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And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.
無論我們對導(dǎo)致這種貧窮的原因持何種觀點，我們都認為，孩子敢于冒險的精神并沒有錯。放縱與濫用都為上帝所不容。這是缺乏愛的結(jié)果。
And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.
監(jiān)獄數(shù)量的增長雖然是有必要的，但這決不能替代我們心中的希望和秩序。
Where there is suffering, there is duty. Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens; not problems, but priorities. And all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.
哪里有痛苦，哪里就有責(zé)任。處于困境中的美國人對我們來說不是陌生人，而是我們的公民；他們不是我們的負擔(dān)，而是需要優(yōu)先救助的對象。當任何人陷入絕望時，我們大家都會因此而變得渺小。
Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.
政府對公共安全、大眾健康，民權(quán)和學(xué)校教育都負有重大的義務(wù)。但是，同情心絕不只是政府的職責(zé)，更是整個國家的義務(wù)。
And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.
有些需要是如此迫切，有些傷痕是如此的深刻，只有良師的感化和牧師的祈禱才能有所回應(yīng)。教堂和慈善機構(gòu)、猶太會堂和清真寺，都向我們的社會展示了它們特有的人性，它們將在我們的規(guī)劃和法律中占有一席之地。
Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
我們國家有許多人都不知道貧窮的痛苦，但我們可以聽到那些感觸頗深的人們的傾訴。
And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.
我發(fā)誓我們的國家要實現(xiàn)這一目標：當我們看見受傷的行人倒在遠行的路上，我們決不會袖手旁觀。
