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1、精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文 -全程指导写作 独家原创 1 / 8约翰肯尼迪就职演说稿英文vice president johnson, mr. speaker, mr. chief justice, president eisenhower, vice president nixon, president truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom-symbolizing an end, as we
2、ll as a beginning-signifying renewal, as well as change. for i have sworn i before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forebears l prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. the world is very different now. for man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human
3、poverty and all forms of human life. and yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe-the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of god. we dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that
4、 first revolution. let the word go 精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文 -全程指导写作 独家原创 2 / 8forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans-born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient her
5、itage-and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, mee
6、t any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. this much we pledge-and more. to those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. united, there is little we cannot do in a host o
7、f cooperative ventures. divided, there is little we can do-for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. 精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文 -全程指导写作 独家原创 3 / 8to those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have p
8、assed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. we shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. but we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom-and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger en
9、ded up inside. to those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required-not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it
10、 is right. if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. to our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge-to convert our good words into good deeds-in a new alliance for progress-to assist free men and free governments in casting off
11、精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文 -全程指导写作 独家原创 4 / 8the chains of poverty. but this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the americas. and let every other power know that this
12、 hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. to that world assembly of sovereign states, the united nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support-to prevent it from becoming merely a forum f
13、or invective-to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak-and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destructi
14、on unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. we dare not tempt them with weakness. for only 精品文档2016 全新精品资料-全新公文范文 -全程指导写作 独家原创 5 / 8when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. but neither can tw
15、o great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course-both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankinds final war. so let us begin anew-remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. let us never negotiate out of fear. but let us never fear to negotiate. let both sides explo
