羅斯福四次就職演講稿

1、羅斯福四次就職演講稿first inaugural address of franklin d. rooseveltsaturday, march 4, 1933i am certain that my fellow americans expect that on my induction into the presidency i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our nation impels this is preeminently the time to sp

2、eak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. this great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper so, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself

3、一-nameless, ueasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance in every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.i am convinced that

4、you will again give that support to leadership in these critical daysin such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our comm on difficulties they concern, thank god, only material things values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all ki

5、nds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gonemore important, a host of un

6、employed citizens face the grim problem of existenee, and an equally great number toil with little return. only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the momentyet our distress comes from no failure of substance we are stricken by no plague of locusts compared with the perils which our f

7、orefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. primarily this is because the rul

8、ers of the exchange ofmankind? s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opin ion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.true they ha

9、ve tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading

10、 tearfully for restored confidence they know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers they have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.the money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. wemay now res tore that t emple to the ancient truths t

11、he measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profithappiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. the joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgot

12、ten in the mad chase of evanescent profits these dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand

13、with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous a

14、nd selfish wrongdoing small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot liverestoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. this nation asks for ac

15、tion, and action now.our greatest primary task is to put people to work. this is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. it can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same ti m

16、e, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resourceshand in hand with this we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and, by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to

17、provide a bet ter use of the land for those best fitted for the land the task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the values of agricultural products and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities. it can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss thro

18、ugh foreclosure of our small homes and our farms it can be helped by insistence tha/t the federal, st ate, and local governme nts act forthwith on the dema nd that their cost be drastically reduced it can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are often scattered, uneconomical, a

19、nd unequa 1. it can be helped by national planning for andsupervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities which have a definitely public character there are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped merely by talking about it. we must act an

20、d act quickly.finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people' s money, and there mu

21、st be provision for an adequate but sound currencythere are the lines of attack i shall presently urge upon a new congress in specialsession det ailed measures for their fulfillment, and i shall seek the immediate assistance of the several sta tes.through this program of action we address ourselves

22、to putting our own national house in order and making income balance outgo. our internationaltrade relations, though vastly important, are in point of time and necessity secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy. i favor as a practical policy the put ting of firs t t hings first i s

23、hall spare no effort to restore world trade by international economic readjustment, but the emergency at home can not wait on that accomplishmentthe basic thought that guides these specific means of national recovery is not narrowly nationalistic it is the insistence, as a first consideration, upon

24、the interdependence of the various elements in all parts of the united states-一a recognition of the old and permanently important manifestation of the american spirit of the pioneer.it is the way to recovery. it is the strongest assurance endureis the immediate way. itthat the recovery willpolicy i

25、would dedicatethe goodwho resolutely respectsso, respects the rights respects his obligationsin the field of world this nation to the policy of neighbor-the neighbor himself and, because he does of othersthe neighbor whoand respects the sanetity of his agreements in and with a world of neighborsif i

26、 read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other; that we can not merely take but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing toa common discipline,no progress is made,

27、we are, i know, readyand property to suchsacrifice for the good ofbecause without such discipline no leadership becomes effective.and willing to submit our lives discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. this i propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes

28、 will bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strifewith this pledge taken, i assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problemsaction in this image and to this en

29、d is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from our ancestors our constitution is so simple and prac tical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form that is why our constitutional system has pr

30、oved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has produced it has met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter internal strife, of world relations.it is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be whol

31、ly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. but it may be that anunprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedurei am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in th

32、e midst of a stricken world may require these measures, or such other measures as the congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, i shall seek, within my cons tit utional aut hor ity, to bring to speedy adop tion.but in the event that the congress shall fail to take one of these two courses

33、, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, i shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. i shall ask the congress for the one remaining instrume nt to mee t the crisis一broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power tha

34、t would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foefor the trust reposed in me i will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time i can do no lesswe face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of the national unity: with the clear consciousness of seeking

