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1、Obama'sSecondInauguralspeech:ThefulltextVicePresidentBiden,Mr.ChiefJustice,MembersoftheUnitedStatesCongress,distinguishedguests,andfellowcitizens:Eachtimewegathertoinaugurateapresident,webearwitnesstotheenduringstrengthofourConstitution.Weaffirmthepromiseofourdemocracy.Werecallt
2、hatwhatbindsthisnationtogetherisnotthecolorsofourskinorthetenetsofourfaithortheoriginsofournames.Whatmakesusexceptional-whatmakesusAmerican-isourallegiancetoanidea,articulatedinadeclarationmademorethantwocenturiesago:"Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,t
3、hattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienablerights,thatamongtheseareLife,Liberty,andthepursuitofHappiness."Todaywecontinueanever-endingjourney,tobridgethemeaningofthosewordswiththerealitiesofourtime.Forhistorytellsusthatwhilethesetruthsmaybeself-evident,theyhaveneverbee
4、nself-executing;thatwhilefreedomisagiftfromGod,itmustbesecuredbyHispeoplehereonEarth.Thepatriotsof1776didnotfighttoreplacethetyrannyofakingwiththeprivilegesofafewortheruleofamob.TheygavetousaRepublic,agovernmentof,andby,andforthepeople,entrustingeachgenerationtokeepsafeourfoundi
5、ngcreed.Formorethantwohundredyears,wehave.Throughblooddrawnbylashandblooddrawnbysword,welearnedthatnounionfoundedontheprinciplesoflibertyandequalitycouldsurvivehalf-slaveandhalf-free.Wemadeourselvesanew,andvowedtomoveforwardtogether.Together,wedeterminedthatamoderneconomyrequire
6、srailroadsandhighwaystospeedtravelandcommerce;schoolsandcollegestotrainourworkers.Together,wediscoveredthatafreemarketonlythriveswhentherearerulestoensurecompetitionandfairplay.Together,weresolvedthatagreatnationmustcareforthevulnerable,andprotectitspeoplefromlife'sworsthazardsa
7、ndmisfortune.Throughitall,wehaveneverrelinquishedourskepticismofcentralauthority,norhavewesuccumbedtothefictionthatallsociety'sillscanbecuredthroughgovernmentalone.Ourcelebrationofinitiativeandenterprise;ourinsistenceonhardworkandpersonalresponsibility,areconstantsinourcharacter
8、.Butwehavealwaysunderstoodthatwhentimeschange,s