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1999 state of the union a ddress by bill clinton

federal news service

jan. 19, 1999.

mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, honored guests, my fellow americans. tonight i have the honor of reporting to you on the state of the union.

let me begin by saluting the new speaker of the house and thanking him especially tonight for extending an invitation to two guests sitting in the gallery with mrs. [j. dennis] hastert. lyn gibson and wei ling chestnut are the widows of the two brave capitol hill police officers who gave their lives to defend freedom’s house.

mr. speaker, at your swearing in you asked us all to work together in a spirit of civility and bipartisanship. mr. speaker, let’s do exactly that.

tonight, i stand before you to report that america has created the longest peacetime economic expansion in our history. with nearly 18 million new jobs, wages rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, the highest homeownership in history, the smallest welfare roles in 30 years, and the lowest peacetime unemployment since 1957.

for the first time in three decades, the budget is balanced. from a deficit of 0 billion in 1992, we had a surplus of billion last year. and now, we are on course for budget surpluses for the next 25 years.

thanks to the pioneering leadership of all of you, we have the lowest violent crime rate in a quarter century and the cleanest environment in a quarter century.

america is a strong force for peace – from northern ireland to bosnia to the middle east.

thanks to the leadership of vice president gore, we have a government for the information age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument of the common good, rooted in our oldest values of opportunity, responsibility and community, devoted to fiscal responsibility, determined to give our people

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the tools they need to make the most of their own lives in the 21st century, a 21st century government for 21st century america.

my fellow americans, i stand before you tonight to report that the state of our union is strong. now, america is working again. the promise of our future is limitless. but we cannot realize that promise if we allow the hum of our prosperity to lull us into complacency. how we fare as a nation far into the 21st century depends upon what we do as a nation today.

so, with our budget surplus growing, our economy expanding, our confidence rising, now is the moment for this generation to meet our historic responsibility to the 21st century.

our fiscal discipline gives us an unsurpassed opportunity to address a remarkable new challenge, the aging of america. with the number of elderly americans set to double by 2030, the baby boom will become a senior boom.

so first and above all, we must save social security for the 21st century.

early in this century, being old meant being poor. when president [franklin d.] roosevelt created social security, thousands wrote to thank him for eliminating what one woman called "the stark terror of penniless, helpless old age." even today, without social security, half our nation’s elderly would be forced into poverty.

today, social security is strong, but by 2013, payroll taxes will no longer be sufficient to cover monthly payments. by 2032, the trust fund will be exhausted and social security will be unable to pay the full benefits older americans have been promised.

the best way to keep social security a rock solid guarantee is not to make drastic cuts in benefits; not to raise payroll tax rates; not to drain resources from social security in the name of saving it. instead, i propose that we make the historic decision to invest the surplus to save social security.

specifically, i propose that we commit 60 percent of the budget surplus for the next 15 years to social security, investing a small portion in the private sector just as any private or state government pension would do. this will earn a higher return and keep social security sound for 55 years.

but we must aim higher. we should put social security on a sound footing for the next 75 years. we should reduce poverty among elderly women, who are nearly twice as likely to be poor as are other seniors. and we should eliminate the limits on what seniors on social security can earn.

now, these changes will require difficult, but fully achievable choices over and above the dedication of the surplus. they must be made on a bipartisan basis. they should be made this year. so let me say to you tonight, i reach out my hand to all of you in both houses in both parties and ask that we join together in saying to the american people, we will save social security now.

now, last year, we wisely reserved all of the surplus until we knew what it would take to save social security. again, i say, we shouldn’t spend any of it, not any of it, until after social security is truly saved. first thing’s first.

second, once we have saved social security, we must fulfill our obligation to save and improve medicare. already we have extended the life of the medicare trust fund by 10 years, but we should extend it for at least another decade. tonight, i propose that we use one out of every six dollars in the surplus for the next 15 years to guarantee the soundness of medicare until the year 2020.

but, again – but, again, we should aim higher. we must be willing to work in a bipartisan way and look at new ideas, including the upcoming report of the bipartisan medicare commission. if we work together, we can secure medicare for the next two decades and cover the greatest growing need of seniors – affordable prescription drugs.

third, we must help all americans from their first day on the job to save, to invest, to create wealth.

from its beginnings, americans have supplemented social security with private pensions and savings. yet today millions of people retire with little to live on other than social security. americans living longer than ever simply must save more than ever.

therefore, in addition to saving social security and medicare, i propose a new pension initiative for retirement security in the 21st century. i propose that we use a little over 11 percent of the surplus to establish universal savings accounts – usa accounts – to give all americans the means to save.

with these new accounts, americans can invest as they choose and receive funds to match a portion of their savings with extra help for those least able to save. usa accounts will help all americans to share in our nation’s wealth and to enjoy a more secure retirement. i ask you to support them.

fourth, we must invest in long-term care.

i propose a tax credit of

克林顿总统1999年联邦国情咨文演说。

克林顿总统1999年联邦国情咨文演说

1999 state of the union a ddress by bill clinton

federal news service

jan. 19, 1999.

mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, honored guests, my fellow americans. tonight i have the honor of reporting to you on the state of the union.

mr. speaker, at your swearing in you asked us all to work together in a spirit of civility and bipartisanship. mr. speaker, let’s do exactly that.

for the first time in three decades, the budget is balanced. from a deficit of $290 billion in 1992, we had a surplus of $70 billion last year. and now, we are on course for budget surpluses for the next 25 years.

thanks to the pioneering leadership of all of you, we have the lowest violent crime rate in a quarter century and the cleanest environment in a quarter century.

america is a strong force for peace – from northern ireland to bosnia to the middle east.

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the tools they need to make the most of their own lives in the 21st century, a 21st century government for 21st century america.

so, with our budget surplus growing, our economy expanding, our confidence rising, now is the moment for this generation to meet our historic responsibility to the 21st century.

so first and above all, we must save social security for the 21st century.

third, we must help all americans from their first day on the job to save, to invest, to create wealth.

fourth, we must invest in long-term care.

i propose a tax credit of $1,000 for the aged, ailing or disabled and the families who care for them. long-term care will become a bigger and bigger challenge with the aging of america – and we must do more to help our families deal with it.

i was born in 1946, the first year of the baby boom. i can tell you that one of the greatest concerns of our generation is our absolute determination not to let our growing old place an intolerable burden on our children and their ability to raise our grandchildren.

our economic success and our fiscal discipline now give us the opportunity to lift that burden from their shoulders, and we should take it.

saving social security, medicare, creating u.s. accounts, this is the right way to use the surplus. if we do so, if we do so, we will still have resources to meet critical needs and education and defense.

and i want to point out that this proposal is fiscally sound. listen to this, if we set aside 60 percent of the surplus for social security and 16 percent for medicare over the next 15 years, that savings will achieve the lowest level of publicly-held debt since right before world war i in 1917.

so with these four measures; saving social security, strengthening medicare, establishing the usa accounts, supporting long-term care, we can begin to meet our generation’s historic responsibility to establish true security for 21st century seniors.

now, there are more children, from more perse backgrounds, in our public schools that any time in our history. their education must provide the knowledge and nurture the creativity that will allow our entire nation to thrive in the new economy.

today we can say something we couldn’t say six years ago. with tax credits and more affordable student loans, with more work-study grants and more pell grants, with education iras, the new hope scholarship tax cut that more than five million americans will receive this year, we have finally opened the doors of college to all americans.