35、old and precious moral values; with the cleansatisfaction that comes from the stem performance of duty by old and young alike we aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national lifewe do not distrust the future of essential democracy. the people of the united states have not failed in their

36、 need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. they have asked for discipline and direction under leadership they have made me the present instrument of their wishes. in the spirit of the gift i take it.in this dedication of a nation we humbly ask the blessing of god ma

37、y he protect each and every one of us. may he guide me in the days to come譯文：富蘭克林-羅斯福第一次就職演講星期六，1933年3 h 4 h我肯定，同胞們都期待我在就任總統(tǒng)時(shí)，會(huì)像我國(guó) 目前形勢(shì)所耍求的那樣，坦率而果斷地向他們講話?，F(xiàn)在正 是但白、勇敢地說出實(shí)話，說出全部實(shí)話的最好時(shí)刻，我們 不必畏首畏尾，不著老實(shí)實(shí)面對(duì)我國(guó)今天的情況，這個(gè)偉大 的國(guó)家會(huì)一如既住地堅(jiān)持下去，它會(huì)復(fù)興和繁榮起來。因此, 讓我首先表明我的堅(jiān)定信念：我們唯一下得不害怕的就是害 怕本身種莫明其妙的、喪失理智的、毫無根據(jù)的恐懼, 它會(huì)把轉(zhuǎn)退為進(jìn)所

38、需的種種努力化為泡影。凡在我國(guó)生活陰 云密布的時(shí)刻，坦率而有活力的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都得到過人民的理解和 支持，從而為勝利準(zhǔn)備了必不可少的條件。我相信，在目前 危急吋刻，大家會(huì)再次給予同樣的支持。我們唯一不得不 害怕的就是害怕本身我和你們都要以這利槽神，來面對(duì)我們共同的困難。 感謝上帝，這些困難只是物質(zhì)方面的。價(jià)值難以想象地貶縮 t；課稅增加了，我們的支付能力下降了；各級(jí)政府面臨著 嚴(yán)重的收入短缺；交換手段在貿(mào)易過程中遭到了凍結(jié)；工業(yè) 企業(yè)枯萎的落葉到處可見；農(nóng)場(chǎng)主的產(chǎn)品找不到銷路；t家 萬戶多年的積蓄付之東流。更重要的是，大批失業(yè)公民正面臨嚴(yán)峻的牛育問題， 還有大批公民正以艱辛的勞動(dòng)換取微薄的報(bào)酬。只有愚

39、蠢的 樂天派會(huì)否認(rèn)當(dāng)前這些陰暗的現(xiàn)實(shí)。但是，我們的苦惱決不 是因?yàn)槿狈ξ镔Y。我們沒有遭到什么蝗蟲災(zāi)害。我們的先輩 曾以信念和無畏次次轉(zhuǎn)危為安，比起他們經(jīng)歷過的險(xiǎn)阻， 我們?nèi)源罂筛械叫牢?。大自然仍在給予我們恩惠，人類的努 力已使z倍增。富足的憎景近在咫尺，但就在我們見到這種 情景的時(shí)候，寬裕的生活卻悄然離去。這主要是因?yàn)橹髟兹?類物資交換的統(tǒng)治者們失敗了，他們固執(zhí)己見而又無能為 力，因而已經(jīng)認(rèn)定失敗，并撒手不管了，貪得無厭的貨幣兌 換商的種種行徑，將受到輿論法庭的起訴，將受到人類心靈 和理智的唾棄。幸福并不在于單純地占有主錢；幸福還在于取得成 就后的喜悅，在于創(chuàng)造性努力時(shí)的激情。務(wù)必不能再忘記勞

