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1、布什在自由女神像前发誓布什在自由女神像前发誓“美国不会被袭击摧垮美国不会被袭击摧垮”President: Good evening. A long year has passed since enemies attacked our country. Weve seen the images so many times they are seared on our souls, and remembering the horror, reliving the anguish, re-imagining the terror, is hard and painful. For those who
2、 lost loved ones, its been a year of sorrow, of empty places, of newborn children who will never know their fathers here on earth. For members of our military, its been a year of sacrifice, and service far from home. For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment of coming to terms with the dif
3、ficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies, and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks. Yet in the events that have challenged us, weve also seen the character that will deliver us. Weve seen the greatness of America in airline passengers who defied their hijackers and ran a plan
4、e into the ground to spare the lives of others. Weve seen the greatness of America in rescuers who rushed up flights of stairs toward peril. And we continue to see the greatness of America in the care and compassion our citizens show to each other. September the 11th, 2001, will always be a fixed po
5、int in the life of America. The loss of so many lives left us to examine our own. Each of us was reminded that we are here only for a time, and these counted days should be filled with things that last and matter: love for our families, love for our neighbors, and for our country; gratitude for life
6、 and to the giver of life. We resolved a year ago to honor every last person lost. We owe them remembrance, and we owe them more. We owe them, and their children, and our own, the most enduring monument we can build: a world of liberty and security made possible by the way America leads, and by the
7、way Americans lead our lives. The attack on our nation was also attack on the ideals that make us a nation. Our deepest national conviction is that every life is precious, because every life is the gift of a creator who intended us to live in liberty and equality. More than anything else, this separ
8、ates us from the enemy we fight. We value every life; our enemies value none not even the innocent; not even their own. And we seek the freedom and opportunity that give meaning and value to life. There is a line in our time, and in every time, between those who believe that all men are created equa
9、l, and those who believe that some men, and women, and children, are expendable in the pursuit of power. There is a line in our time, and in every time, between the defenders of human liberty and those who seek to master the minds and souls of others. Our generation has now heard historys call, and
10、we will answer it. America has entered a great struggle that tests our strength, and even more our resolve. Our nation is patient and steadfast. We continue to pursue the terrorists in cities, and camps, and caves across the earth. We are joined by a great coalition of nations to rid the world of te
11、rror. And we will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder. Now and in the future, Americans will live as free people, not in fear, and never at the mercy of any foreign plot or power. This nation has defeated tyrants and liberated death camps, raised th
12、is lamp of liberty to every captive land. We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing historys latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power. They are discovering, as others before them, the resolve of a great country and a great democracy. In the ruins of two towers, under a flag un
13、furled at the Pentagon at the funerals of the lost, we have made a sacred promise, to ourselves and to the world: We will not relent until justice is done and our nation is secure. What our enemies have begun, we will finish. I believe there is a reason that history has matched this nation with this
14、 time. America strives to be tolerant and just. We respect the faith of Islam, even as we fight those whose actions defile that faith. We fight, not to impose our will, but to defend ourselves and extend the blessings of freedom. We cannot know all that lies ahead. Yet we do know that God has placed
15、 us together in this moment, to grieve together, to stand together, to serve each other and our country. And the duty we have been given defending America and our freedom is also a privilege we share. Were prepared for this journey. And our prayer tonight is that God will see us through, and keep us
16、 worthy. Tomorrow is September the 12th. A milestone is passed, and a mission goes on. Be confident. Our country is strong. And our cause is even larger than our country. Ours is the cause of human dignity: freedom guided by conscience, and guarded by peace. This ideal of America is the hope of all mankind. That hope drew millions to this harbor. That hope still lights our way. And the light shines in the darkness. And the darkness
