奧巴馬就職演講稿.doc

演講稿/就職演講稿 奧巴馬就職演講稿 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:謝謝，非常感謝大家。拜登副總統(tǒng)、首席大法官先生、國(guó)會(huì)議員們、尊敬的各位嘉賓、親愛(ài)的公民們。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:每一次我們集會(huì)慶祝總統(tǒng)就職都是在見(jiàn)證美國(guó)憲法的持久力量。我們都是在肯定美國(guó)民主的承諾。我們重申，將這個(gè)國(guó)家緊密聯(lián)系在一起的不是我們的膚色，也不是我們信仰的教條，更不是我們名字的*。讓我們與眾不同，讓我們成為美國(guó)人的是我們對(duì)于一種理念的恪守。200多年前，這一理念在一篇宣言中被清晰闡述：“we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”“我們認(rèn)為下述真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。造物主賦予他們?nèi)舾刹豢蓜儕Z的權(quán)利，包括生存、自由和追求幸福的權(quán)利?！眛oday we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. for history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from god, it must be secured by his people here on earth. the patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. they gave to us a republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.今天，我們繼續(xù)著這一未竟的征程，架起這些理念與我們時(shí)代現(xiàn)實(shí)之間的橋梁。因?yàn)闅v史告訴我們，即便這些真理是不言而喻的，它們也從來(lái)不會(huì)自動(dòng)生效。因?yàn)殡m然自由是上帝賦予的禮物，但仍需要世間的子民去捍衛(wèi)。1776年，美國(guó)的愛(ài)國(guó)先驅(qū)們不是只為了推翻國(guó)王的暴政而戰(zhàn)，也不是為贏得少數(shù)人的特權(quán)，建立暴民的統(tǒng)治。先驅(qū)們留給我們一個(gè)共和國(guó)，一個(gè)民有、民治、民享的政府。他們委托每一代美國(guó)人捍衛(wèi)我們的建國(guó)信條。for more than two hundred years, we have.在過(guò)去的200多年里，我們做到了。through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equa