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1、SecondInauguralAddressofGeorgeWalkerBushVicePresidentCheney,Mr.ChiefJustice,PresidentCarter,PresidentBush,PresidentClinton,membersoftheUnitedStatesCongress,reverendclergy,distinguishcdguests,fellowcitizcns:Onthisday,prescribedby1awandmarkedbyccrcmony,wecclcbrat
2、cthedurablewisdomofourConstitution,andrecallthedeepcommitmentsthatuniteourcountry.Iamgratefulforthehonorofthishour,mindfuloftheconsequentialtimesinwhichwelive,anddeterminedtofulfilltheoaththatIhaveswornandyouhavewitncssed.Atthissecondgathering,ourdutiesaredefin
3、ednotbythewordsIuse,butbythehistorywehaveseentogether.Forahalfacentury,Americadefendedourownfreedombystandin百watchondistantborders.Aftertheshipwreckofcommunismcameyearsofrclativcquiet,yearsofrepose,yearsofsabbatical一andthentherecameadayoffire.Wehaveseenourvulne
4、rability—andwehaveseenitsdeepestsource.Foraslongaswholeregionsoftheworldsimmerinresentmentandtyranny—pronetoideologiesthatfeedhatredandexcusemurder—violencewillgather,andmultiplyindestructivepower,andcrossthemostdefendedborders,andraiseamortalthreat.Thereisonly
5、oneforceofhistorythatcanbreakthereignofhatredandresentment,andexposethepretensionsoftyrants,andrewardthehopesofthedecentandtolerant,andthatistheforceofhumanfreedom.Weareled,byeventsandcommonsense,tooneconclusion:Thesurvivaloflibertyinourlandincreasinglydependso
6、nthesuccessoflibertyinotherlands.Thebesthopeforpeaceinourworldistheexpansionoffreedominalltheworld.America/svitalinterestsandourdeepestbeliefsarenowone.FromthedayofourFounding,wehaveproclaimedthateverymanandwomanonthisearthhasrights,anddignity,andmatchlessvalue
7、,becausetheybeartheimageoftheMakerofHeavenandcarth.Acrossthegenerationswehaveproclaimedtheimperativeofself-government,becausenooneisfittobeamaster,andnoonedeservestobeaslave.AdvancingtheseidealsisthemissionthatcreatedourNation.Itisthehonorableachievementofourfa
8、thers.Nowitistheurgentrequirementofournation,ssecurity,andthecallingofourtime.SoitisthepolicyoftheUnitedStatestoseekandsupportthegrowthofdemocraticmovementsandinstitutionsin