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It is because we, all of us, hold to these principles that the political changes accomplished this day do not imply turbulence, upheaval or disorder.
正是因為我們大家都堅持這些原則，今天所實現的政治變動，才沒有引起騷亂、動蕩和秩序混亂。
Rather this change expresses a purpose of strengthening our dedication and devotion to the precepts of our founding documents,
相反，這種變動表明我們擁有一種意向，也就是要更加信奉和忠于我們各項立國文獻中的訓誡，
a conscious renewal of faith in our country and in the watchfulness of a Divine Providence.
自覺加強我們對祖國的信心，加強我們對上帝護佑的信心。
The enemies of this faith know no god but force, no devotion but its use. They tutor men in treason.
那些反對這種信念的人，不知有上帝，只知有武力；不知奉獻，只知索取。他們教唆人們背叛。
They feed upon the hunger of others. Whatever defies them, they torture, especially the truth.
他們藉他人的饑謹以自肥。他們歪曲一切不符合他們心愿的東西，特別是歪曲真理。
Here, then, is joined no argument between slightly differing philosophies.
因此，這里涉及的不是略有分歧的不同哲學之間的論爭，
This conflict strikes directly at the faith of our fathers and the lives of our sons.
這種沖突直接攻擊我們先輩的信念，并且危及我們子孫后代的生活。
No principle or treasure that we hold, from the spiritual knowledge of our free schools and churches to the creative magic of free labor and capital,
我們所擁有的原則和財富，從自由學校和自由教會的精神知識到自由勞動和自由資本所創造的奇跡，
nothing lies safely beyond the reach of this struggle.
無一能平安地擺脫這場斗爭的影響。
Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.
自由在與奴役進行斗爭，光明在與黑暗進行斗爭。
The faith we hold belongs not to us alone but to the free of all the world.
我們堅持的信念并不僅僅屬于我們，而且屬于全世界自由的人民。
This common bond binds the grower of rice in Burma and the planter of wheat in Iowa,
這一共同紐帶聯結著緬甸的大米栽培者和衣阿華州的小麥種植者，
the shepherd in southern Italy and the mountaineer in the Andes.
聯結著意大利南部的牧人和安第斯山區的山民，
It confers a common dignity upon the French soldier who dies in Indo-China, the British soldier killed in Malaya, the American life given in Korea.
把共同的尊嚴賦予那些在印度支那戰死的法國人、在馬來亞陣亡的英國士兵和在朝鮮戰場捐軀的美國人。
We know, beyond this, that we are linked to all free peoples not merely by a noble idea but by a simple need.
除此之外我們還知道，把我們同所有自由民族聯系在一起的，不單純是一種崇高的思想，而且還有一種簡單的需要。
No free people can for long cling to any privilege or enjoy any safety in economic solitude.
一個自由的民族如果在經濟上與世隔絕，就絕不可能長期占有任何惠益或享有任何安全。
For all our own material might, even we need markets in the world for the surpluses of our farms and our factories.
們固然擁有雄厚的物質實力，但我們仍需要為我國工農業的剩余產品開辟世界市場。
Equally, we need for these same farms and factories vital materials and products of distant lands.
同樣，我國的農場和工廠也需要來自那些遙遠國度的重要原料和產品。