with our support, nearly every state has set higher academic standards for public schools and a voluntary national test is being developed to measure the progress of our students. with over $1 billion in discounts available this year, we are well on our way to our goal of connecting every classroom and library to the internet.

last fall, you passed our proposal to start hiring 100,000 new teachers to reduce class size in the early grades. now i ask you to finish the job.

you know our children are doing better. sat scores are up. math scores have risen in nearly all grades. but there’s a problem. while our fourth-graders out performed their peers in other countries in math and science, our eighth-graders are around average, and our 12th-graders rank near the bottom. we must do better.

now each year the national government invests more than $15 billion in our public schools. i believe we must change the way we invest that money to support what works and to stop supporting what does not work.

first, later this year i will send to congress a plan that for the first time holds states and school districts accountable for progress and rewards them for results. my education accountability act will require every school district receiving federal help to take the following five steps:

first, all schools must end social promotion.

now, no child, no child should graduate from high school with a diploma he or she can’t read. we do our children no favors when we allow them to pass from grade to grade without mastering the material. but we can’t just hold students back because the system fails them.

so my balanced budget triples the funding for summer school and after-school programs to keep a million children learning. now, if – if you doubt this will work, just look at chicago, which ended social promotion and made summer school mandatory for those who don’t master the basics. math and reading scores are up three years running with some of the biggest gains in some of the poorest neighborhoods. it will work, and we should do it.

second, all states and school districts must turn around their worst performing schools or shut them down. that’s the policy established in north carolina by governor jim hunt. north carolina made the biggest gains in test scores in the nation last year. our budget includes $200 million to help states turn around their own failing schools.

third, all states and school districts must be held responsible for the quality of their teachers. the great majority of our teachers do a fine job, but in too many schools teachers don’t have college majors or even minors in the subjects they teach. new teachers should be required to pass performance exams, and all teachers should know the subject their teaching.

this year’s balanced budget contains resources to help them reach higher standards. and to attract talented young teachers to the toughest assignments, i recommend a six-fold increase in our program for college scholarships for students who commit to teach in the inner-cities and isolated rural areas and in indian communities. let us bring excellence to every part of america.

fourth, we must empower parents with more information and more choices. in too many communities it’s easier to get information on the quality of the local restaurants than on the quality of the local schools.

every school district should issue report cards on every school. and parents should be given more choices in selecting their public schools.

when i became president, there was just one independent public charter school in all america. with our support on a bipartisan basis, today there are 1,100. my budget assures that early in the next century, there will be 3,000.

fifth, to assure that our classrooms are truly places of learning, and to respond to what teachers have been asking us to do for years, we should say that all states and school districts must both adopt and implement sensible discipline policies.

now let’s do one more thing for our children. today, too many schools are so old they’re falling apart, or so overcrowded students are learning in trailers. last fall, congress missed the opportunity to change that. this year, with 53 million children in our schools, congress must not miss that opportunity again. i ask you to help our communities build or modernize 5,000 schools.

if we do these things – end social promotion, turn around failing schools, build modern ones, support qualified teachers, promote innovation, competition and discipline – then we will begin to meet our generation’s historic responsibility to create to 21st century schools.

now, we also have to do more to support the millions of parents who give their all every day at home and at work.

the most basic tool of all is a decent income. so let’s raise the minimum wage by a dollar an hour over the next two years.

and let’s make sure that women and men get equal pay for equal work by strengthening enforcement of the equal pay laws.

(applause, cheering)

that was encouraging, you know? there was more balance on the seesaw. i like that. let’s give them a hand. that’s great.

working parents also need quality child care. so, again this year, i ask congress to support our plan for tax credits and subsidies for working families, for improved safety and quality, for expanded after-school program. and our plan also includes a new tax credit for stay-at-home parents, too. they need support as well.

parents should never have to worry about choosing between their children and their work. now, the family and medical leave act, the very first bill i signed into law, has now, since 1993, helped millions and millions of americans to care for a newborn baby or an ailing relative without risking their jobs. i think it’s time, with all of the evidence that it has been so little burdensome to employers, to extend family leave to 10 million more americans working for smaller companies, and i hope you will support it.

finally, on the matter of work, parents should never have to face discrimination in the workplace. so i want to ask congress to prohibit companies from refusing to hire or promote workers simply because they have children. that is not right.

america’s families deserve the world’s best medical care. thanks to bipartisan federal support for medical research, we are not on the verge of new treatments to prevent or delay diseases from parkinson’s to alzheimer’s to arthritis to cancer. but as we continue our advances in medical science, we can’t let our medical system lag behind.

managed care has literally transformed medicine in america, driving down costs, but threatening to drive down quality as well.

i think we ought to say to every american, you should have the right to know all you medical options, not just the cheapest. if you need a specialist, you should have a right to see one. you have a right to the nearest emergency care if you’re in an accident. these are things that we ought to say. and i think we ought to say you should have a right to keep your doctor during a period of treatment whether it’s a pregnancy or a chemotherapy treatment or anything else. i believe this.

now i’ve ordered these rights to be extended to the 85 million americans served by medicare, medicaid and other federal health programs. but only congress can pass a patients’ bill of rights for all americans.

last year, congress missed that opportunity, and we must not miss that opportunity again. for the sake of our families, i ask us to join together across party lines and pass a strong enforceable patients’ bill of rights.

as more of our medical records are stored electronically, the threats to all of our privacy increase. because congress has given me the authority to act if it does not do so by august, one way or another, we can all say to the american people, we will protect the privacy of medical records this year.

now, two years ago, we acted to extend health coverage to up to five million children. now we should go beyond that. we should make it easier for small businesses to offer health insurance. we should give people between the ages of 55 and 65 who lose their health insurance the chance to buy into medicare.

and we should continue to ensure access to family planning. no one should have to choose between keeping health care and taking a job. and therefore, i especially ask you tonight to join hands to pass the landmark bipartisan legislation proposed by sens. [edward m.]kennedy (d-mass.) and [james m.] jeffords (r-vt.), [william v.] roth [jr.] (r-del.) and [daniel patrick] moynihan (d-n.y.), to allow people with disabilities to keep their health insurance when they go to work.

we need to enable our public hospitals, our community, our university health centers to provide basic, affordable care for all the millions of working families who don’t have any insurance. they do a lot of that today, but much more can be done. and my balanced budget makes a good down payment toward that goal. i hope you will think about them and support that provision.

let me say we must step up our efforts to treat and prevent mental illness. no american should ever be able – afraid ever to address this disease. this year we will host a white house conference on mental health. with sensitivity, commitment and passion, tipper gore is leading our efforts here, and i’d like to thank her for what she’s done. thank you. thank you.

as everyone knows, our children are targets of a massive media campaign to hook them on cigarettes. now, i ask this congress to resist the tobacco lobby, to reaffirm the fda’s authority to protect our children from tobacco and to hold tobacco companies accountable, while protecting tobacco farmers.

smoking has cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars under medicare and other programs. you know, the states have been right about this. taxpayers shouldn’t pay for the cost of lung cancer, emphysema, and other smoking-related illnesses, the tobacco companies should.

so tonight i announce that the justice department is preparing a litigation plan to take the tobacco companies to court and with the funds we recover to strengthen medicare.

now, if we act in these areas – minimum wage, family leave, child care, health care, the safety of our children – then we will begin to meet our generation’s historic responsibilities to strengthen our families for the 21st century.

today, america is the most dynamic, competitive, job-creating economy in history, but we can do even better in building a 21st century economy that embraces all americans.

