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Rivals like Russia or China cannot match our influence around the world,
俄羅斯和中國這樣的對手也不可能與我們匹敵，
unless we give up what we stand for, and turn ourselves into just another big country that bullies smaller neighbors.
除非我們拋棄了立場、變成另一個欺凌周邊小國的大國。
Which brings me to my final point: Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.
這也就引出了我想聲明的最后一點——如果我們把民主視作理所當然之時，便是它受到威脅之時。
All of us, regardless of party, should be throwing ourselves into the task of rebuilding our democratic institutions.
我們所有人，無論屬于哪個黨派，都應該投身于對民主體制的重建之中。
When voting rates in America are some of the lowest among advanced democracies,
在民眾投票率處于發達民主政體中最低水平時，
we should be making it easier, not harder, to vote.
我們應該將實施投票變得更簡單而不是更復雜；
When trust in our institutions is low, we should reduce the corrosive influence of money in our politics,
在民眾對體制缺乏信任的時候，我們應該減少金錢對政治的影響、
and insist on the principles of transparency and ethics in public service.
堅持公務透明和基本的道德原則；
When Congress is dysfunctional,
當國會運作低效時，
we should draw our congressional districts to encourage politicians to cater to common sense and not rigid extremes.
我們應該鼓勵各選區的政客回歸常識而非轉向極端。
But remember, none of this happens on its own.
但是我們要牢記，所有這些目標的實現都不會是自然而然的。
All of this depends on our participation;
所有這些都取決于我們每個人的參與，
on each of us accepting the responsibility of citizenship, regardless of which way the pendulum of power happens to be swinging.
取決于無論政治風向如何變動，我們都能夠承擔公民責任。