40、 動(dòng)帶來的喜悅和激勵(lì)，而去瘋狂地追逐那轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的利潤(rùn)。 如果這些暗淡的時(shí)h能使我們認(rèn)識(shí)到，我們真正的夭命不是 要?jiǎng)e人侍奉，而是為自己和同胞們服務(wù)，那么，我們付出的 代價(jià)就完全是值得的。認(rèn)識(shí)到把物質(zhì)財(cái)富半作成功的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是 錯(cuò)誤的，我們就會(huì)拋棄以地位尊嚴(yán)和個(gè)人收益為唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。 來衡量公職和高級(jí)政治地位的錯(cuò)誤信念，我們必須制止銀行 界和企業(yè)界的一種行為，它常常使神圣的委托混同于無情和 自私的不正當(dāng)行為，難怪信心在減弱，因?yàn)樵鰪?qiáng)信心只有靠 誠(chéng)實(shí)、榮譽(yù)感、神圣的責(zé)任感，忠實(shí)地加以維護(hù)和無私地履 行職責(zé)，而沒有這些，就不可能有信心。但是，復(fù)興不僅僅要求改變倫理觀念。這個(gè)國(guó)家要 求行動(dòng)起來，現(xiàn)在就行動(dòng)起來。根

41、據(jù)憲法賦予我的職責(zé)、我準(zhǔn)備提出一些措施，而 一個(gè)受災(zāi)世界上的受災(zāi)國(guó)家也許需要這些措施。對(duì)丁這些措 施，以及國(guó)會(huì)根據(jù)本身的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和智慧可能制訂的其他類似措 施，我將在憲法賦予我的權(quán)限內(nèi)，設(shè)法迅速地予以采納。但是，如果國(guó)會(huì)拒不采納這兩條路線中的一條，如 果國(guó)家緊急情況依然如故，我將下回避我所面臨的明確的盡 責(zé)方向。我將要求國(guó)會(huì)準(zhǔn)許我使用唯一剩下的手殷來應(yīng)付危 機(jī)向非常情況開戰(zhàn)的廣泛的行政權(quán)，就像我們真的遭到 外敵人侵時(shí)授予我那樣的廣泛權(quán)力。對(duì)大家寄予我的信任，我一定報(bào)以時(shí)代所要求的勇 氣和獻(xiàn)身精神，我會(huì)竭盡全力。讓我們正視面前的嚴(yán)峻歲月，懷著舉國(guó)一致給我們 帶來的熱情和勇氣，懷著尋求傳統(tǒng)的、珍貴的道

42、德觀念的明 確意識(shí)，懷著老老少少都能通過克盡職守而得到的問心無愧 的滿足。我們的國(guó)標(biāo)是要保證國(guó)民生活的圓滿和長(zhǎng)治久安。我們并不懷疑基本民主制度的未來。合眾國(guó)人民并 沒有失敗。他們?cè)诶щy中表達(dá)了自己的委托，即要求采取直 接而有力的行動(dòng)。他們要求有領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的紀(jì)律和方向。他們現(xiàn)在 選擇了我作為實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的愿望的工具。我接受這份厚贈(zèng)。在此舉國(guó)奉獻(xiàn)z際，我們謙卑地請(qǐng)求上帝賜福。愿 上帝保佑我們大家和每一個(gè)人，愿上帝在未來的日子里指引 我。美國(guó)第32任總統(tǒng)羅斯福就職演說屮英文2009-01-21 10:30來源：互聯(lián)網(wǎng)作者：佚名打印 評(píng)論美國(guó)第32任總統(tǒng)羅斯福就職演說中英文1933年，羅斯福當(dāng)選美國(guó)總統(tǒng)就職大典

43、吋間：1933年3月4日地點(diǎn)：國(guó)會(huì)大廈我來說兩句 胡佛總統(tǒng)，首席法官先牛，朋友們：今天，對(duì)我們的國(guó)家來說，是一個(gè)神圣的日了。我肯 定，同胞們都期待我在就任總統(tǒng)時(shí)，會(huì)像我國(guó)目前形勢(shì)所要 求的那樣，坦率而果斷地向他們講話?，F(xiàn)在正是坦白、勇敢 地說出實(shí)話，說出全部實(shí)話的最好時(shí)刻。我們不必畏首畏尾, 不老老實(shí)實(shí)面對(duì)我國(guó)今天的情況。這個(gè)偉大的國(guó)家會(huì)一如既 往地堅(jiān)持下去，它會(huì)復(fù)興和繁榮起來。因此，讓我首先表明 我的堅(jiān)定信念：我們唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身一一種 莫名其妙、喪失理智的、毫無根據(jù)的恐懼，它把人轉(zhuǎn)退為進(jìn) 所需的種種努力化為泡影。凡在我國(guó)生活陰云密布的時(shí)刻， 坦率而有活力的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都得到過人民的理解