today’s income gap is largely a skills gap. last year, the congress passed a law enabling workers to get a skills grant to choose the training they need. and i applaud all of you here who were part of that.

this year, i recommend a five-year commitment to the new system, so that we can provide over the next five years appropriate training opportunities for all americans who lose their jobs and expand rapid response teams to help all towns which have been really hurt when businesses close. i hope you will support this.

also, i ask your support for a dramatic increase in federal support for adult literacy to mount a national campaign aimed at helping the millions and millions of working people who still read at less than a fifth-grade level. we need to do this.

here’s some good news. in the past six years, we have cut the welfare rolls nearly in half.

two years ago, from this podium, i asked five companies to lead a national effort to hire people off welfare. tonight our welfare-to-work partnership includes 10,000 companies who have hired hundreds of thousands of people, and our balanced budget will help another 200,000 people move to the dignity and pride of work. i hope you will support it.

we must bring the spark of private enterprise to every corner of america, to build a bridge from wall street to appalachia to the mississippi delta, to our native american communities, with more support for community development banks for empowerment zones, for 100,000 more vouchers for affordable housing.

and i ask congress to support our bold new plan to help businesses raise up to $15 billion in private sector capital, to bring jobs and opportunities and inner cities, rural areas, with tax credits, loan guarantees, including the new american private investment companies, modeled on the overseas private investment companies.

now, for years and years we’ve had this opic, this overseas private investment corporation, because we knew we had untapped markets overseas. but our greatest untapped markets are not overseas – they are right here at home. and we should go after them.

we must work hard to help bring prosperity back to the family farm.

as this congress knows very well, dropping prices and the loss of foreign markets have devastated too many family farmers. last year, the congress provided substantial assistance to help stave off a disaster in american agriculture, and i am ready to work with lawmakers of both parties to create a farm safety net that will include crop insurance reform and farm income assistance.

i ask you to join with me and do this. this should not be a political issue. everyone knows what an economic problem is going on out there in rural america today, and we need an appropriate means to address it.

we must strengthen our lead in technology. it was government investment that led to the creation of the internet. i propose a 28-percent increase in long-term computing research.

we also must be ready for the 21st century from its very first moment by solving the so-called y2k computer problem. we had one member of congress stand up and applaud. and we may have about that ration out there applauding at home in front of their television sets. but remember, this is a big, big problem, and we’ve been working hard on it. already we’ve made sure that the social security checks will come on time.

but i want all the folks at home listening to this to know that we need every state and local government, every business large and small to work with us to make sure that this y2k computer bug will be remembered as the last headache of the 20th century, not the first crisis of the 21st.

for our own prosperity, we must support economic growth abroad. you know, until recently a third of our economic growth came from exports. but over the past year and a half, financial turmoil has put that growth at risk. today, much of the world is in recession, with asia hit especially hard. this is the most serious financial crisis in half a century.

to meet it, the u.s. and other nations have reduced interest rates and strengthened the international monetary fund and while the turmoil is not over, we have worked very hard with other nations to contain it.

at the same time, we will continue to work on the long-term project: building a global financial system for the 21st century that promotes prosperity and tames the cycle of boom and bust that has engulfed so much of asia. this june, i will meet with other world leaders to advance this historic purpose and i ask all of you to support our endeavors. i also ask you to support creating a freer and fairer trading system for 21st century america.

you know, i’d like to say something really serious to everyone in this chamber in both parties. i think trade has pided us and pided americans outside this chamber for too long. somehow, we have to find a common ground on which business and workers and environmentalists and farmers and government can stand together. i believe these are the things we ought to all agree on. so, let me try.

first, we ought to tear down barriers, open markets and expand trade, but at the same time, we must ensure that ordinary citizens in all countries actually benefit from trade; a trade that promotes the dignity of work and the rights of workers and protects the environment.

we must insist that international trade organizations be open to public scrutiny instead of mysterious, secret things subject to wild criticism.

when you come right down to it, now that the world economy is becoming more and more integrated, we have to do in the world what we spent the better part of this century doing here at home. we have got to put a human face on the global economy.

now, we must enforce our trade laws when imports unlawfully flood our nation. i have already informed the government of japan if that nation’s sudden surge of steel imports into our country is not reversed, america will respond.

we must help all manufacturers hit hard by the present crisis with loan guarantees, and other incentives to increase american exports by nearly $2 billion. i’d like to believe we can achieve a new consensus on trade based on these principles. and i ask the congress to join me again in this common approach and to give the president the trade authority long used and now overdue and necessary to advance our prosperity in the 21st century.

tonight, i issue a call to the nations of the world to join the united states in a new round of global trade negotiation to expand exports of services, manufactures and farm products.

tonight, i say, we will work with the international labor organization on a new initiative to raise labor standards around the world. and this year, we will lead the international community to conclude a treaty to ban abusive child labor everywhere in the world.

if we do these things – invest in our people, our communities, our technology – and lead in the global economy, then we will begin to meet our historic responsibility to build a 21st century prosperity for america.

you know, no nation in history has had the opportunity and the responsibility we now have to shape a world that is more peaceful, more secure, more free.

all americans can be proud that our leadership helped to bring peace in northern ireland.

all americans can be proud that our leadership has put bosnia on the path to peace. and with our nato allies we are pressing the serbian government to stop its brutal repression in kosovo – to bring those responsible to justice and to give the people of kosovo the self-government they deserve.

all americans can be proud that our leadership renewed hope for lasting peace in the middle east. some of you were with me last december as we watched the palestinian national council completely renounce its call for the destruction of israel.

now, i ask congress to provide resources so that all parties can implement the wye agreement, to protect israel’s security, to stimulate the palestinian economy, to support our friends in jordan. we must not, we dare not, let them down. i hope you will help me.

as we work for peace, we must also meet threats to our nation’s security, including increased danger from outlaw nations and terrorism.

we will defend our security wherever we are threatened, as we did this summer when we struck at osama bin laden’s network of terror. the bombing of our embassies in kenya and tanzania reminds us again of the risks faced every day by those who represent america to the world. so let’s give them the support they need, the safest possible workplaces, and the resources they must have so america can continue to lead.

we must work to keep terrorists from disrupting computer networks. we must work to prepare local communities for biological and chemical emergencies, to support research into vaccines and treatments. we must increase our efforts to restrain the spread of nuclear weapons and missiles, from korea to india and pakistan. we must expand our work with russia, ukraine and other former soviet nations to safeguard nuclear materials and technology so they never fall into the wrong hands. our balanced budget will increase funding for these critical efforts by almost two-thirds over the next five years.

with russia we must continue to reduce our nuclear arsenals. the start ii treaty and the framework we have already agreed to for start iii could cut them by 80 percent from their cold war height.

it’s been two years since i signed the comprehensive test ban treaty. if we don’t do the right thing, other nations won’t either. i ask the senate to take this vital step, approve the treaty now to make it harder for other nations to develop nuclear arms, and to make sure we can end nuclear testing for ever.

for nearly a decade, iraq has defied its obligations to destroy its weapons of terror and the missiles to deliver them.

america will continue to contain [iraqi president] saddam [hussein] and we will work for the day when iraq has a government worthy of its people. now, last month, in our action over iraq, our troops were superb. their mission was so flawlessly executed, that we risk taking for granted the bravery and skill it required. captain jeff taliaferro, a 10-year air force veteran of the air force, flew a b-1b bomber over iraq as we attacked saddam’s war machine. he is here with us tonight. i would like to ask you to honor him and all the 33,000 men and women of operation desert fox.

