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1、-范文最新推荐- speech paper thank you!¡¡¡¡chief justice rehnquist, president carter, president bush£¬ president clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. with a simple oath, we a
2、ffirm old traditions and make new beginnings.¡¡¡¡as i begin, i thank president clinton for his service to our nation.¡¡¡¡and i thank vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.¡¡¡¡i am honored a
3、nd humbled to stand here, where so many of america's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.¡¡¡¡we have a place, all of us, in a long story - a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. it is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberato
4、r of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.¡¡¡¡it is the american story - a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the ge
5、nerations by grand and enduring ideals.¡¡¡¡the grandest of these ideals is an unfolding american promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.¡¡¡¡americans are called to enact this promise i
6、n our lives and in our laws. and though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.¡¡¡¡through much of the last century, america's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. now it is a seed upon the wind, taking
7、 root in many nations.¡¡¡¡our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. and even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.¡¡&iexc
8、l;¡while many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own country. the ambitions of some americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. and sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a contin
9、ent, but not a country.¡¡¡¡we do not accept this, and we will not allow it. our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. and this is my solemnpledge: i will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.¡¡¡
10、;¡i know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in his image.¡¡¡¡and we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.¡¡¡¡america has never been united by blood or birth or so
11、il. we are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. every child must be taught these principles. every citizen must uphold them. and every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, americ
12、an.¡¡¡¡today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.¡¡¡¡america, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. a civil society demands from each
13、 of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.¡¡¡¡some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.¡¡¡¡but the stakes for america are never small. if our coun
14、try does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. if we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. if we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.¡¡¡¡we mu
15、st live up to the calling we share. civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. it is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. and this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment.¡¡¡¡america, at its best, is also courageous.¡¡¡¡our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. we must show courage in a time of blessing by
