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But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for underlay action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure.
但現在前所未有的對緊急行動的需要要求國民暫時丟棄平常生活節奏，緊迫起來。
I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommended the measure that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These measures, or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to bring to speedy adoption.
我準備根據憲法賦予我的職責，提出災難深重的我國在當前災難深重的世界中所需要采取的措施。這些措施，以及國會根據其自身經驗和智慧所決定的措施，我都將竭盡憲法所賦予我的權力迅即予以采納。
But in the event that the congress shall fail to take one of these two courses and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.
然而萬一國會竟不能接受兩類中中任一方式，萬一全國緊急狀況仍然嚴重，我也將絕不回避接下來明顯由我面臨的責任。我會要求國會準許我使用應付危機的唯一剩余的手段——應對緊急狀況的廣泛行政權力，就像真正遭受外部敵人入侵時所應授予我的大權。
For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I can do less.
對于給予我的信任，我愿意拿出時代要求于我的勇氣和奉獻精神。我絕不會有負眾望。
