任，庆祝我们的共和国的东山再起，为我们的未来指明了方向。

50年代末，我10岁。

我依稀记得，我们当时的家是一幢很小的二层独立屋。

我们也许不算很富有，但我们不用为生计担忧。

我父亲是个陈旧的夜班钢铁工人，他从早到晚拼命干活，以支撑我们的家庭。

母亲则是个高中教师，她从我们小时候起就教育我们读书写字，同时还让我们知晓与世界的联系。

我记得，我父亲说过，他不是因为自己找不到好工作，才去干那个夜班的活；而是因为他们只有夜班这份工作，才可以给我们提供一个更好的环境。

50年代末的美国，到了80年代，我们的国家在头脑、手艺和技能等诸多方面发展迅速。

我的父亲在30年间，发现他的工作口味变了，因为工厂变得更加现代化，他的劳动成果也得到了肯定。

我的母亲终其一生，奉献给她的学生们，并为孩子们的未来而不断努力。

我可以肯定的是，即使是一位高中教师，也可以为整个美国的未来而努力。

我们美国人曾战胜过种族隔离、解放了全国范围内的人民；我们在20世纪完成了工业革命、以及同时为整个文明世界贡献了无穷的智力创造；存在很多难题的今天，《美国的时刻》必须艰苦工作，始终保持着信仰，并通过行动来将英美西方各民族更加紧密地连接起来。

为着这个目标，我们每个人的承诺、每个公民的责任都必须给予尊重和坚守，而这健康稳定的社会现在必须─比其在过去哪怕是5年前，还要更为强大。

明年的今天，社会仍会有严峻的挑战，但我每个人的追求、每个政府的工作、每个领袖的效率都将进一步发展，创造自信与勇气，同时继续培养我们这个盛开的、繁荣的民主社会的未来人才。

我们建立了一个强大的美国50年代末，美国总统以色列•艾森豪威尔提出的战斗口号是：“更强大、更自由、更团结。

”今天，因为我们的努力，我们成功地实现了自由，包括民族和个人自由。

说是“巨额亏损”，我们曾在内部的竞争和合作过程中，在常常暴力的环境下，将自由进行了捍卫。

克林顿两届就职演讲稿虽然我们的挑战是可畏的，但我们的力量也是可畏的。

以下小编整理的克林顿两届就职演讲稿，供大家参考，希望大家能够有所收获!克林顿首任就职演讲稿（中英文）：My fellow citiens :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 theworld's oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent America.When our founders boldly declared America's independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, wouldhave to change. Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generationof Americans must define what it means to be an American.On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America. And I thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness 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 warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues.Raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world's strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our people.When George Washington first took the oath I have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by boat. Now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world.Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across the earth.Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether 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 threatens to bankrupt many of our enterprises, great and small; when fear of crime robs law-abiding citiens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, 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, wehave drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence.Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. And Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people. We must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us.From our revolution, 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 from time to time. Well, my fellow citiens,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 nothing 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; a new season of American renewalhas begun. To renew America, we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy; it willrequire 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.。

克林顿就职演讲稿尊敬的各位嘉宾、亲爱的美国公民们，感谢你们在这个特殊的时刻聚集在这里，见证我的就职仪式。

也要向我的前任总统乔治·赫伯特·沃克尔先生表示感谢，他为我们的国家付出了巨大的努力和奉献。

我站在这里时，我意识到我将面临着巨大的挑战。

然而，我相信通过我们的努力和共同合作，我们能够克服这些挑战，建设一个更加繁荣、和谐和蓬勃发展的美国。

首先，我要向全美国公民保证，我将以诚实、透明和坦率的方式执掌政权。

我将秉承政府应当为人民负责的理念，聆听人民的心声，为人民的利益而努力。

在我执政的四年里，我将致力于改善我们的经济状况。

我将推动创造就业机会，促进经济增长，并努力提高中低收入家庭的生活水平。

我将致力于减少贫困和不平等现象，确保每个美国公民都能够获得公平的机会。

此外，我将努力推动技术创新和科学研究，以推动美国在全球科技竞争中的地位。

我们将继续投资于教育，培养下一代的人才，并加强与其他国家的合作，共同解决全球性的问题。

作为一个国际大国，我们要承担起维护世界和平与稳定的责任。

我将致力于加强与其他国家的外交关系，促进国际合作，解决全球性的挑战，如气候变化和恐怖主义。

我还将致力于改善我们国内的社会问题。

我将加强社会福利体系，帮助那些最需要帮助的人们。

我将继续推动平等与多样性，保障每个人的权利和尊严。

为了实现这些目标，我需要每一个美国公民的支持和合作。

我们必须团结一致，超越派之间的分歧，为了我们共同的利益而努力。

最后，我要呼吁每一个美国公民投身社会公益事业。

我们每个人都有责任为我们的国家做出贡献。

无论是通过志愿服务、捐款还是其他方式，我们都可以为社会进步做出自己的贡献。

在我执政的四年里，我将尽力为美国人民服务，推动我们国家的发展与繁荣。

我相信，只要我们团结一致，为同一个目标努力，我们就能够创造一个更加美好的未来。

谢谢大家！愿上帝保佑美国！。

比尔克林顿就职演讲稿威廉杰斐逊克林顿，美国律师、政治家，美国民主党成员，曾任阿肯色州州长、全美州长联席会议主席、联合国海地事务特使、克林顿基金会主席、第42任，52届美国总统。

