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1、第 1 页 小布什第二任总统就职演说(3)1 特征码 LeBwjSpIaarvkRuxnSWX All Americans have witnessed this idealism, and some for the first time. I ask our youngest citizens to believe the evidence of your eyes. You have seen duty and allegiance in the determined faces of our soldiers. You have seen that life is fragile, an
2、d evil is real, and courage triumphs. Make the choice to serve in a cause larger than your wants, larger than yourself - and in your days you will add not just to the wealth of our country, but to its character. America has need of idealism and courage, because we have essential work at home - the u
3、nfinished work of American freedom. In a world moving toward liberty, we are determined to show the meaning and promise of liberty. In Americas ideal of freedom, citizens find the dignity and security of economic independence, instead of laboring on the edge of subsistence. This is the broader defin
4、ition of liberty that motivated the 第 2 页 Homestead Act, the Social Security Act, and the G.I. Bill of Rights. And now we will extend this vision by reforming great institutions to serve the needs of our time. To give every American a stake in the promise and future of our country, we will bring the
5、 highest standards to our schools, and build an ownership society. We will widen the ownership of homes and businesses, retirement savings and health insurance - preparing our people for the challenges of life in a free society. By making every citizen an agent of his or her own destiny, we will giv
6、e our fellow Americans greater freedom from want and fear, and make our society more prosperous and just and equal. In Americas ideal of freedom, the public interest depends on private character - on integrity, and tolerance toward others, and the rule of conscience in our own lives. Self-government
7、 relies, in the end, on the governing of the self. That edifice of character is built in families, supported by munities with standards, and sustained in our national life by the truths of Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount, the words of the 第 3 页 e Koran, and the varied faiths of our people. Americans move forward in every generation by reaffirming all that is good and true that came before - ideals of justice and conduct that are the same yesterday, today, and forever.