Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Speaker, members of my family and friends, my countrymen, and the friends of my country, 主席先生，副总统先生，首席大法官先生，众议院议长先生，我的亲友们，同胞们及我们国家的朋友们： whereve
This basic law of interdependence, so manifest in the commerce of peace, applies with thousand-fold intensity in the event of war. 这种相互依存的基本法则，在和平时期的贸易中即已表现得甚为明显，而一旦运用于战争时期，它就会呈现出千百倍的重要性。 So we are pe
My fellow countryman: When four years ago we met to inaugurate a President, the Republic, single-minded in anxiety, stood in spirit here. 4年前，当我们聚在一起举行总统就职典礼，合众国忧心如焚，群情激奋。 We dedicated ourselves to th
Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible 热爱自由则意味着保卫一切使自由得以实现的资源 from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our scientists. 从我
It is that unique self-definition which has given us an exceptional appeal, but it also imposes on us a special obligation, 正是这种独一无二的自我定义，赋予了我们非同寻常的号召力，但同时也加之于我们一项特殊的义务， to take on those moral duties
We know it because, if we look below the surface, we sense it still spreading on every continent 我们知道民主不会死亡．因为如果我们透过表面看问题、就会感觉到它仍在每一片大陆上扩展, for it is the most humane, the most advanced, and in the end
Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, 难怪信心在减弱,信心,只有靠诚实、信誉、 on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them
We have sought no territory and we have imposed our will on none. 我们没有强占他国领土，也没有对他国施加思想。 We have asked for no privileges we would not extend to others. 也没有向他国索要特权。 We have constantly and vigorously su
I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. 根据宪法赋予我的职责、我准备提出一些措施，而一个受灾世界上的受灾国家也许需要这些措施。 These measures, or
Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. 富足的憎景近在咫尺，但就在我们见到这种情景的时候，宽裕的生活却悄然离去。 Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind'
With the cooperation of business, private capital, agriculture, and labor in this country, 在我国企业、私人资本、农业和劳工等方面的协作下， this program can greatly increase the industrial activity in other nations and can r
My fellow citizens: The world and we have passed the midway point of a century of continuing challenge. 同胞们：我们和全世界一样，业已跨过了一个充满持续挑战的世纪的中线。 We sense with all our faculties that forces of good and evil a
two Realizing that common sense and common decency alike dictate the futility of appeasement, 二、我们既已认识到，无论从常识还是从一般的廉耻感来看，姑息绥靖都毫无益处， we shall never try to placate an aggressor by the false and wicked b
Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends, you will understand and, I believe, 首席大法官先生、副总统先生、朋友们，你们会理解， agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words brief. 而且我
As we bind up the internal wounds of Watergate, more painful and more poisonous than those of foreign wars, 我们正在从水门事件中走出，比起外部战争，“内战”更为阴险毒恶， let us restore the golden rule to our political process, and
Our Constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet. 我们1787年的宪法并不是一份完美无缺的文献，而且它至今仍未尽善尽美。 But it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and
We urge all other people to join us, for success can mean life instead of death. 我们呼吁其他各国人民加入我们的行列，因为此举的成功乃意味着生存，而不是死亡。 Within us, the people of the United States, there is evident a serious and purpo
The legend that they were invincible—above and beyond the processes of a democracy—has been shattered. 所谓它们不可战胜——凌驾于民主程序之上面又超脱于民主程序之外——这个神话已经被粉碎， They have been challenged and beaten. 它们遭到了挑战，并且已经被击败。
This year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Constitutional Convention which made us a nation. 今年是制宪会议召开150周年，那次会议使我们成为一个国家。 At that Convention our forefathers found the way out of
We dare not tempt them with weakness. 我们不敢以示弱去诱惑他们。 For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. 因为只有当我们的武力无可置疑地壮大时，我们才能毫无疑问地确信永远
