2013奥巴马就职演说词（文言文版）
惟夫吾侪众聚，成祚命之礼，咸睹宪法刚严，习践民主之诺也。是故申之曰：国之所立，庶非肤色，抑所皈依，遑论宗嗣。为美利坚而以别他者，二百年之宣言也：
大道显然，曰：生民平等，其命授于天者，全其身，张其志，谋其祉也，讵可擅夺。
而今吾辈继前贤之迹，行宣言之教于当世。维虑道显而不自达，虽由天赐，孰言易与，非奋搏之不可得也。创国之初，赤心报国之士，非举权贵勋旧享国祚，而缔以共和，明其宗曰：民有、民治、民享。后，子孙秉承法理，道统不绝。
斯历两百余载，无有逾矩也。
鞭笞割锐，血衅刑施，而后知自由平等之国，不可蓄奴兼行焉。终浴火涅槃，振翅翱宇。
其所政者，路路以利商贾，以便行者，庠序以育贤达，以巧百工。 其所知者，法布周备，陟罚无偏，使胜心不坠，商所以兴也。 其所识者，冀国之治也，必思其民，使老弱得扶，危难有庇。
虽然，吾辈未尝稍弃权集庙堂之忧也。是故，不惟庙堂，持以本心，尚巧思，崇商道，惟勤勉以任事。
与时俱进，卿所周知矣。持道以诚，虽事发百端，以百法合之，可也。夫举众志以全自由。使国民独临世险，无异执拙钝而抗强暴也。一人难治百科以教孺子，匹夫奚兴万业以振家邦。当此时者，尤冀万民同舟共济，无作壁上观。
吾辈临危履难，心愈毅而志愈坚。今十载狼烟且熄，经济行转时序。当世寰宇为一，而国具其质, 是善兆焉：海纳百川，君子乾乾。有临危决断之勇力，鼎新展翼之赋禀。我曹所以生者，为此时也，啐啄同机，时不可逝哉。
国人知之，国之治也，不可寡富而众贫。国之所昌，决于恒产者也，决于乐其业者也，决于躬作而脱贫者也。使一寒门女弱，亦可致富贵，而无独别于他者，其享自由平等，非惟识于天，抑亦识于万民，方可谓不违立国之道也。
1 庙堂陈筹，不合时宜，众所知矣。故须开新风，行新策，更税法，革学弊。予民新技，以利其勤勉，多其学识，以达博远。虽辟径而行，其的如一。褒坚毅励行之士，乃当务之急也，亦国兴之本欤！
安保其身，尊明其人，生民须得以有也，此我国人犹笃信之。降医保，削赤字，虽两难而必权取之！老老幼幼，并行兼施，前车不远，殷鉴犹在：老暮困顿，残疾幼稚哀于寒家，固非所期也。自由非以幸至，福泽岂可寡分。吾知殚精竭虑，亦有不足恃，困苦疾难，日或加身。惟以医保社保，扶危济困，诺若磐如，使民无后顾之忧，慵懒不生，而奋其勇也。如此，国可兴矣。
吾曹之诺，岂徒谋己哉？犹为子孙谋也。气候危征，须以应之，勿使贻祸后世。或以科学判析，未足信孚。抑观夫狂火噬野，酷旱焦然，飓风愈烈，苟无所动焉？固知时艰不易，讵能涸泽而渔？世事日新，旧不宜循，务以导之。可使民有新业，国掌枢机，岂能委之他邦哉。至如田、林、山、水，国之大宝，是以足民本，增仓禀之途也。斯安世之道，天降其任，亦为先贤故理之新诠也。
至若非兴干戈无以图和平者，吾不信也。我百炼精钢之师，威名无二。缅先烈之牺牲，怜自由之不易。战事不忘，惕之不懈。亦不辍干戈化玉帛者也。斯以为训，冀使昭彰。
缮甲兵以护国卫道，筹纵横而旌显智勇。其不知危耶？行伐谋之道而怖惧不生也。匡盟天下以为制，应莫测不虞之变。吾国称雄寰球，而亟求和平，非他邦可及也。亚、非、拉、中东，吾援以民主之道，予自由于其人，此利与义俱促焉。兼以广善博施，敬而不辱，正而不倚，宽而不苛，运而不专，非惟善念之所驱，抑亦仁政之大同也。
人皆生而平等，天下之达道也。譬如北辰，引航而进，识之不歧。或曰：不可孤行焉。金言：自由不专于一人，惟天下人与之共哉！
吾侪承先贤创业之志，力使生民平等。苟有母亲妻女酬不符劳者，吾侪之业未竟；苟有磨镜留桃有不齿乎正色者，吾侪之业未竟；苟有遗天下之民跂望数时，不可得而投其票者，吾侪之业未竟；此有良禽，奋信希远，视我为嘉木，迎之不恭，吾侪之业未竟；此有生员、匠作，巧技聪哲，未获采纳而逐之域外，吾侪之业未竟；自底特律至阿巴拉契亚，至纽顿，使孺子未蒙幼幼，不得安护，吾侪之业未竟也。
2 全其身，张其志，谋其祉，此大矣哉！何以赋此予我国民？曰：此吾侪之责也。未必诸事求同，解悟自由如是，求取福祉亦如是。欲国之治，岂可废百年政府因用之辩？时我待者，惟行而已。
当断则断，莫承其患。孤刚非毅也，媚众不足以为政也，相攻互讦非辩之道也。或问：然则如何？曰：且行之矣，何求尽善尽宜哉？且行之，何求毕功于一役哉？光费城大道者，惟薪火是承，
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十、百年后，其未可知也。
今我誓于此者，非为党为私，是誓于上天与国耳，其与国会山先贤无异。今幸暂摄大位，必谨守我誓。此誓与兵甲受命之誓无异，与移民践梦之誓无异，与星条旗下，我辈壮怀激烈之誓无异也。
此夫国民之心声，我辈之大冀也。曰： 吾之国民，有共谋国是之权。
吾之国民，有震当世大音之责。其何以恃？曰：选票与卫道之呼鸣也。 吾之权利，生与之俱。庄穆以待，乐极而欢，意气奋发，戮力同心。虽后世不可知，必以自由也。薪火不灭，不负青史铁笔。
唯唯，愿神佑诸君，神佑美利坚。
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MR.OBAMA: Thank you.Thank you so much.Vice President Biden, Mr.Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congre, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
3 Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witne to the enduring strength of our Constitution.We affirm the promise of our democracy.We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names.What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happine.”
Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth.The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob.They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.For more than two hundred years, we have.Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free.We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers。
Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone.Our celebration of initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character.
4 But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias.No single person can train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businees to our shores.Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience.A decade of war is now ending.An economic recovery has begun.America’s poibilities are limitle, for we poe all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openne; an endle capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention.My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle cla.We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship.We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time.We must harne new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher.But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and
5 determination of every single American.That is what this moment requires.That is what will give real meaning to our creed.We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit.But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.For we remember the leons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn.We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happine for the few.We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job lo, or a sudden illne, or a home swept away in a terrible storm.The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us.They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms.The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult.But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it.We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise.That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks.That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God.That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage.Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty.
6 The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm.But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those leons into this time as well.We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law.We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naïve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear.America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe; and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation.We will support democracy from Asia to Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom.And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice.We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began.For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts.Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote.Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of
7 opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country.Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values – of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happine – real for every American.Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happine.Progre does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our time.For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay.We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timele spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction – and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our service.But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her dream.My oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with pride.
They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope.You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course.
You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.
8 Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright.With common effort and common purpose, with paion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.Thank you, God Ble you, and may He forever ble these United States of America.
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