以下是小编整理了比尔克林顿就职演讲稿，希望你喜欢。

比尔克林顿就职演讲稿范文钱尼副总统、大法官先生、卡特总统、布什总统、克林顿总统、尊敬的神职领袖、尊贵的客人们、公民同胞们：今天，按照法律的规定并以典礼的形式，我们颂扬我们的智慧长存的宪法及其把我们凝聚在一起的坚定许诺。

我十分感激你们给我的这个光荣时刻，十分清楚地认识我们所处的这个伟大时代，并一定要实现我刚刚所作的、你们所见证的誓言。

值此我第二次就职典礼的时刻，我们的职责不是由我的话，而是由我们一起经历的历史来定义了。

在长达半个世纪的时间里，我们曾以保卫我们的祖国不受侵犯来保卫我们的自由。

共产主义阵营垮台以后，我们曾有过一段相对安宁、安逸、安乐的年月。

然后，有一天，烈火烧到了我们的家园。

我们看到了我们被攻击的现实，及其这个现实的根本原因。

因为只要世界上一些地区还充满邪恶和**，只要他们不断向民众灌输仇恨并为屠杀制造借口，就一定会有暴力的发生和发展。

这种破坏性的邪恶势力会穿透防卫森严的边界，对人民生命产生威胁。

历史上只有一种力量可以粉碎刻毒和仇恨对人的控制，并暴露**者的邪恶，更给善良和宽容的人们带来希望，那就是人类自由的力量。

已经发生的事件和我们的常识引出了这样一个结论：我们领土上的自由要得以持久，越来越取决于世界其他地方自由的成败。

世界和平的最大希望是自由遍及全球。

美国的生死存亡与我们的信念已经不可分割了。

建国之日，我们就宣告，人类的每一个成员都有人权和尊严，其生命是不可计价的，因为人类具有造物主的形像。

世代以来，我们一直在强调人民自我管理的重要意义，因为没有一个人配得上作人民的主子，也没有一个人活该当奴隶。

我们的建国过程，就是我们宣扬这个理念的过程。

它是我们开国先辈们的光荣成就。

•【美国总统就职演说系列】克林顿连任作者：news 日期：2010年05月21日 (2周前)The Second Inaugural Address by Bill ClintonJanuary 20, 1997My fellow citizens :At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs, 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 upon 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 Century.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 the 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 computer 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 century with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to coast. We began the 20th century with a choice, to harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human decency. Those 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 our 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 achievement. America stands alone as the world's indispensable nation. Once again, our economy is the strongest on Earth. Once again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner environment. Problems that once seemed destined to deepen now bend to ourefforts: our streets are safer 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 can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We,- the American people, we are the solution. Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our common 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 the power to make a real difference in their everyday lives, government should do more, not less. The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity,- not a guarantee, but a real opportunity to build better lives.Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us. Our founders taught us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon responsible citizenship. And we need a new sense of responsibility for a new century. There is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to read; 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 ourselves and our families, but for our neighbors and our nation. Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of community for a new century. For any one of us to succeed, we must succeed as one America.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 targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different. These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. And they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all around 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. And we shall replace them with the generous spirit of a people who feel at home with one another.Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live together, 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 mystical province of physicists; today, it is a commonplace encyclopedia for millions of schoolchildren. Scientists now are decoding the blueprint of human life. Cures for our most feared illnesses seem close at hand. 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 the fortunes and spirits of people the world over. And for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship.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 today must answer a resounding "Yes."This is the heart of our task. With a new vision of government, a new sense of responsibility, a new spirit of community, we will sustain America's journey. The promise we sought in a new land we will find again in a land of new promise.In this new land, education will be every citizen's most prized possession. Our schools will have the highest standards in the world, igniting the spark of possibility in the eyes of every girl and every boy. And 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 their 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 sell 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 claim 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 destruction. Our children will sleep free from the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Ports and airports, farms and factories will thrive with trade and innovation and ideas. And the world's greatest democracy 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. A nation where our grandparents have secure retirement and health care, and their grandchildren know we have made the reforms necessary to sustain those benefits for their time. 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 will always speak louder than the din of narrow interests, regaining the participation and deserving the trust of all Americans.Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward towardrealizing the full potential of all its citizens. Prosperity and power, yes, they are important, and we must maintain them. But let 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 strength and decency of the human spirit.Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this Mall, in words that moved the conscience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. 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 labors we 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 here to join in that pledge. The American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of another. Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisanship they plainly deplore. 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. 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 and happy heart. Let us shape the hope of this day into the noblest chapter in our history. Yes, let us build our bridge. A bridge wide enough and strong enough for every American to cross over to a blessed land of new promise. May those generations whose faces we cannot yet see, whose names we may never know, say of us here 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 flame 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 hands for the good work ahead, and always, always bless our America.【中文译文】：克林顿第二次就职演说同胞们：藉此二十世纪最后一届总统就职演说之际，让我们睁开眼睛迎接下一世纪我们将面临的挑战。

