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1、小布什第二任總統(tǒng)就職演說2005年1月20日PresidentBush'sSecondInauguralAddressVicePresidentCheney,Mr.ChiefJustice,PresidentCarter,PresidentBush,PresidentClinton,membersofUnitedStates'Congress,reverendclergy,distinguishedguests,fellowcitizens:Onthisday,prescribedbylawandmar
2、kedbyceremony,wecelebratethedurablewisdomofourConstitution,andrecallthedeepcommitmentsthatuniteourcountry.Iamgratefulforthehonorofthishour,mindfuloftheconsequentialtimesinwhichwelive,anddeterminedtofulfilltheoaththatIhaveswornandyouhavewitnessed.今天,按照憲法規(guī)
3、定我們舉行這個儀式.我們在此歡慶我國憲法常青的智慧,追尋我們團結(jié)全國的深切責(zé)任感.我感佩這個時刻帶來的榮耀,意識到我們時代的期盼并期待著完成我的誓言,請你們做證.Atthissecondgathering,ourdutiesaredefinednotbythewordsIuse,butbythehistorywehaveseentogether.Forahalfcentury,Americadefendedourownfreedombystandingwatchondistantborders.Afte
4、rtheshipwreckofcommunismcameyearsofrelativequiet,yearsofrepose,yearsofsabbatical-andthentherecameadayoffire.這是我們第二次聚會,我們的責(zé)任并非由我的講演來確定,它源于我們當(dāng)前歷史時期的要求.半個世紀(jì)以來,美國在遙遠(yuǎn)的邊界上捍衛(wèi)著我們的自由,共產(chǎn)主義極權(quán)專政破產(chǎn)后我們有相對平靜、懶散的歲月,而后是火光四射的那一天.Wehaveseenourvulnerability-andwehaveseenits
5、deepestsource.Foraslongaswholeregionsoftheworldsimmerinresentmentandtyranny-pronetoideologiesthatfeedhatredandexcusemurder-violencewillgather,andmultiplyindestructivepower,andcrossthemostdefendedborders,andraiseamortalthreat.Thereisonlyoneforceofhistoryt
6、hatcanbreakthereignofhatredandresentment,andexposethepretensionsoftyrants,andrewardthehopesofthedecentandtolerant,andthatistheforceofhumanfreedom.我們已明了自身的弱點,我們也深知其根源.只要世界某些區(qū)域醞釀著不滿、滋生著暴君,就會產(chǎn)生宣揚仇恨和為屠殺尋找借口的意識形態(tài),就會聚集暴力和毀滅的能量,它們會越過嚴(yán)密把守的邊界帶來毀滅的威脅.這個世界只存在一種力量可以
7、沖決仇恨、揭露暴君的虛偽、扶植容忍、培育尊嚴(yán),那就是人類的自由.Weareled,byeventsandcommonsense,tooneconclusion:Thesurvivaloflibertyinourlandincreasinglydependsonthesuccessoflibertyinotherlands.Thebesthopeforpeaceinourworldistheexpansionoffreedominalltheworld.我們受常識的指引和歷史的教誨,得出如下結(jié)論:自由是否
8、能在我們的土地上存在,正日益依賴于自由在別國的勝利.對和平的熱切期望只能源于自由在世界上的擴展.America'svitalinterestsandourdeepestbeliefsarenowone.FromthedayofourFounding,wehaveproclaimedthateverymanandwomanonthisearthhasrights,anddignity,andmatchlessvalue,becausethey