44、和支持，從而為勝 利準(zhǔn)備了必不可少的條件。我相信，在目前危急吋刻，大家 會(huì)再次給予同樣的支持。我和你們都耍以這種精神，來面對(duì) 我們共同的困難。感謝上帝，這些困難只是物質(zhì)方面的。價(jià) 值難以想象地貶縮了；課稅增加了；我們的支付能力下降了;各級(jí)政府面臨著嚴(yán)重的收入短缺；交換手段在貿(mào)易過程中遭 到了凍結(jié)；工業(yè)企業(yè)枯萎的落葉到處可見；農(nóng)場(chǎng)主的產(chǎn)品找 不到銷路；千家萬戶多年的積蓄付之東流。更重要的是，大批失業(yè)公民止面臨嚴(yán)峻的生存問題， 還有大批公民正以艱辛的勞動(dòng)換取微薄的報(bào)酬。只有愚蠢的 樂天派會(huì)否認(rèn)當(dāng)前這些陰暗的現(xiàn)實(shí)。但是，我們的苦惱決不是因?yàn)槿狈ξ镔Y。我們沒有遭 到什么蝗蟲的災(zāi)害。我們的先輩曾以信念和

45、無畏一次次轉(zhuǎn)危 為安，比起他們經(jīng)歷過的險(xiǎn)阻，我們?nèi)源罂筛械叫牢俊４笞?然仍在給予我們恩惠，人類的努力已使之倍增。富足的情景 近在咫尺，但就在我們見到這種情景的時(shí)候，寬裕的生活 卻悄然離去。這主要是因?yàn)橹髟兹祟愇镔Y交換的統(tǒng)治者們失 敗了，他們固執(zhí)己見而又無能為力，因而已經(jīng)認(rèn)定失敗了， 并撒手不管了。貪得無厭的貨幣兌換商的種種行徑。將受到 輿論法庭的起訴，將受到人類心靈理智的唾棄。是的，他們是努力過，然而他們用的是一種完全過時(shí) 的方法。面對(duì)信貸的失敗，他們只是提議借出更多的錢。沒 有了當(dāng)誘餌引誘人民追隨他們的錯(cuò)誤領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的金錢，他們只 得求助于講道，含淚祈求人民重新給予他們信心。他們只知 自我追求者們

46、的處世規(guī)則。他們沒有眼光，而沒有眼光的人 是要滅亡的。如今，貨幣兌換商已從我們文明廟宇的高處落荒而 逃。我們要以千古不變的真理來重建這座廟寧。衡量這重建 的尺度是我們體現(xiàn)比金錢利益更高尚的社會(huì)價(jià)值的程度。幸福并不在于單純地甘有金錢；幸福還在于取得成就 后的喜悅，在于創(chuàng)造努力時(shí)的激情。務(wù)必不能再忘記勞動(dòng)帶 來的喜悅和激勵(lì)，而去瘋狂地追逐那轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的利潤(rùn)。如果 這些暗淡的時(shí)日能使我們認(rèn)識(shí)到，我們真正的天命不是要?jiǎng)e 人侍奉，而是為自己和同胞們服務(wù)，那么，我們付出的代價(jià) 就完全是值得的。認(rèn)識(shí)到把物質(zhì)財(cái)富當(dāng)作成功的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是錯(cuò)誤的，我們就 會(huì)拋棄以地位尊嚴(yán)和個(gè)人收益為唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，來衡量公職和高 級(jí)政治地位的錯(cuò)

