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We were in the midst of shock but we acted. We acted quickly, boldly, decisively.
我們?cè)幱诳謶种小俏覀儾扇×诵袆?dòng)。我們迅速、大膽、果斷地采取了行動(dòng)。
These later years have been living years—fruitful years for the people of this democracy.
后來(lái)的這若干年一直是生氣勃勃的年代——是這個(gè)民主國(guó)家的人民獲得豐收的年代。
For they have brought to us greater security and, I hope, a better understanding that life's ideals are to be measured in other than material things.
因?yàn)檫@些年給我們帶來(lái)了更大的安全，而且我希望，也帶來(lái)了更好的認(rèn)識(shí)、即生活的理想是用物質(zhì)以外的東西來(lái)衡量的。
Most vital to our present and our future is this experience of a democracy which successfully survived crisis at home;
對(duì)我們的現(xiàn)在和未來(lái)而言，一個(gè)民主國(guó)家的這段經(jīng)歷是最重要的：它成功地度過(guò)了國(guó)內(nèi)危機(jī)；
put away many evil things; built new structures on enduring lines; and, through it all, maintained the fact of its democracy.
它拋棄了許多邪惡的東西；它根據(jù)持久的路線建立了新的結(jié)構(gòu)；而通過(guò)所有這些，它堅(jiān)持了民主的實(shí)際。
For action has been taken within the three way framework of the Constitution of the United States.
這是因?yàn)椋覀兪窃诤媳妵?guó)憲法規(guī)定的三權(quán)分立的范圍內(nèi)采取行動(dòng)的。
The coordinate branches of the Government continue freely to function. The Bill of Rights remains inviolate.
與政府并列的各個(gè)部門繼續(xù)在自由地履行職能。權(quán)利法案依然不可侵犯。
The freedom of elections is wholly maintained. Prophets of the downfall of American democracy have seen their dire predictions come to naught.
選舉自由完全得到了堅(jiān)持。預(yù)言美國(guó)民主制度即將崩演的人已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們聳人聽聞的預(yù)測(cè)變成了泡影。
Democracy is not dying. We know it because we have seen it revive—and grow.
民主不是在死亡。我們了解這一點(diǎn)，因?yàn)槲覀円呀?jīng)目睹它復(fù)蘇過(guò)來(lái)——而且成長(zhǎng)起來(lái)。
We know it cannot die—because it is built on the unhampered initiative of individual men and women joined together in a common enterprise
我們知道它不會(huì)死亡——因?yàn)樗墙⒃谀心信牟皇軌阂值闹鲃?dòng)精神上的，他們攜手并肩地投入了一項(xiàng)共同的事業(yè)
an enterprise undertaken and carried through by the free expression of a free majority.
一項(xiàng)由享有自由的多數(shù)人通過(guò)自由表達(dá)來(lái)承擔(dān)和完成的事業(yè)。
We know it because democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.
我們知道民主不會(huì)死亡，因?yàn)樵诟鞣N形式的政體中，唯獨(dú)民主政體能充分發(fā)揮人類進(jìn)步意志的力量。
We know it because democracy alone has constructed an unlimited civilization capable of infinite progress in the improvement of human life.
我們知道民主不會(huì)死亡，因?yàn)槲í?dú)民主制確立了沒(méi)有任何約束的文明，它能在改善人類生活方面取得永無(wú)止境的進(jìn)步。
