克林頓總統(tǒng)第一次就職演說

1、克林頓總統(tǒng)第一次就職演說克林頓總統(tǒng)第一次就職演說 名人演講稿My 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 worlds oldest democracy, that brings forth the visi

2、on and courage to reinvent America. When our founders boldly declared Americas independence to the world, and our purposes to the Almighty, they knew that America, to endure, would have to change. Not change for change sake, but change to preserve Americas ideals: life, liberty, the pursuit of happi

3、ness.Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. Each generation of 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 wh

4、ose 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 unrivalled prosperi

5、ty, we inherit an economy that is still the worlds strongest, but is weakened by business failures, 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 the land by horseba

6、ck, 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

7、in America today in peaceful competition with people all across the Earth.Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our worl d, 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 Ame

8、ricans 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 our enterprises, great and small; when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens of their freed

9、om; 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 we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources,fractured our

10、economy, and shaken our confidence.Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people, and we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us. From our Revolution to the Civil War, to the Great Depressi

11、on, 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 Americans, thi

12、s 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, and a new season of America

13、n renewal has 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, and 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 opportun

14、ity. It will not be easy. 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.

15、 Anyone who has ever watched a childs 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 responsibilities.We must do what America does best, offer more opportunity to

16、 all and demand more 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

17、revitalize our democracy. This beautiful capitol, like every capitol 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 a

18、nd 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

19、 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 capitol back to the people to whom it belon

20、gs.To renew America we must meet challenges abroad, as well as at home. There is no longer a clear 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 wor

21、ld is more free, but less stable. Communisms 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

22、. Together with our friends and allies, we will work together 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 whenever possible, with force when necessary.The brave

23、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 ha

24、nds, are with those on every continent, who are building democracy and freedom. Their cause is Americas 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, you have changed the fa

25、ce 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 gove

26、rnment 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 communit

27、ies. 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 rede

28、dicate 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 f

29、rom its myriad diversity, the deepest measure of unity; an idea infused with the conviction that Americas 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 energy and hope, with faith and discipline,

30、 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 ea

31、ch in our own way, and with Gods help, we must answer the call.Thank you, and God bless you all!克林頓總統(tǒng)第一次就職演說 名人演講稿My fllow ciizns:Tody w clbr h mysry of Amricn rnwl. This crmony is hld in h dph of winr, bu by h words w spk nd h fcs w show h world, w forc h sprin.A sprin rborn in h worlds olds dmocrc

32、y, h brins forh h vision nd cour o rinvn Amric. Whn our foundrs boldly dclrd Amrics indpndnc o h world, nd our purposs o h Almihy, hy knw h Amric, o ndur, would hv o chn. o chn for chn sk, bu chn o prsrv Amrics idls: lif, libry, h pursui of hppinss.Thouh w mrch o h music of our im, our mission is im

33、lss. Ech nrion of Amricns mus dfin wh i mns o b n Amricn.On bhlf of our nion, I slu my prdcssor, rsidn Bush, for his hlf-cnury of srvic o Amric, nd I hnk h millions of mn nd womn whos sdfsnss nd scrific riumphd ovr dprssion, fscism nd communism.Tody, nrion risd in h shdows of h Cold Wr ssums nw rspo

34、nsibiliis in world wrmd by h sunshin of frdom, bu hrnd sill by ncin hrds nd nw plus. Risd in unrivlld prospriy, w inhri n conomy h is sill h worlds srons, bu is wknd by businss filurs, snn ws, incrsin inquliy, nd dp divisions mon our own popl.Whn Gor Wshinon firs ook h oh I hv jus sworn o uphold, nw

35、s rvlld slowly cross h lnd by horsbck, nd cross h ocn by bo. ow h sihs nd sounds of his crmony r brodcs insnnously o billions round h world. Communicions nd commrc r lobl. Invsmn is mobil. Tchnoloy is lmos micl, nd mbiion for br lif is now univrsl.W rn our livlihood in Amric ody in pcful compiion wi

36、h popl ll cross h Erh. rofound nd powrful forcs r shkin nd rmkin our world, nd h urn qusion of our im is whhr w cn mk chn our frind nd no our nmy. This nw world hs lrdy nrichd h livs of millions of Amricns who r bl o comp nd win in i. Bu whn mos popl r workin hrdr for lss, whn ohrs cnno work ll, whn

