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1、精品文档FranklinD.Roosevelt:TheFourFreedomsFranklinD.Roosevelt:TheFourFreedomsMr.Speaker,membersofthe77thCongress:Iaddressyou,themembersofthisnewCongress,atamomentunprecedentedinthehistoryoftheunion. Iusetheword“unprecedented”becauseatnoprevioustimehasAmericanse
2、curitybeenasseriouslythreatenedfromwithoutasitistoday.SincethepermanentformationofourgovernmentundertheConstitutionin1789,mostoftheperiodsofcrisisinourhistoryhaverelatedtoourdomesticaffairs. And,fortunately,onlyoneofthese—thefour-yearwarbetweentheStates—ever
3、threatenedournationalunity. Today,thankGod,130,000,000Americansinforty-eightStateshaveforgottenpointsofthecompassinournationalunity.Itistruethatpriorto1914theUnitedStatesoftenhasbeendisturbedbyeventsinothercontinents. WehaveevenengagedintwowarswithEuropeanna
4、tionsandinanumberofundeclaredwarsintheWestIndies,intheMediterraneanandinthePacific,forthemaintenanceofAmericanrightsandforthePrinciples2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创19/19精品文档ofpeacefulcommerce. Butinnocasehasaseriousthreatbeenraisedagainstournationalsafetyoro
5、urcontinuedindependence.WhatIseektoconveyisthehistorictruththattheUnitedStatesasanationhasatalltimesmaintainedopposition—clear,definiteopposition—toanyattempttolockusinbehindanancientChinesewallwhiletheprocessionofcivilizationwentpast. Today,thinkingofourchi
6、ldrenandoftheirchildren,weopposeenforcedisolationforourselvesorforanyotherpartoftheAmericas.Thatdeterminationofours,extendingoveralltheseyears,wasproved,forexample,intheearlydaysduringthequartercenturyofwarsfollowingtheFrenchRevolution. WhiletheNapoleonicstr
7、uggledidthreateninterestsoftheUnitedStatesbecauseoftheFrenchfootholdintheWestIndiesandinLouisiana,andwhileweengagedintheWarof1812tovindicateourrighttopeacefultrade,itisneverthelessclearthatneitherFrancenorGreatBritainnoranyothernationwasaimingatdominationoft
8、hewholeworld.Andinlikefashion,from1815to1914—ninety-nine2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创19/19精品文档years—nosinglewarinEuropeorinAsiaconstitutedarealthreatagainstourfutureoragainstthefutureofanyotherA