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I will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.
我為人處事的原則包括：堅信自己而不強加于人，為公眾的利益勇往直前，追求正義而不乏同情心，勇擔責任而決不推卸。
In all these ways, I will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.
我要通過這一切，用我們歷史上傳統價值觀來哺育我們的時代。
What you do is as important as anything government does.
你們所做的一切和政府的工作同樣重要。
I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor.
我希望你們不要僅僅追求個人享受而忽略公眾的利益；要捍衛既定的改革措施，使其不會輕易被攻擊；要從身邊小事做起，為我們的國家效力。
I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.
我希望你們成為真正的公民，而不是旁觀者，更不是臣民。你們應成為有責任心的公民，共同來建設一個互幫互助的社會和有特色的國家。
Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves.
美國人民慷慨、強大、體面，這并非因為我們信任我們自己，而是因為我們擁有超越我們自己的信念。
When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it.
一旦這種公民精神喪失了，無論何種政府計劃都無法彌補它。
When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.
一旦這種精神出現了，無論任何錯誤都無法抗衡它。
After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson:
在《獨立宣言》簽署之后，弗吉尼亞州的政治家約翰?佩齊曾給托馬斯?杰弗遜寫信說："
“We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.
我們知道，身手敏捷不一定就能贏得比賽，力量強大不一定就能贏得戰爭。
Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”
難道這一切不都是上帝安排的嗎？"