37、 h cos of hlh cr dvss fmilisnd hrns o bnkrup our nrpriss, r nd smll; whn h fr of crim robs Iw bidin ciizns of hir frdom; nd whn millions of poor childrn cnno vn imin h livs w r cllin hm o ld, w hv no md chn our frind.W know w hv o fc hrd ruhs nd k sron sps, bu w hv no don so. Insd w hv drifd, nd h d

38、rifin hs rodd our rsourcs, frcurd our conomy, nd shkn our confidnc. Thouh our chllns r frsom, so r our srnhs. Amricns hv vr bn rslss, qusin, hopful popl, nd w mus brin o our sk ody h vision nd will of hos who cm bfor us. From our Rvoluion o h Civil Wr, o h Gr Dprssion, o h Civil Rihs movmn, our popl

39、 hv lwys musrd h drminion o consruc from hs criss h pillrs of our hisory. Thoms Jffrson blivd h o prsrv h vry foundions of our nion w would nd drmic chn from im o im. Wll, my fllow Amricns, his is our im. L us mbrc i.Our dmocrcy mus b no only h nvy of h world bu h nin of our own rnwl. Thr is nohin w

40、ron wih Amric h cnno b curd by wh is rih wih Amric.And so ody w pld n nd o h r of ddlock nd drif, nd nw sson of Amricn rnwl hs bun.To rnw Amric w mus b bold. W mus do wh no nrion hs hd o do bfor. W mus invs mor in our own popl, in hir jobs, nd in hir fuur, nd h sm im cu our mssiv db. . . nd w mus do

41、 so in world in which w mus comp for vry opporuniy. I will no b sy. I will rquir scrific, bu i cn b don, nd don firly. o choosin scrific for is own sk, bu for our own sk. W mus provid for our nion h wy fmily provids for is childrn.Our foundrs sw hmslvs in h lih of posriy. Wcn do no lss. Anyon who hs

42、 vr wchd childs ys wndr ino slp knows wh posriy is. osriy is h world o com, h world for whom w hold our idls, from whom w hv borrowd our pln, nd o whom w br scrd rsponsibiliis. W mus do wh Amric dos bs, offr mor opporuniy o ll nd dmnd mor rsponsibiliy from ll.I is im o brk h bd hbi of pcin somhin fo

43、r nohin: from our ovrnmn, or from ch ohr. L us ll k mor rsponsibiliy, no only for ourslvs nd our fmilis, bu for our communiis nd our counry. To rnw Amric w mus rviliz our dmocrcy. This buiful cpiol, lik vry cpiol sinc h dwn of civilizion, is ofn plc of inriu nd clculion. owrful popl mnuvr for posiio

44、n nd worry ndlssly bou who is in nd who is ou, who is up nd who is down, forin hos popl whos oil nd sw snds ushr nd pvs our wy. Amricns dsrv br, nd in his ciy ody hr r popl who wn o do br, nd so I sy o ll of you hr, l us rsolv o rform our poliics, so h powr nd privil no lonr shou down h voic of h po

45、pl. L us pu sid prsonl dvn, so h w cn fl h pin nd s h promis of Amric. L us rsolv o mk our ovrnmn plc for wh Frnklin Roosvl clld bold, prsisn primnion, ovrnmn for our omorrows, no our ysrdys. L us iv his cpiol bck o h popl o whom i blons.To rnw Amric w mus m chllns brod, s wll s hom. Thr is no lonr

46、clr division bwn wh is forin nd wh is domsic. Th world conomy, h world nvironmn, h world AIDS crisis, h world rms rc: hy ffc us ll. Tody s n old ordr psss, h nw world is mor fr, bu lss sbl. Communisms collps hs clld forh old nimosiis, nd nw dnrs. Clrly, Amric mus coninu o ld h world w did so much o

47、mk.Whil Amric rbuilds hom, w will no shrink from h chllns nor fil o siz h opporuniis of his nw world. Tohr wih our frinds nd llis, w will work ohr o shp chn, ls i nulf us. Whn our vil inrss r chllnd, or h will nd conscinc of h inrnionl communiy is dfid, w will c; wih pcful diplomcy whnvr possibl, wi

48、h forc whn ncssry.Th brv Amricns srvin our nion ody in h rsin Gulf, in Somli, nd whrvr ls hy snd, r smn o our rsolv, bu our rs srnh is h powr of our ids, which r sill nw in mny lnds. Across h world, w s hm mbrcd nd w rjoic. Our hops, our hrs, our hnds, r wih hos on vry coninn, who r buildin dmocrcy nd frdom. Thir