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Americans move forward in every generation by reaffirming all that is good and true that came before ideals of justice and conduct that are the same yesterday, today, and forever.
美國人通過弘揚過去創造的一切美好正確的東西———正義的思想和行為準則———一代代向前進。這些思想和準則昨天、今天、永遠都是如此。
In America's ideal of freedom, the exercise of rights is ennobled by service, and mercy, and a heart for the weak.
在美國的自由理想中，助人、仁慈和對弱者的關心使權利的行使變得更加崇高。
Liberty for all does not mean independence from one another.
全面的自由并不意味著人們互不相干。
Our nation relies on men and women who look after a neighbor and surround the lost with love.
那些照顧鄰里、關愛迷失者的男男女女是我們國家的支撐。
Americans, at our best, value the life we see in one another, and must always remember that even the unwanted have worth.
美國人珍視在其他人身上看到的活力，美國人必須永遠牢記，即便是被遺棄的東西也有價值。
And our country must abandon all the habits of racism, because we cannot carry the message of freedom and the baggage of bigotry at the same time.
我們的國家必須拋棄所有種族主義的惡習，因為我們不能在傳遞自由信息的同時還攜帶著偏見的包袱。
From the perspective of a single day, including this day of dedication, the issues and questions before our country are many.
從一天角度，包括從就職典禮這一天的角度來看，擺在我們國家面前的事務和問題繁多。
From the viewpoint of centuries, the questions that come to us are narrowed and few.
從幾個世紀角度來看，我們遇到的這些問題又可謂算不了什么。
Did our generation advance the cause of freedom? And did our character bring credit to that cause?
我們這一輩人是否推動了自由事業的發展？我們有沒有給這項事業增光添彩？
These questions that judge us also unite us, because Americans of every party and background, Americans by choice and by birth, are bound to one another in the cause of freedom.
那些對我們作出評判的問題也把我們團結在一起，因為不同黨派和背景的美國人，無論是移民還是本土公民，都在自由事業中相互凝聚。
We have known divisions, which must be healed to move forward in great purposes-and I will strive in good faith to heal them.
我們意識到了分歧，必須消除它們才能堅定前進，我將矢志不渝地為之奮斗。