it is time to reverse the decline in defense spending that began in 1985.

since april, together we have added nearly $6 billion to maintain our military readiness. my balanced budget calls for a sustained increase over the next six years for readiness, for modernization, and for pay and benefits for our troops and their families.

you know, we are the heirs of a legacy of bravery represented in every community in america by millions of our veterans. america’s defenders today still stand ready at a moments notice to go where comforts are few and dangers are many, to do what needs to be done as no one else can. they always come through for america. we must come through for them.

the new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. the united nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens america might otherwise bear alone. america needs a strong and effective u.n. i want to work with this new congress to pay our dues and our debts.

we must continue to support security and stability in europe and asia – expanding nato and defining its new missions, maintaining our alliance with japan, with korea, with our other asian allies, and engaging china.

in china last year, i said to the leaders and the people what i’d like to say again tonight: stability can no longer be bought at the expense of liberty.

but i’d also like to say again to the american people, it’s important not to isolate china. the more we bring china into the world, the more the world will bring change and freedom to china.

last spring, with some of you, i traveled to africa, where i saw democracy and reform rising, but still held back by violence and disease. we must fortify african democracy and peace by launching radio democracy for africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in nigeria, and passing the african trade and development act.

we must continue to deepen our ties to the americas and the caribbean, our common work to educate children, fight drugs, strengthen democracy and increase trade. in this hemisphere, every government but one is freely chosen by its people. we are determined that cuba, too, will know the blessings of liberty.

the american people have opened their arms and their hearts and their arms to our central american and caribbean neighbors who have been so devastated by the recent hurricanes. working with congress, i am committed to help them rebuild.

when the first lady and tipper gore visited the region, they saw thousands of our troops and thousands of american volunteers. in the dominican republic, hillary helped to rededicate a hospital that had been rebuilt by dominicans and americans working side by side. with her was some one else who has been very important to the relief efforts. you know sports records are made and sooner or later, they’re broken. but making other people’s lives better and showing our children the true meaning of brotherhood, that lasts forever. so for far more than baseball, sammy sosa, you’re a hero in two countries tonight. thank you.

so i say to all of you, if we do these things, if we pursue peace, fight terrorism, increase our strength, renew our alliances, we will begin to meet our generation’s historic responsibility to build a stronger 21st century america in a freer, more peaceful world.

as the world has changed, so have our own communities. we must make the safer, more livable, and more united. this year, we will reach our goal of 100,000 community police officers ahead of schedule and under budget.

the brady bill has stopped a quarter million felons, fugitives, and stalkers from buying handguns and now, the murder rate is the lowest in 30 years, and the crime rate has dropped for six straight years.

tonight, i propose a 21st century crime bill to deploy the latest technologies and tactics to make our communities even safer. our balanced budget will help put up to 50,000 more police on the street in the areas hardest hit by crime, and then to equip them with new tools from crime-mapping computers to digital mug shots. we must break the deadly cycle of drugs and crime.

our budget expands support for drug testing and treatment, saying to prisoners, "if you stay on drugs, you have to stay behind bars." and to those on parole, "if you want to keep your freedom, you must stay free of drugs."

i ask congress to restore the five-day waiting period for buying a handgun and extend the brady bill to prevent juveniles who commit violent crimes from buying a gun.

we must do more to keep our schools the safest places in our communities. last year, every american was horrified and heartbroken by the tragic killings in jonesboro, paducah, pearl, edinboro, springfield. we were deeply moved by the courageous parents now working to keep guns out of the hands of children and to make other efforts so that other parents don’t have to live through their loss.

after she lost her daughter, suzann wilson of jonesboro, arkansas, came here to the white house with a powerful plea. she said "please, please for the sake of your children, lock up your guns. don’t let what happened in jonesboro, happen in your town."

it’s a message she is passionately advocating every day. suzann is here with us tonight, with the first lady. i would like to thank her for her courage and her commitment.

in memory of all the children who lost their lives to school violence, i ask you to strengthen the safe and drug free school act, to pass legislation to require child trigger locks, to do everything possible to keep our children safe.

today, we’re – excuse me – a century ago, president theodore roosevelt defined our great central task as leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us. today, we’re restoring the florida everglades, saving yellowstone, preserving the red rock canyons of utah, protecting california’s redwoods, and our precious coasts.

but our most fateful new challenge is the threat of global warming. nineteen ninety-eight was the warmest year ever recorded. last year’s heat waves, floods and storm are but a hint of what future generations may endure if we do not act now.

tonight, i propose a new clean air fund to help communities reduce greenhouse and other pollutions, and tax incentives and investment to spur clean energy technologies. and i want to work with members of congress in both parties to reward companies that take early, voluntary action to reduce greenhouse gases.

now, all our communities face a preservation challenge as they grow, and green space shrinks. seven thousand acres of farmland and open space are lost every day. in response, i propose two major initiatives. first, a $1 billion livability agenda to help communities save open space, ease traffic congestion, and grow in ways that enhance every citizen’s quality of life. and second, a $1 billion lands legacy initiative to preserve places of natural beauty all across america, from the most remote wilderness to the nearest city park.

these are truly landmark initiatives, which could not have been developed without the visionary leadership of the vice president and i want to thank him very much for his commitment here. thank you.

now, to get the most out of your community, you have to give something back. that’s why we created americorps, our national service program that gives today’s generation a chance to serve their communities and earn money for college.

so far, in just four years, 100,000 young americans have built low-income homes with habitat for humanity, helped tutor children with churches, work with fema to ease the burden of natural disasters and performed countless other acts of service that has made america better. i ask congress to give more young americans the chance to follow their lead and serve america in americorps.

now, we must work to renew our national community as well for the 21st century. last year, the house passed the bipartisan campaign finance reform legislation sponsored by representatives [christopher] shays (r-conn.) and [martin t.] meehan )d-mass.) and sens. [john] mccain (r-ariz.) and [russell] feingold (d-wis.). but a partisan minority in the senate blocked reform. so i would like to say to the house, pass it again – quickly.

and i’d like to say to the senate, i hope you will say yes to a stronger american democracy in the year 20xx.

since 1997, our initiative on race has sought to bridge the pides between and among our people. in its report last fall, the initiatives advisory board found that americans really do want to bring our people together across racial lines.

we know it’s been a long journey. for some it goes back to before the beginning of our republic. for others, back since the civil war; for others, throughout the 21st century. but for most of us alive today, in a very real sense this journey began 43 years ago, when a woman named rosa parks sat down on a bus in alabama and wouldn’t get up.

she’s sitting down with the first lady tonight, and she may get up or not as she chooses.

we know that our continuing racial problems are aggravated, as the presidential initiative said, by opportunity gaps.

the initiative i’ve outlined tonight will help to close them. but we know that the discrimination gap has not been fully closed either. discrimination or violence because of race or religion, ancestry or gender, disability or sexual orientation, is wrong and it ought to be illegal. therefore, i ask congress to make the employment non-discrimination act and the hate crimes prevention act the law of the land.

you know, now since every person in america counts, every american ought to be counted. we need a census that uses modern scientific methods to do that.

our new immigrants must be part of our one america. after all, they’re revitalizing our cities, they’re energizing our culture, they’re building up our economy. we have a responsibility to make them welcome here, and they have a responsibility to enter the mainstream of american life.

that means learning english and learning about our democratic system of government. there are now long waiting lines of immigrants that are trying to do just that.

