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A nation that fortifies the world's most productive economy even as it protects the great natural bounty of our water, air, and majestic land.
美國是全球最發達經濟體，水資源，空氣清潔以及土壤維護也做得很好。
And in this land of new promise, we will have reformed our politics so that the voice of the people will always speak louder than the din of narrow interests
我們將承諾改革，保證人民訴求大于經濟利益，
regaining the participation and deserving the trust of all Americans.
重新找回國人信心，重新人人民參與其中。
Fellow citizens, let us build that America, a nation ever moving forward toward realizing the full potential of all its citizens.
同胞們，讓我們建設這樣的美國，一個永遠前進，以充分發揮全民潛力的國家。
Prosperity and power yes, they are important, and we must maintain them.
是的，我們必須保持繁榮強大。
But let us never forget: The greatest progress we have made, and the greatest progress we have yet to make, is in the human heart.
但是，我們不能忘記：我們已取得的偉大成就，我們將取得的偉大的成就，就在人民心中。
In the end, all the world's wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of the human spirit.
到最后，整個世界的財富和千支軍隊都無法與人類精神力量和精神文明相匹敵。
Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this Mall, in words that moved the conscience of a nation.
三十四年前，有一個人，他的一生為我們今天所歌頌，他就在那邊，在廣場的另一端對我們演講，他的話打動了國民的良知。
Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart.
像是一個古時的預言家，他訴說著他的夢想：有一天美國終會站起來，在法律面前和人們心中所有公民都將得到平等對待。
Martin Luther King's dream was the American Dream.
馬丁·路德·金的夢是美國之夢。
His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true creed.
他的要求就是我們的要求，即不斷努力實現我們生活信條。
Our history has been built on such dreams and labors.
我們的歷史就建立在這樣的夢想和努力上。
And by our dreams and labors we will redeem the promise of America in the 21st century.
通過我們的夢想和努力，我們重贖二十一世紀美國的希望。
To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office.
我承諾美國政府將付出決絕努力。
I ask the members of Congress here to join in that pledge.
我邀請國會成員進行表決。
The American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of another.
一黨總統，一黨國會。
Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisanship they plainly deplore.
當然，他們不是在加劇黨派紛爭。
