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Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools.
對(duì)公共安全和大眾健康，對(duì)民權(quán)和學(xué)校教育，政府都應(yīng)負(fù)有極大的責(zé)任。
Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.
然而，同情心不只是政府的職責(zé)，更是整個(gè)國(guó)家的義務(wù)。
And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer.
有些需要是如此的迫切，有些傷痕是如此的深刻，只有導(dǎo)師的愛(ài)撫、牧師的祈禱才能有所感觸。
Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.
不論是教堂還是慈善機(jī)構(gòu)、猶太會(huì)堂還是清真寺，都賦予了我們的社會(huì)它們特有的人性，因此它們理應(yīng)在我們的建設(shè)和法律上受到尊重。
Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
我們國(guó)家的許多人都不知道貧窮的痛苦。但我們可以聽到那些感觸頗深的人們的傾訴。
And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.
我發(fā)誓我們的國(guó)家要達(dá)到一種境界：當(dāng)我們看見受傷的行人倒在遠(yuǎn)行的路上，我們決不會(huì)袖手旁觀。
America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected.
正處于鼎盛期的美國(guó)重視并期待每個(gè)人擔(dān)負(fù)起自己的責(zé)任。
Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience.
鼓勵(lì)人們勇于承擔(dān)責(zé)任不是讓人們充當(dāng)替罪羊，而是對(duì)人的良知的呼喚。
And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment.
雖然承擔(dān)責(zé)任意味著犧牲個(gè)人利益，但是你能從中體會(huì)到一種更加深刻的成就感。
We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments.
我們實(shí)現(xiàn)人生的完整不單是通過(guò)擺在我們面前的選擇，而且是通過(guò)我們的實(shí)踐來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)。
And we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.
我們知道，通過(guò)對(duì)整個(gè)社會(huì)和我們的孩子們盡我們的義務(wù)，我們將得到最終自由。
Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.
我們的公共利益依賴于我們獨(dú)立的個(gè)性；依賴于我們的公民義務(wù)，家庭紐帶和基本的公正；依賴于我們無(wú)數(shù)的、默默無(wú)聞的體面行動(dòng)，正是它們指引我們走向自由。
Sometimes in life we are called to do great things.
在生活中，有時(shí)我們被召喚著去做一些驚天動(dòng)地的事情。
But as a saint of our times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great love.
但是，正如我們時(shí)代的一位圣人所言，每一天我們都被召喚帶著摯愛(ài)去做一些小事情。
The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.
一個(gè)民主制度最重要的任務(wù)是由大家每一個(gè)人來(lái)完成的。