47、誤信念；我們必須制止銀行界和企業(yè)界的一 種行為，它常常使神圣的委托混同于無情和自私的不正當(dāng)行 為。難怪信心在減弱，信心，只有靠誠(chéng)實(shí)、信譽(yù)、忠心維護(hù) 和無私履行職責(zé)。而沒有這些，就不可能有信心。但是，復(fù)興不僅僅只要改變倫理觀念。這個(gè)國(guó)家要求 行動(dòng)起來，現(xiàn)在就行動(dòng)起來。我們最大、最基本的任務(wù)是讓人民投入工作。只要我 信行之以智慧和勇氣，這個(gè)問題就可以解決。這可以部分由 政府直接征募完成，就象對(duì)待臨戰(zhàn)的緊要關(guān)頭一樣，但同時(shí), 在有了人手的情況下，我們還急需能刺激并重組巨大自然資 源的工程。我們齊心協(xié)力，但必須坦白地承認(rèn)工業(yè)中心的人口失 衡，我們必須在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)重新分配，使土地在最適合的人 手中發(fā)表?yè)]

48、更大作用。明確地為提高農(nóng)產(chǎn)品價(jià)值并以此購(gòu)買城市產(chǎn)品所做 的努力，會(huì)有助于任務(wù)的完成。避免許多小家庭業(yè)、農(nóng)場(chǎng)業(yè) 被取消贖取抵押品的權(quán)利的悲劇也有助于任務(wù)的完成。聯(lián) 邦、州、各地政府立即行動(dòng)回應(yīng)要求降價(jià)的呼聲，有助于任 務(wù)的完成。將現(xiàn)在常常是分散不經(jīng)濟(jì)、不平等的救濟(jì)活動(dòng)統(tǒng)一起來有助于任務(wù)的完成。對(duì)所 有公共交通運(yùn)輸，通訊及其他涉及公眾生活的設(shè)施作全國(guó)性 的計(jì)劃及監(jiān)督有助于任務(wù)的完成。許多事情都有助于任務(wù)完 成，但這些決不包括空談。我們必須行動(dòng)，立即行動(dòng)。最后，為了重新開始工作，我們需要兩手防御，來抗 御舊秩序惡魔卷土從來；一定要有嚴(yán)格監(jiān)督銀行業(yè)、信貸及 投資的機(jī)制：一定要杜絕投機(jī)；一定要有充足而健

49、康的貨幣 供應(yīng)。以上這些，朋友們，就是施政方針。我要在特別會(huì)議 上敦促新國(guó)會(huì)給予詳細(xì)實(shí)施方案，并且，我要向18個(gè)州請(qǐng) 求立即的援助。通過行動(dòng)，我們將予以我們自己一個(gè)右秩序 的國(guó)家人廈，使收入人于支出。我們的國(guó)際貿(mào)易，雖然很重 要，但現(xiàn)在在時(shí)間和必要性上，次于對(duì)本國(guó)健康經(jīng)濟(jì)的建立。 我建議，作為可行的策略、首要事務(wù)先行。雖然我將不遺余 力通過國(guó)際經(jīng)濟(jì)重新協(xié)調(diào)所來恢復(fù)國(guó)際貿(mào)易，但我認(rèn)為國(guó)內(nèi) 的緊急情況無法等待這重新協(xié)調(diào)的完成。指導(dǎo)這特別的全國(guó)性復(fù)蘇的基本思想并非狹隘的 國(guó)家主義。我首先考慮的是堅(jiān)持美國(guó)這一整體中各部分的相 互依賴性一這是對(duì)美國(guó)式的開拓精神的古老而永恒的證明 的體現(xiàn)。這才是復(fù)蘇之路，

