总统就职演说:美国43任总统乔治·布什第二次就职演讲(1)
On this day, prescribed by law and marked by ceremony, we celebrate the durable wisdom of our Constitution, and recall the deep commitments that unite our country.
今天,按照宪法规定我们举行这个仪式.我们在此欢庆我国宪法常青的智慧,追寻我们团结全国的深切责任感.
I am grateful for the honor of this hour, mindful of the consequential times in which we live, and determined to fulfill the oath that I have sworn and you have witnessed.
我感佩这个时刻带来的荣耀,意识到我们时代的期盼并期待着完成我的誓言,请你们做证.
At this second gathering, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the history we have seen together.
这是我们第二次聚会,我们的责任并非由我的讲演来确定,它源于我们当前历史时期的要求.
For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders.
半个世纪以来,美国在遥远的边界上捍卫着我们的自由，
After the shipwreck of communism came years of relative quiet, years of repose, years of sabbatical and then there came a day of fire.
在共产主义崩溃后，我们度过了相对平静、安宁、悠闲的几年。
We have seen our vulnerability and we have seen its deepest source.
我们已明了自身的弱点,我们也深知其根源.
For as long as whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyranny prone to ideologies that feed hatred and excuse murder violence will gather, and multiply in destructive power, and cross the most defended borders, and raise a mortal threat.
只要世界某些区域酝酿着不满、滋生着暴君,就会产生宣扬仇恨和为屠杀寻找借口的意识形态,就会聚集暴力和毁灭的能量,它们会越过严密把守的边界带来毁灭的威胁.
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
这个世界只存在一种力量可以冲决仇恨、揭露暴君的虚伪、扶植容忍、培育尊严,那就是人类的自由.
We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
我们受常识的指引和历史的教诲,得出如下结论:自由是否能在我们的土地上存在,正日益依赖于自由在别国的胜利.
The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
对和平的热切期望只能源于自由在世界上的扩展.
America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one.
关系到美国生死存亡的利益和我们基本的信念合而为一.
From the day of our Founding, we have proclaimed that every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of Heaven and earth.
自立国始,我们就宣示:生于世间的每个男女都拥有他们的权力、尊严和无可比拟的价值,因为他们拥有创造天地之神的形象.
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