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Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation," a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays.
讓我們下定決心，使政府成為富蘭克林?羅斯福所說的進行"大膽而持久試驗"的地方，成為一個面向未來而不是留戀過去的政府。
Let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs.
讓我們把這個首都歸還給它所屬于的人民。
To renew America, we must meet challenges abroad as well at home.
我們要復(fù)興美國，就必須迎接國內(nèi)外的種種挑戰(zhàn)。
There is no longer division between what is foreign and what is domestic; the world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race; they affect us all.
國外和國內(nèi)事務(wù)之間已不再有明確的界限--世界經(jīng)濟，世界環(huán)境，世界艾滋病危機，世界軍備競賽，這一切都在影響著我們大家。
Today, as an old order passes, the new world is more free but less stable.
我們在國內(nèi)進行重建的同時，面對這個新世界的挑戰(zhàn)不會退縮不前，也下會坐失良機。
Communism's collapse has called forth old animosities and new dangers.
共產(chǎn)主義的崩潰激起了舊的仇恨和新的危險。
Clearly America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make.
顯然，美國必須繼續(xù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)這個我們曾經(jīng)付出巨大努力而創(chuàng)造的世界。
While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges, nor fail to seize the opportunities, of this new world.
當(dāng)我們致力于重建美國的時候，我們不會在這個新世界的挑戰(zhàn)面前退縮，也不會坐失良機。
Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.
我們將同盟友一起努力進行變革，以免被變革所吞沒。
When our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy when ever possible, with force when necessary.
當(dāng)我們的重要利益受到挑戰(zhàn)，或者當(dāng)國際社會的意志和良知受到蔑視，我們將采取行動--可能時就采用和平外交手段，必要時就使用武力。
The brave Americans serving our nation today in the Persian Gulf, in Somalia, and wherever else they stand are testament to our resolve.
今天，在波斯灣、索馬里和任何其他地方為國效力的勇敢的美國人，都證明了我們的決心。
But our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands.
但是，我們最偉大的力量是我們思想的威力。這些思想在許多國家仍然處于萌芽階段。
Across the world, we see them embraced, and we rejoice.
看到這些思想在世界各地被接受，我們感到歡欣鼓舞。
Our hopes, our hearts, our hands, are with those on every continent who are building democracy and freedom.
我們的希望，我們的心，與每一個大陸正在建立民主和自由的人們是連在一起的。
Their cause is America's cause.
他們的事業(yè)也是美國的事業(yè)。
The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today.
美國人民喚來了我們今天所慶祝的變革。
You have raised your voices in an unmistakable chorus.
你們毫不含糊地齊聲疾呼。
You have cast your votes in historic numbers.
你們以前所未有的人數(shù)參加了投票。
And you have changed the face of Congress, the presidency and the political process itself.
你們使國會、總統(tǒng)職務(wù)和政治進程本身全都面目一新。
Yes, you, my fellow Americans have forced the spring.
現(xiàn)在，我們必須做這個季節(jié)需要做的工作。
Now, we must do the work the season demands.
現(xiàn)在，我就運用我的全部職權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)向這項工作。
To that work I now turn, with all the authority of my office. I ask the Congress to join with me.
我請求國會同我一道做這項工作。