therefore, our budget significantly expands our efforts to help them meet their responsibility. i hope you will support it.

whether our ancestors came here on the mayflower, on slave ships; whether they came to ellis island or lax in los angeles; whether they came yesterday or walked this land 1,000 years ago, our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be one america. we can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as one america.

you know, barely more than 300 days from now we will cross that bridge into the new millennium. this is a moment, as the first lady has said, to honor the past and imagine the future.

i’d like to take just a minute to honor her, for leading our millennium project, for all she’s done for our children. for all she has done in her historic role to serve our nation and our best ideals at home and abroad, i honor her.

last year – last year i called on congress and every citizen to mark the millennium by saving america’s treasures. hillary’s traveled all across the country to inspire recognition and support for saving places like thomas edison’s invention factory or harriet tubman’s home.

now we have to preserve our treasures in every community. and tonight, before i close, i want to invite every town, every city, every community to become a nationally recognized millennium community by launching projects that save our history, promote our arts and humanities, prepare our children for the 21st century.

already the response has been remarkable. and i want to say a special word of thanks to our private sector partners and to members in congress of both parties for their support. just one example. because of you, the star spangled banner will be preserved for the ages.

in ways large and small, as we look to the millennium, we are keeping alive what george washington called the "sacred fire of liberty."

six years ago, i came to office in a time of doubt for america, with our economy troubled, our deficit high, our people pided. some even wondered whether our best days were behind us. but across this nation, in a thousand neighborhoods, i have seen, even amidst the pain and uncertainty of recession, the real heart and character of america.

i knew then we americans could renew this country.

tonight, as i deliver the last state of the union address for the 20th century, no one anywhere in the world can doubt the enduring resolve and boundless capacity of the american people to work toward that "more perfect union" of our founders’ dreams.

we are now, at the end of a century, when generation after generation of americans answered the call to greatness, overcoming depression, lifting up the dispossessed, bringing down barriers to racial prejudice, building the largest middle class in history, winning two world wars and the "long twilight struggle" of the cold war.

we must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century.

yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in the clash of controversy, we don’t see our own time for what it truly is – a new dawn for america.

a hundred years from tonight, another american president will stand in this place and report on the state of the union. he – or she – will look back on the 21st century shaped in so many ways by the decisions we make here and now.

so let it be said of us then that we were thinking not only of our time, but of their time; that we reached as high as our ideals; that we put aside our pisions and found a new hour of healing and hopefulness; that we joined together to serve and strengthen the land we love.

my fellow americans, this is our moment. let us lift our eyes as one nation, and from the mountaintop of this american century, look ahead to the next one – asking god’s blessing on our endeavors and on our beloved country.

thank you, and good evening.

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美国第42任总统克林顿告别演说

同胞们，今晚是我作为你们的总统，在白宫总统办公室向你们做最后一次演说。

我深深地感谢你们给了我两次机会和荣誉，为你们服务和工作，并同你们一道为我们进入21世纪做准备。

在此，我要感谢戈尔副总统，我的内阁部长们以及所有和我一同走过过去8年的同仁们。

这是一个极具变革的年代，你们为新的挑战做好了准备。是你们使我们的社会更强大，我们的家庭更健康和安全，我们的人民更富裕。

同胞们，我们已迈进全球信息化的时代，这是美国复兴的伟大时代。

作为总统，我所做的每一个决定，每一个行政命令，提议和签署的每一项法令，都在努力为美国人民提供工具和创造条件，去实现美国人民梦想的未来----一个美好的社会，繁荣的经济，清洁的环境，一个更自由、更安全、更繁荣的世界。

凭借着我们永恒的价值，我不断前进。机会属于所有的美国公民；责任源自全体美国人民；所有美国人民组成了一个大家庭。我一直在为寻求一个更小、更现代化、更有效率、面对新时代的挑战充满创意和思想、永远把人民的利益放在第一位、永远面向未来的新型的美国政府而努力。

我们一同工作，使美国变得更加美好。我们的经济正在打破一个又一个的记录。我们已创造了2200万个新的工作岗位，现在的失业率是30年来最低的，购房率达到一个空前的高度，经济增长的持续时间是历史上最长的。

我们的家庭、我们的社会变得更加强大。3500万美国人曾经享受联邦休假，800万人获得社会保障，犯罪率是25年来最低的，1000多万美国人享受更多的大学贷款，更多的人接受大学教育。我们的学校也在改善。更高的办学水平、更大的责任感和更多的使得我们的学生取得更好的考试和毕业成绩。

目前，已有300多万美国儿童在享受着医疗，700多万美国人已经脱离了贫困线。人们的收入在大幅度提高。我国的空气和水源更洁净，食品和饮用水更安全。宝贵的土地资源得到了近百年来前所未有的保护。

美国已成为世界上每个地方促进和平和繁荣的积极力量。此时，我非常高兴地将领导权移交给新任总统，强大的美国正面临未来的挑战。

今晚，我希望能把三个关于我们的未来构想留给你们：第一，美国必须保持良好的财政状况。经过4个财政年度的努力，我们已经破纪录的把财政赤字变为盈余。并且，我们已偿还了6000亿美元的国债，正向着10年内彻底偿还国债的目标迈进，这是1835年以来的第一次。

只要这样做，才能给我们带来更低的利率、更大的经济繁荣，才能迎接未来更大的挑战。如果我们做出明智的选择，我们就能偿还债务，解决生育高峰期出生的一大批人的退休问题，对未来进行更多的投资，并减轻税收。

第二，世界各国的联系日益紧密。为了美国的安全与繁荣，我们应继续融入世界。在这个特殊的历史时刻，更多的美国人民享有前所未有的自由。我们的盟国比过去更加强大。全世界人民期望美国成为和平与繁荣、自由与安全的力量。全球经济给予美国人民以及全世界人民更多的机会去工作、生活，更好地养活家庭。

但是，促进世界一体化，一方面为我们创造了良好的机会，同时也使我们在全球范围内更易遭致破坏性力量、恐怖主义、有组织的犯罪、贩毒活动，以及致命性武器和疾病传播的威胁。

尽管世界贸易不断扩大，但它没能缩小处于全球经济前沿的我们与数十亿处于生死边缘的人们之间的距离。

要解决世界贫富两极分化需要的不是同情，而是实际行动。贫穷有可能被我们的漠不关心激化成为火药桶。

托马斯-杰斐逊在他的中告诫我们结盟的危害。但在我们这个时代，美国不能，也不可能使自己脱离整个世界。如果我们想把我们共享的价值观赋予这个世界，我们必须承担起这个责任。

如果20世纪的历次战争，尤其是最近在科索沃地区和波斯尼亚爆发的战争，能够让我们得到某种教训的话，我们从中得到的启示应是：由于捍卫了我们的价值观并领导了自由和和平的力量，我们才达到了目标。我们必须坚定勇敢地信奉这个信念和责任，在语言和行动上与我们的同盟者站在一起，领导他们按这条道路前进；在全球经济中遵循以人为本，让不断发展的贸易使所有国家的所有人受益，在全世界范围内提高人们的生活水平并实现他们的梦想。

第三，我们必须牢记如果我们不团结一致，美国就不能领先世界。随着我们变得多样化，我们必须更加努力地团结在共同价值观和共同人性的旗帜下。

我们必须努力工作，克服存在的种种分歧。于情于法，我们都要让我们的人民受到公正的待遇，不论他是哪一个民族、信仰哪种宗教、什么性别或性倾向，无论他们何时来到这个国家。我们都要时时刻刻为了实现先辈们建立的高度团结的梦想而奋斗。

