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Men and women of the world move toward free markets through the door to prosperity.
全世界的男男女女則經(jīng)過通向繁榮的大門進入市場。
The people of the world agitate for free expression and free thought through the door to the moral and intellectual satisfactions that only liberty allows.
全世界人民正在經(jīng)過通向只有自由才能賦予的道德與智性滿足的大門，奮力爭取言論自由和思想自由。
We know what works: Freedom works. We know what's right: Freedom is right.
我們懂得發(fā)揮作用的東西是什么，那是自由；我知道正確的東西是什么，那也是自由。
We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on Earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections, and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state.
我們知道怎樣為地球上的人類爭取更為公正和繁榮的生活，那就是借助自由市場、自由言論、自由選舉以及不受國家干涉地行使自由意志。
For the first time in this century, for the first time in perhaps all history, man does not have to invent a system by which to live.
人類再也毋須發(fā)明一套賴以生存的體制，這在本世紀(jì)乃是首次，在整個歷史上或許也是破天荒的第一回。
We don't have to talk late into the night about which form of government is better.
我們現(xiàn)在用不著就何種政府形式更好這一問題進行喋喋不休的討論。
We don't have to wrest justice from the kings.
我們也用不著從什么君王那里爭取正義.
We only have to summon it from within ourselves.
而只須從我們自己內(nèi)部把正義召喚出來即可。
We must act on what we know.
我們必須根據(jù)我們所知的事物進行活動。
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: In crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.
我把這種圣徒式的希望作為自己的行動指南——在關(guān)鍵的問題上，做到團結(jié)一致；在重大的問題上，允許多樣性；在所有問題上，則須寬宏大量。
America today is a proud, free nation, decent and civil, a place we cannot help but love.
今天的美國乃是一個驕傲和自由的國家，莊嚴正派，謙和有禮，對于這樣一個國度，我們怎能不十分熱愛呢！
We know in our hearts, not loudly and proudly,but as a simple fact,
我們固然不必大聲張揚和自負自傲，但我們卻從內(nèi)心懂得一個簡單的事實，
that this country has meaning beyond what we see, and that our strength is a force for good.
即這個國家的意義決不僅限于我們所看到的一切，我們擁有的實力乃是一種向善的力量。
But have we changed as a nation even in our time?
即便在我們這個時代，我們作為一個國家是否也發(fā)生了變化呢？
Are we enthralled with material things, less appreciative of the nobility of work and sacrifice?
我們是否已被物質(zhì)層面的事物所迷惑，而不再像過去那樣欣賞工作和犧牲的崇高偉大了呢？
My friends, we are not the sum of our possessions.
我的朋友們，我們并不等于我們所擁有財產(chǎn)的總和，
They are not the measure of our lives.
那些東西也不能成為評價我們生活的尺度。
In our hearts we know what matters.
我們在內(nèi)心懂得什么是至關(guān)重要的。
We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account.
我們不能只希望僅僅留給自己的后代一輛更大的汽車或一筆更多的銀行存款。
We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it.
我們應(yīng)當(dāng)寄希望于讓他們懂得，做一個忠實的朋友意味著什么，做一個慈愛的家長意味著什么，以及做一個離別家人、鄰里和家鄉(xiāng)后仍能留下更好名聲的公民意味著什么。
What do we want the men and women who work with us to say when we are no longer there?
當(dāng)我們不在某一個地方時，我們會希望那些與我們共過事的男男女女說些什么呢？
That we were more driven to succeed than anyone around us?
是說我們比任何人都更沒命地追求成功嗎？