希拉里克林顿在2010中美战略与经济对话开幕式上讲话（中英文对照）2010年5月24日，第二轮中美战略与经济对话在北京开幕，美国总统奥巴马的特别代表、国务卿希拉里克林顿出席开幕式并讲话。

以下是希拉里讲话全文的中英文对照。

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. I want to thank State Councilor Dai and Vice-Premier Wang for their very warm hospitality. It is a pleasure for our entire delegation to be here in Beijing. And it is an honor to join my colleague, Secretary Geithner, and the many officials from across our government in representing the United States at this second round of the strategic and economic dialogue.国务卿克林顿：早上好。

感谢国务委员戴秉国和副总理王岐山非常热情的接待。

我国代表团的全体成员十分高兴来到北京。

我与我的同事盖特纳部长及我国政府各部门的众多官员一起代表美国出席第二轮美中战略与经济对话，为此感到十分荣幸。

I first visited China in 1995, and I have been privileged to return since then. Every trip to China offers fresh insights and images of the dynamism of this country and its people, the pace of change, and the possibilities for the future. Back in 1995, trade between our two nations was measured in the tens of billions of dollars. Today it is counted in the hundreds ofbillions. Few people back then had cell phones, and almost no one had access to the Internet. Today China has the world's largest mobile phone network, and more Internet users than any other country on earth.我于1995年初次访问中国，此后又很荣幸地多次前来访问。

克林顿说演讲稿尊敬的观众们，感谢大家的光临和聆听。

今天，我非常荣幸能够站在这里与大家分享一些重要的观点和想法。

我想回顾一下我的政治生涯，在我日益迈进的过程中，我经历了许多挑战和机遇。

我希望通过这次演讲，能够激励大家思考并为我们面临的社会问题寻找解决方案。

首先，我想提醒大家一个重要的观点，那就是国家的力量来自于人民。

作为一位领导人，我深信只有通过与人民的紧密合作和联系，我们才能够真正服务于国家的利益。

民主、自由和公正是我们共同的价值观，我们应该为实现这些价值而努力。

我还想谈一谈教育的重要性。

教育是培养人才和促进社会发展的关键。

作为一个国家，我们必须为每个人提供平等的教育机会，无论他们来自何种背景。

教育不仅仅是传授知识，更是培养创造力、批判思维和领导能力的途径。

我们应该为我们的下一代铺平道路，让他们有能力应对未来的挑战。

此外，我还想谈一谈国际合作的重要性。

我们生活在一个全球化的时代，没有哪个国家可以独自应对所有的问题。

共同面对气候变化、恐怖主义和贫困等全球性挑战，我们需要加强国际合作和合作伙伴关系。

只有通过共同努力，我们才能找到解决这些问题的方式和途径。

然而，我们也面临一些内部问题和挑战。

经济不平等、种族歧视和国内冲突等问题依然存在，我们需要寻找解决这些问题的办法。

我们必须努力推动社会公正、平等和包容，确保每个人都有平等的机会和权利。

最后，我想鼓励每个人积极参与政治和社会事务。

无论你是年轻人还是老人，无论你是贫穷还是富有，你都有权利参与塑造我们的社会和国家。

每个人都可以通过投票、参与公民组织和表达自己的观点来实现积极变革。

让我结束这次演讲时，让我们思考一下自己可以为国家和社会做些什么，每个人都可以为这个世界带来正能量。

不要害怕追求你的梦想，因为你可以改变世界。

感谢大家的聆听。

谢谢。

克林顿英文演讲稿Ladies and gentlemen,。

It is a great honor for me to stand before you today and deliver this speech in the English language. As a former President of the United States, I have had the privilege of addressing many audiences around the world, but I must say that speaking to you today is particularly special.I want to take this opportunity to talk about the importance of diplomacy and cooperation between nations. In today's interconnected world, it is more important than ever for countries to work together to address the challenges that we all face. Whether it is climate change, global health crises, or economic instability, these are issues that no single country can solve on its own. We must come together as a global community to find solutions that benefit all of humanity.I believe that the United States has a crucial role to play in this endeavor. As a nation with significant resources and influence, we have a responsibility to lead by example and to work with other countries to promote peace and prosperity. This means engaging in open and honest dialogue, respecting the sovereignty of other nations, and finding common ground on which to build a better future for all.Of course, this is not always easy. There will always be disagreements and conflicts between nations, but it is essential that we find ways to resolve these differences peacefully. This requires patience, understanding, and a willingness to listen to the perspectives of others. It also requires a commitment to upholding the principles of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.I am optimistic about the future, despite the many challenges that we face. I believe that by working together, we can overcome these challenges and build a more just and equitable world for future generations. This will require courage, determination, and a willingness to take bold action when necessary. It will also require a spirit of cooperation and a recognition that we are all in this together.In closing, I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. I hope that my words have inspired you to continue working towards a better future for all. Let us remember that we are stronger when we stand united, and that by working together, we can achieve great things.Thank you.。