希拉里、切尔西和我同所有美国人民一道，向即将上任的布什总统、他的家人及新政府致以衷心的祝福，希望新政府能够勇敢面对挑战，高举自由大旗在新世纪阔步前进。

对我来说，当我离开总统宝座时，我充满了更多的理想，比初进白宫时更加充满希望，并坚信美国的好日子还在后面。

我的总统任期就要结束了，但是我希望我为美国人民服务的日子永远不会结束。在我未来的岁月里，我再也不会担任一个比美利坚合众国总统更高的职位、签订一个比美利坚合众国总统所能签署的更为神圣的条约。当然，没有任何一个头衔能让我比作为一个美国公民更为自豪的了。

谢谢你们！愿上帝保佑你们！愿上帝保佑美国！

克林顿总统关于青少年暴力的演说

名人演讲稿

THEpRESIDENT:
Goodmorning.AsIenterthefinalweekofmypresidency,I’mextraordinarilygratefulforalltheprogrewe’vemadetogethertheselasteightyears--buildingthestrongesteconomyinageneration,renewingourethicofreoibility,andstrengtheningthebondsofcommunityandfamilyallacroAmerica.TodayIwanttotalkaboutourprogreinreducingyouthviolenceandnewstewe’retakingtomakeourcommunitiesevensafer.

Overthepastfewyears,terribletragediesatColumbineandotherschoolshaveforcedustotakeahardlookatyouthviolence,andanevenharderlookatwhateachofuscandoandmustdotoeurethatsuchtragediesdonothaenagain.

Althoughtherearenosimplesolutio,recentevidencesuggestswearemovingintherightdirection.Accordingtothelatestdata,violentcrimebyyoungpeoplehasbeencutnearlyinhalfsince1993;schoolyarddeathshavedroeddramatically.Thesearebothimportantdeclinesthatreflectthelowestnationalcrimeratein25years.

But,still,wehavemoretodo.Atmydirection,theWhiteHouseCouncilonYouthViolencehasdevelopedanewweiteandtoll-freeinformationlinetohelpparentsandeducatorsgetthefactstheyneedtoreduceyouthviolence.Theweiteaddreiswww.safeyouth.org.Andthetoll-freenumberis1-866-SAFE-YOUTH.That’swww.safeyouth.org,and1-866-SAFE-YOUTH.

I’malsopleasedtoreleaseanotherimportantresource--aguideforparentsoncommunicatingbetterwithteenagers.ItincorporatesthelatestresearchaswellasthebestideasfromtheWhiteHouseConferenceonTeenagers,whichHillaryandIooredlastyear.We’lldistributethispublicationnationwidethroughtheweite,thetoll-freelineandwiththeaistanceofschoolprincipals,schoolnursesandpediatricia.

Likeallparents,HillaryandIknowit’snotalwayseasytotalkwithyourchildrenaboutseitivesubjects.That’swhythisnewguideissoveryvaluable--becauseitteachesparentshowtolistenmorecarefullytotheirchildrenandnurturerelatiohibuiltontrust,love,disciplineandreect.

Americahasmadealotofprogreinrenewingtheseenduringvaluesandstrengtheningourseeofnationalcommunity.Arecordnumberofyoungpeoplenowvolunteerforcommunityservice.So,together,we’vebuiltacountrythat’snotonlybetteroff,butabetter,saferplaceforallofus.文

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WepaedtheBradylaw,whichhaskeptguoutofthehandsofover600,000felo,fugitivesandstalkers.We’vesecuredfundingformorethan100,000newpoliceofficersonthebeat.WecreatedtheCOinSchoolsprogramtohelplocallawenforcementhirepoliceofficerstoworkinourschools.

Weestablishedafter-schoolandsummerschoolprogramsthatarehelpingnow1.3millionchildrenayearstayoutoftroubleandsucceedintheclaroom,andwe’velaunchedanationalprogramtofosterlocalpartnershithatmakeourschoolssafer,identifychildrenatrisk,andgetthemthehelptheyneed.

Workingcloselywiththeprivatesectorandcommunitygrou,wealsoexpandedtheGEAR-Upinitiativetogiveyoungpeoplementorsandencouragementtoseekacollegeeducation.Andnow,arecordnumberofyoungpeoplearegoingontocollege.

Weneedtobuildonthisremarkablesucce.HereinWashington,Congreshouldnowmoveswiftlytoclosethegunshowloopholeandrequirebackgroundchecksforallgunbuyers.Intheprivatesector,HollywoodshouldownuptoitsreoibilitiesandstopmarketingviolencetoAmerica’syoungpeople.

Thereisnothingmoreprecioustoaparentthanachild,andnothingmoreimportanttoourfuturethanthesafetyofallourchildren.Solet’sdoallwecantoprotectthemfromharmandteachthemtowalkawayfromviolence.Intheend,allofushaveareoibilitytohelpouryouthsucceedandtohelpendyouthviolence.Ifwedothismiionsuccefully,Americawillalwaysbeagreatandpeacefulnationforgeneratiotocome.版权所有

Thanksforlistening.

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克林顿总统第二次就职演说

名人演讲稿

Myfellowcitize:

Atthislastpresidentialinaugurationofthe20thcentury,letusliftoureyestowardthechallengesthatawaitusinthenextcentury.Itisourgreatgoodfortunethattimeandchancehaveputusnotonlyattheedgeofanewcentury,inanewmilleium,butontheedgeofabrightnewproectinhumanaffairs--amomentthatwilldefineourcourse,andourcharacter,fordecadestocome.Wemustkeepourolddemocracyforeveryoung.Guidedbytheancientvisionofapromisedland,letussetoursightsuponalandofnewpromise.

ThepromiseofAmericawasborninthe18thcenturyoutoftheboldconvictionthatweareallcreatedequal.Itwasextendedandpreservedinthe19thcentury,whenournationreadacrothecontinent,savedtheunion,andabolishedtheawfulscourgeofslavery.

Then,inturmoilandtriumph,thatpromiseexplodedontotheworldstagetomakethistheAmericanCentury.Andwhatacenturyithasbeen.Americabecametheworld’smightiestindustrialpower;savedtheworldfromtyrayintwoworldwarsandalongcoldwar;andtimeandagain,reachedoutacrotheglobetomilliowho,likeus,longedforthebleingsofliberty.

Alongtheway,Americaproducedagreatmiddleclaandsecurityinoldage;builtunrivaledcentersoflearningandopenedpublicschoolstoall;littheatomandexploredtheheaveinventedthecomputerandthemicrochianddeepenedthewellringofjusticebymakingarevolutionincivilrightsforAfricanAmericaandallminorities,andextendingthecircleofcitizehip,oortunityanddignitytowomen.

Now,forthethirdtime,anewcenturyisuponus,andanothertimetochoose.Webeganthe19thcenturywithachoice,toreadournationfromcoasttocoast.Webeganthe20thcenturywithachoice,toharnetheIndustrialRevolutiontoourvaluesoffreeenterprise,coervation,andhumandecency.Thosechoicesmadeallthedifference.Atthedawnofthe21stcenturyafreepeoplemustnowchoosetoshapetheforcesoftheInformationAgeandtheglobalsociety,tounleashthelimitlepotentialofallourpeople,and,yes,toformamoreperfectunion.

Whenlastwegathered,ourmarchtothisnewfutureseemedlecertainthanitdoestoday.Wevowedthentosetaclearcoursetorenewournation.

