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1、英语演讲稿：speech paperchief justice rehnquist, president carter, president bush， president clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet mon in our country.with a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.as i begin,
2、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 and humbled to stand here, where so many of americas leaders have e before me, and so many will follow.we have a place, all of us, in a long s
3、tory - a story we continue, but whose end we will not see.it is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator 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
4、conquer.it is the american story - a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations 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.americ
5、ans are called to enact this promise in 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, americas faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea.now it is a seed upon the wind, tak
6、ing 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.while many of our citizens prosper, others do
7、ubt 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 continent, but not a country.we do not accept this, and we wil
8、l 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.i know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal i
9、n his image.and we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.america has never been united by blood or birth or soil.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 prin
10、ciples.every citizen must uphold them.and every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, american.today, we affirm a new mitment to live out our nations promise through civility, courage, passion and character.america, at its best, matches a mitment to principle with a
11、 concern for civility.a civil society demands from each 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 countr
12、y 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 must live up to the calling we sha
13、re.civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.it is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of munity over chaos.and this mitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared acplishment.america, at its best, is also courageous.our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defend
14、ing mon dangers defined our mon good.now we must choose if the e_le of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us.we must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.together, we will reclaim americas schools, before ignoranc
15、e and apathy claim more young lives.we will reform social security and medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent.and we will reduce ta_es, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working americans.we will build our defenses beyo
16、nd challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.we will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.the enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: america remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power thatf avors freedom.we will defend our allies and our interests.we will show purpose without arr
