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Under this covenant of justice, liberty, and union we have become a nation—prosperous, great, and mighty.
在這項以公正、自由、團結為原則的公約指導下，我們已經成為一個繁榮、偉大和強盛的國家。
And we have kept our freedom.
而且我們還保持了我們的自由。
But we have no promise from God that our greatness will endure.
但是，我們并未從上帝那里得到保證我們永遠是一個偉大國家的諾言。
We have been allowed by Him to seek greatness with the sweat of our hands and the strength of our spirit.
我們只是已經得到上帝的準許，用我們勤勞的雙手和堅強的精神去贏得偉大。
I do not believe that the Great Society is the ordered, changeless, and sterile battalion of the ants.
我并不認為“偉大社會”應像蟻群那樣安排有序、一成不變和了無生氣。
It is the excitement of becoming always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again but always trying and always gaining.
這是一種由“生成”帶來的振奮；它在不停地生成，嘗試，探索，起伏，休整，再嘗試；但只要一直在嘗試，就總會有收獲。
In each generation, with toil and tears, we have had to earn our heritage again.
我們每一代人都只得靠汗水和淚水來重新繼承我們的傳統。
If we fail now, we shall have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith,
假如我們現在遭到了失敗，那就說明我們身處富足之中而忘記了在艱難中學到的東西--民主須建立在信仰之上，
that freedom asks more than it gives, and that the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.
自由所要求的多于它所給予的，上帝對他最寵愛的人所做的評判也最為苛刻。
If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are;
倘若我們獲得了成功，其原因并不是我們具備了什么條件，而是在于我們自身的素質；
not because of what we own, but, rather because of what we believe.
并不是我們擁有的什么東西，而毋寧在于我們所信仰的事情。
For we are a nation of believers. Underneath the clamor of building and the rush of our day's pursuits,
因為我們是一個由有信仰的人所組成的國家。在我們創業的擾攘和日常事務的奔忙背后，