Inthesefouryears,wehavebeentouchedbytr

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agedy,exhilaratedbychallenge,strengthenedbyachievement.America
standsaloneastheworld’sindieablenation.Onceagain,oureconomyisthestrongestonEarth.Onceagain,wearebuildingstrongerfamilies,thrivingcommunities,bettereducationaloortunities,acleanerenvironment.problemsthatonceseemeddestinedtodeepennowbendtoourefforts:ourstreetsaresaferandrecordnumbersofourfellowcitizehavemovedfromwelfaretowork.

Andonceagain,wehaveresolvedforourtimeagreatdebateovertheroleofgovernment.Todaywecandeclare:Governmentisnottheproblem,andgovernmentisnotthesolution.We--theAmericanpeople--wearethesolution.(Alause.)Ourfoundersunderstoodthatwellandgaveusademocracystrongenoughtoendureforcenturies,flexibleenoughtofaceourcommonchallengesandadvanceourcommondreamsineachnewday.

Astimeschange,sogovernmentmustchange.Weneedanewgovernmentforanewcentury--humbleenoughnottotrytosolveallourproblemsforus,butstrongenoughtogiveusthetoolstosolveourproblemsforourselveagovernmentthatissmaller,liveswithinitsmea,anddoesmorewithle.Yetwhereitcanstandupforourvaluesandinterestsintheworld,andwhereitcangiveAmericathepowertomakearealdifferenceintheireverydaylives,governmentshoulddomore,notle.ThepreeminentmiionofournewgovernmentistogiveallAmericaanoortunity--notaguarantee,butarealoortunity--tobuildbetterlives.(Alause.)

Beyondthat,myfellowcitize,thefutureisuptous.Ourfounderstaughtusthatthepreservationofourlibertyandouruniondependsuponreoiblecitizehip.Andweneedanewseeofreoibilityforanewcentury.Thereisworktodo,workthatgovernmentalonecaotdo:teachingchildrentoread;hiringpeopleoffwelfarerollcomingoutfrombehindlockeddoorsandshutteredwindowstohelpreclaimourstreetsfromdrugsandgangsandcrime;takingtimeoutofourownlivestoserveothers.

Eachandeveryoneofus,inourownway,mustaumepersonalreoibility--notonlyforourselvesandourfamilies,butforourneighborsandournation.(Alause.)Ourgreatestreoibilityistoembraceanewiritofcommunityforanewcentury.Foranyoneofustosucceed,wemustsucceedasone
America.

Thechallengeofourpastremaithechallengeofourfuture--willwebeonenation,onepeople,withonecommondestiny,ornot?Willweallcometogether,orcomeapart?

ThepideofracehasbeenAmerica’scotantcurse.Andeachnewwaveofimmigrantsgivesnewtargetstooldprejudices.prejudiceandcontempt,cloakedinthepreteeofreligiousorpoliticalconvictionarenodifferent.(Alause.)Theseforceshavenearlydestroyedournationinthepast.Theyplagueusstill.Theyfuelthefanaticismofterror.Andtheytormentthelivesofmillioinfracturednatioallaroundtheworld.

Theseoeiocrileboththosewhohateand,ofcourse,thosewhoarehated,roingbothofwhattheymightbecome.Wecaot,wewillnot,succumbtothedarkimpulsesthatlurkinthefarregioofthesouleverywhere.Weshallovercomethem.(Alause.)Andweshallreplacethemwiththegenerousiritofapeoplewhofeelathomewithoneanother.Ourrichtextureofracial,religiousandpoliticalpersitywillbeaGodsendinthe21stcentury.Greatrewardswillcometothosewhocanlivetogether,learntogether,worktogether,forgenewtiesthatbindtogether.

Asthisneweraaroacheswecanalreadyseeitsbroadoutlines.Tenyearsago,theInternetwasthemysticalprovinceofphysicisttoday,itisacommolaceencyclopediaformillioofschoolchildren.Scientistsnowaredecodingtheblueprintofhumanlife.Curesforourmostfearedillneesseemcloseathand.

Theworldisnolongerpidedintotwohostilecam.Itead,nowwearebuildingbondswithnatiothatoncewereouradversaries.Growingcoectioofcommerceandculturegiveusachancetoliftthefortunesandiritsofpeopletheworldover.Andfortheveryfirsttimeinallofhistory,morepeopleonthisplanetliveunderdemocracythandictatorship.(Alause.)

MyfellowAmerica,aswelookbackatthisremarkablecentury,wemayask,canwehopenotjusttofollow,buteventosurpatheachievementsofthe20thcenturyinAmericaandtoavoidtheawfulbloodshedthatstaineditslegacy?Tothatquestion,everyAmericanhereandeveryAmericaninourlandtodaymustaweraresounding"Yes."(Alause.)

Thisistheheartofourtask.Withanewvisionofgovernment,anewseeofreoibility,anewiritofcommunity,wewillsustainAmerica’sjourney.Thepromisewesoughtinanewlandwewillfindagaininalandofnewpromise.(Alause.)

Inthisnewland,educationwillbeeverycitizen’smostprizedpoeion.Ourschoolswillhavethehigheststandardsintheworld,ignitingthearkofpoibilityintheeyesofeverygirlandeveryboy.Andthedoorsofhighereducationwillbeopentoall.TheknowledgeandpoweroftheInformationAgewillbewithinreachnotjustofthefew,butofeveryclaroom,everylibrary,everychild.parentsandchildrenwillhavetimenotonlytowork,buttoreadandplaytogether.Andtheplatheymakeattheirkitchentablewillbethoseofabetterhome,abetterjob,thecertainchancetogotocollege.

Ourstreetswillechoagainwiththelaughterofourchildren,becausenoonewilltrytoshootthemorsellthemdrugsanymore.Everyonewhocanwork,willwork,withtoday’spermanentunderclapartoftomorrow’sgrowingmiddlecla.Newmiraclesofmedicineatlastwillreachnotonlythosewhocanclaimcarenow,butthechildrenandhardworkingfamiliestoolongdenied.

Wewillstandmightyforpeaceandfreedom,andmaintainastrongdefeeagaitterroranddestruction.Ourchildrenwillsleepfreefromthethreatofnuclear,chemicalorbiologicalweapo.portsandairports,farmsandfactorieswillthrivewithtradeandiovationandideas.Andtheworld’sgreatestdemocracywillleadawholeworldofdemocracies.

Ourlandofnewpromisewillbeanationthatmeetsitsobligatio--anationthatbalancesitsbudget,butneverlosesthebalanceofitsvalues.(Alause.)Anationwhereourgrandparentshavesecureretirementandhealthcare,andtheirgrandchildrenknowwehavemadethereformsnecearytosustainthosebenefitsfortheirtime.(Alause.)Anationthatfortifiestheworld’smostproductiveeconomyevenasitprotectsthegreatnaturalbountyofourwater,air,andmajesticland.

Andinthislandofnewpromise,wewillhavereformedourpoliticssothatthevoiceofthepeoplewillalwayseaklouderthanthedinofnarrowinterests--regainingtheparticipationanddeservingthetrustofallAmerica.(Alause.)

