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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
必須讓每一個友邦和敵國都知道：為維護自由，使其長存不滅，我們將會不惜付出任何代價，肩負任何重擔，迎戰一切困難，援助一切朋友，反擊一切敵人。
This much we pledge--and more.
以上這些是我們保證要做到的--但我們保證要做到的還不止這些。
To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
對于那些與我們有著共同的文化和精神淵源的傳統盟邦，我們保證將報之以真誠不渝的友誼。只要我們團結起來，我們在許多合作性事業中就會無往而不勝;而一旦彼此分裂，我們就會無所作為。因為我們之間若起爭端，彼此離異，便難以與我們面臨的強大對手抗衡。
To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom, and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.
對于那些我們歡迎其加入自由國家行列的各新興國家，我們發誓，一種形式的殖民統治的結束絕不應僅是為了被另一種遠為殘酷的暴政所取代。我們并不期望這些國家總是支持我們的觀點，但我們希望他們始終能夠堅決地衛護自己的自由，并時刻牢記，過去那些企圖騎上虎背為自己壯聲勢的愚人結果都沒能逃脫葬身虎腹的命運。
To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
對于那些居住在遍布半個地球的茅舍荒村中，正奮力沖破集體貧困的桎梏的各民族，我們保證將盡最大努力幫助他們脫貧自救，不管這樣做需要多長時間。這樣做并不是因為怕共產黨會搶先這樣做，也不是因為我們想獲得那些國家的贊成票，而是因為這樣做是正確的。一個自由社會如若不能幫助眾多的窮人，也就無法保全少數的富人。
