My fellow citizens: the four years which have elapsed since last I stood in this place have been crowded with counsel and action of the most vital interest and consequence. 同胞们:自从上次我站在这里发表演说到今天,已有四年时光
We have been proud of our industrial achievements, but we have not hitherto stopped thoughtfully enough to count the human cost, 我们一向对我国的工业成就引以为豪,但我们至今仍没有缜密计算一下人类为此付出的代价: the cost of lives snuffed out
I stand here and have taken the high and solemn oath to which you have been audience 由于美国人民业已挑选我作为这一威严权力的代表,并且从其善良的心意出发, because the people of the United States have chosen me for this august delegati
that the essential principle of peace is the actual equality of nations in all matters of right or privilege; 和平的根本原则乃是,各国在有关权利或特权的一切问题上享有实际的平等地位; that peace cannot securely or justly rest upon an arm
It is in this spirit and with this thought that we have grown more and more aware, 基于这种精神和这种思想,我们日益明确地感到, more and more certain that the part we wished to play was the part of those who mean to vindic
There has been a change of government. 政府发生了变化。 It began two years ago, when the House of Representatives became Democratic by a decisive majority. 这种变化开始于两年前民主党在众议院取得决定性多数席位的时候, It has now been compl
Society must see to it that it does not itself crush or weaken or damage its own constituent parts. 社会自身要保证不削弱,不损坏其组成部分本身。 The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves. 法律的首要义务就是要保证社会功
We have itemized with some degree of particularity the things that ought to be altered and here are some of the chief items: 我们已经逐条列记了一些会发生改变的特殊事物,以下列举了一些: A tariff which cuts us off from our proper p