Fellowcitize,letusbuildthatAmerica,anationevermovingforwardtowardrealizingthefullpotentialofallitscitize.proerityandpower--yes,theyareimportant,andwemustmaintainthem.Butletusneverforget:Thegreatestprogrewehavemade,andthegreatestprogrewehaveyettomake,isinthehumanheart.Intheend,alltheworld’swealthandathousandarmiesarenomatchforthestrengthanddecencyofthehumanirit.(Alause.)版权所有

Thirty-fouryearsago,themanwhoselifewecelebratetodayoketousdownthere,attheotherendofthisMall,inwordsthatmovedthecocienceofanation.Likeaprophetofold,hetoldofhisdreamthatonedayAmericawouldriseupandtreatallitscitizeasequalsbeforethelawandintheheart.MartinLutherKing’sdreamwastheAmericanDream.Hisquestisourquest:theceaselestrivingtoliveoutourtruecreed.Ourhistoryhasbeenbuiltonsuchdreamsandlabors.Andbyourdreamsandlabors
wewillredeemthepromiseofAmericainthe21stcentury.

TothateffortIpledgeallmystrengthandeverypowerofmyoffice.IaskthemembersofCongreheretojoininthatpledge.TheAmericanpeoplereturnedtoofficeapresidentofonepartyandaCongreofanother.Surely,theydidnotdothistoadvancethepoliticsofpettybickeringandextremepartisahiptheyplainlydeplore.(Alause.)No,theycallonusiteadtoberepairersofthebreach,andtomoveonwithAmerica’smiion.

Americademandsanddeservesbigthingsfromus--andnothingbigevercamefrombeingsmall.(Alause.)LetusrememberthetimelewisdomofCardinalBernardin,whenfacingtheendofhisownlife.Hesaid:"Itiswrongtowastethepreciousgiftoftime,onacrimonyandpision."

Fellowcitize,wemustnotwastethepreciousgiftofthistime.Forallofusareonthatsamejourneyofourlives,andourjourney,too,willcometoanend.ButthejourneyofourAmericamustgoon.

Andso,myfellowAmerica,wemustbestrong,forthereismuchtodare.Thedemandsofourtimearegreatandtheyaredifferent.Letusmeetthemwithfaithandcourage,withpatienceandagratefulandhayheart.Letusshapethehopeofthisdayintothenoblestchapterinourhistory.Yes,letusbuildourbridge.(Alause.)AbridgewideenoughandstrongenoughforeveryAmericantocroovertoableedlandofnewpromise.

Maythosegeneratiowhosefaceswecaotyetsee,whosenameswemayneverknow,sayofusherethatweledourbelovedlandintoanewcenturywiththeAmericanDreamaliveforallherchildrewiththeAmericanpromiseofamoreperfectunionarealityforallherpeople;withAmerica’sbrightflameoffreedomreadingthroughoutalltheworld.

Fromtheheightofthisplaceandthesummitofthiscentury,letusgoforth.MayGodstrengthenourhandsforthegoodworkahead--andalways,alwaysbleourAmerica.(Alause.)

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my fellow citizens:

today we celebrate the mystery of american renewal. this ceremony is held in the depth of winter, but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring. a spring reborn in the world’s oldest democracy, that brings forth the vision and courage to reinvent america. when our founders boldly declared america’s independence to the world, and our purposes to the almighty, they knew that america, to endure, would have to change. not change for change sake, but change to preserve america’s ideals: life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness.

though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. each generation of american’s must define what it means to be an american. on behalf of our nation, i salute my predecessor, president bush, for his half-century of service to america, and i thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over depression, fascism and communism.

today, a generation raised in the shadows of the cold war assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom, but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues. raised in unrivalled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world’s strongest, but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep pisions among our own people.

when george washington first took the oath i have just sworn to uphold, news travelled slowly across the land by horseback, and across the ocean by boat. now the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world. communications and commerce are global. investment is mobile. technology is almost magical, and ambition for a better life is now univer

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we earn our livelihood in america today in peaceful competition with people all across the earth. profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. this new world has already enriched the lives of millions of americans who are able to compete and win in it. but when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small; when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend.

we know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps, but we have not done so. instead we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence. though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people, and we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us. from our revolution to the civil war, to the great depression, to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history. thomas jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation we would need dramatic change from time to time. well, my fellow americans, this is our time. let us embrace it.

our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be cured by what is right with america.

and so today we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift, and a new season of american renewal has begun.

to renew america we must be bold. we must do what no generation has had to do before. we must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, and in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. . .and we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. it will not be easy. it will require sacrifice, but it can be done, and done fairly. not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. we must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.

our founders saw themselves in the light of posterity. we can do no less. anyone who has ever watched a child’s eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. posterity is the world to come, the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibilities. we must do what america does best, offer more opportunity to all and demand more responsibility from all.

it is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing: from our government, or from each other. let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families, but for our communities and our country. to renew america we must revitalize our democracy. this beautiful capitol, like every capitol since the dawn of civilization, is often a place of intrigue and calculation. powerful people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those people whose toil and sweat sends ushere and paves our way.

americans deserve better, and in this city today there are people who want to do better, and so i say to all of you here, let us resolve to reform our politics, so that power and privilege no longer shout down the voice of the people. let us put aside personal advantage, so that we can feel the pain and see the promise of america. let us resolve to make our government a place for what franklin roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation, a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays." let us give this capitol back to the people to whom it belongs.

to renew america we must meet challenges abroad, as well as at home. there is no longer a clear pision between what is foreign and what is domestic. the world economy, the world environment, the world aids crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all. today as an old order passes, the new world is more free, but less stable. communism’s collapse has called forth old animosities, and new dangers. clearly, america must continue to lead the world we did so much to make.

while america rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges nor fail to seize the opportunities of this new world. together with our friends and allies, we will work together to shape change, lest it engulf us. when our vital interests are challenged, or the will and conscience of the international community is defied, we will act; with peaceful diplomacy whenever possible, with force when necessary.

the brave americans serving our nation today in the persian gulf, in somalia, and wherever else they stand, are testament to our resolve, but our greatest strength is the power of our ideas, which are still new in many lands. across the world, we see them embraced and we rejoice. our hopes, our hearts, our hands, are with those on every continent, who are building democracy and freedom. their cause is america’s cause. the american people have summoned the change we celebrate today. you have raised your voices in an unmistakable chorus, you have cast your votes in historic numbers, you have changed the face of congress, the presidency, and the political process itself. yes, you, my fellow americans, have forced the spring. now we must do the work the season demands. to that work i now turn with all the authority of my office. i ask the congress to join with me; but no president, no congress, no government can undertake this mission alone.

my fellow americans, you, too, must play your part in our renewal. i challenge a new generation of young americans to a season of service, to act on your idealism, by helping troubled children, keeping company with those in need, reconnecting our torn communities. there is so much to be done. enough, indeed, for millions of others who are still young in spirit, to give of themselves in service, too. in serving we recognize a simple, but powerful, truth: we need each other, and we must care for one another. today we do more than celebrate america, we rededicate ourselves to the very idea of america, an idea born in revolution, and renewed through two centuries of challenge, an idea tempered by the knowledge that but for fate, we, the fortunate and the unfortunate, might have been each other; an idea ennobled by the faith that our nation can summon from its myriad persity, the deepest measure of unity; an idea infused with the conviction that america’s journey long, heroic journey must go forever upward.

and so, my fellow americans, as we stand at the edge of the 21st century, let us begin anew, with energy and hope, with faith and discipline, and let us work until our work is done. the scripture says: "and let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." from this joyful mountaintop of celebration we hear a call to service in the valley. we have heard the trumpets, we have changed the guard, and now each in our own way, and with god’s help, we must answer the call.

thank you, and god bless you all!

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