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1、小布什第二任总统就职演说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,按照宪法规
3、定我们举行这个仪式.我们在此欢庆我国宪法常青的智慧,追寻我们团结全国的深切责任感.我感佩这个时刻带来的荣耀,意识到我们时代的期盼并期待着完成我的誓言,请你们做证.Atthissecondgathering,ourdutiesaredefinednotbythewordsIuse,butbythehistorywehaveseentogether.Forahalfcentury,Americadefendedourownfreedombystandingwatchondistantborders.Afte
4、rtheshipwreckofcommunismcameyearsofrelativequiet,yearsofrepose,yearsofsabbatical-andthentherecameadayoffire.这是我们第二次聚会,我们的责任并非由我的讲演来确定,它源于我们当前历史时期的要求.半个世纪以来,美国在遥远的边界上捍卫着我们的自由，共产主义极权专政破产后我们有相对平静、懒散的岁月,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.我们已明了自身的弱点,我们也深知其根源.只要世界某些区域酝酿着不满、滋生着暴君,就会产生宣扬仇恨和为屠杀寻找借口的意识形态,就会聚集暴力和毁灭的能量,它们会越过严密把守的边界带来毁灭的威胁.这个世界只存在一种力量可以
7、冲决仇恨、揭露暴君的虚伪、扶植容忍、培育尊严,那就是人类的自由.Weareled,byeventsandcommonsense,tooneconclusion:Thesurvivaloflibertyinourlandincreasinglydependsonthesuccessoflibertyinotherlands.Thebesthopeforpeaceinourworldistheexpansionoffreedominalltheworld.我们受常识的指引和历史的教诲,得出如下结论:自由是否
8、能在我们的土地上存在,正日益依赖于自由在别国的胜利.对和平的热切期望只能源于自由在世界上的扩展.America'svitalinterestsandourdeepestbeliefsarenowone.FromthedayofourFounding,wehaveproclaimedthateverymanandwomanonthisearthhasrights,anddignity,andmatchlessvalue,becausethey