50、是即時(shí)之路，是保證復(fù)蘇功效持 久之路。在國(guó)際政策方面，我將使美國(guó)米取睦鄰友好的政策。 做一個(gè)決心自重，因此而尊重鄰國(guó)的國(guó)家。做一個(gè)履行義務(wù), 尊重與他國(guó)協(xié)約的國(guó)家。如果我對(duì)人民的心情的了解正確的話，我想我們已認(rèn) 識(shí)到了我們從未認(rèn)識(shí)的問題，我們是互相依存的，我們不可 以只索取，我們述必須奉獻(xiàn)。我們前進(jìn)時(shí)，必須象一支訓(xùn)練 有素的忠誠(chéng)的軍隊(duì)，愿意為共同的原則而獻(xiàn)身，因?yàn)?，沒有 這些原則，就無法取得進(jìn)步，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)就不可能得力。我們都已 做好準(zhǔn)備，并愿意為此原則獻(xiàn)出牛命和財(cái)產(chǎn)，因?yàn)檫@將使志 在建設(shè)更美好社會(huì)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)成為可能。我倡議，為了更偉大的 目標(biāo)，我們所有的人，以一致的職責(zé)緊緊團(tuán)結(jié)起來。這是神 圣的義務(wù)，

51、非戰(zhàn)亂，不停止。有了這樣的誓言，我將毫不猶豫地承擔(dān)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)偉大人民 大軍的任務(wù)，致力丁對(duì)我們普遍問題的強(qiáng)攻。這樣的行動(dòng)， 這樣的目標(biāo)，在我們從祖先手中接過的政府中是可行的。我 們的憲法如此簡(jiǎn)單，實(shí)在。它隨時(shí)可以應(yīng)付特殊情況，只需 對(duì)重點(diǎn)和安排加以修改而不喪失中心思想，正因?yàn)槿绱耍覀兊膽椃w制已自證為是最 有適應(yīng)性的政治體制。它已應(yīng)付過巨大的國(guó)土擴(kuò)張、外戰(zhàn)、 內(nèi)亂及國(guó)際關(guān)系所帶來的壓力。而我們還希望行使法律的人士做到充分的平等，能充 分地?fù)?dān)負(fù)前所未有的任務(wù)。但現(xiàn)在前所未有的對(duì)緊急行動(dòng)的 需要要求國(guó)民暫吋丟棄平常生活節(jié)奏，緊迫起來。讓我們正視面前的嚴(yán)峻歲月，懷著舉國(guó)一致給我們帶 來的熱情和勇氣，懷著

52、尋求傳統(tǒng)的、珍貴的道德觀念的明確 意識(shí)，懷著老老少少都能通過克盡職守而得到的問心無愧的 滿足。我們的目標(biāo)是要保證國(guó)民生活的圓滿和長(zhǎng)治久安。我們并不懷疑基本民主制度的未來。合眾國(guó)人民并沒 有失敗。他們?cè)诶щy中表達(dá)了自己的委托，即要求采取直接 而有力的行動(dòng)。他們要求有領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的紀(jì)律和方向。他們現(xiàn)在選 擇了我作為實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的愿望的工具。我接受這份厚贈(zèng)。在此舉國(guó)奉獻(xiàn)z際，我們謙卑地請(qǐng)求上帝賜福。愿上 帝保信我們大家和每一個(gè)人，愿上帝在未來的日子里指引 我。saturday, january 20, 1945mr. chief justice, mr. vice president, my friends,

53、you will understand and, i believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words briefwe americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. it is a test of our courageof our resolveof ourwisdomour essential democracyif we meet

54、 that test successfully and honorably we shall perform a service of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all timeas i stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow countrymen in the presence of our godi know that it is ame

55、rica' s purpose that we shall not fai1.in the days and in the years that are to come we shall work for a just and honorable peace, a durable peace, as to day we work and fight for total victory in war.we can and we will achieve such a peacewe shall strive for perfection. we shall not achieve it

56、immediatelybut we still shall strive we may make mistakesbut they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principlei remember that my old schoolmaster, dr. peabody, said, in days that seemed to us then to be secure and untroubled: uthings in life will not

57、always run smoothly. sometimes we will be rising toward the heights1 hen all will seem to reverse it self and start downward the great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries alway

58、s has an upward trend”our constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet but it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and creeds, could build our solid structure of democracy.and so to day, in t his year of war, 1945, we have learned lessons at a feaarful cost and we shall pro fit by t hem we have learned that we can not live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-be