Ask What You Can Do for Your Country 问问你能为国家做什么 J.F.Kennedy 约翰·肯尼迪

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• [00:07.08]We observe today
• [00:11.53]not a victory of party,
• [00:14.01]but a celebration of freedom
• [00:16.96]symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning
• [00:21.48]signifying renewal, as well as change.
• [00:26.65]For I have sworn before you
• [00:29.33]and almighty God
• [00:31.56]the same solemn oath our forebears presCRIbed
• [00:37.22]nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
• [00:41.23]The world is very different now.
• [00:43.76]For man holds in his mortal hands
• [00:47.96]the power to abolish all forms of human poverty
• [00:53.47]and all forms of human life.
• [00:56.71]And yet the same revolutionary beliefs
• [01:00.86]for which our forebears fought
• [01:04.46]are still at issue around the globe
• [01:07.87]the belief that the rights of man
• [01:10.56]come not from the generosity of the state,
• [01:13.89]but from the hand of God.
• [01:16.77]We dare not forget today
• [01:19.62]that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
• [01:24.22]Let the word go forth from this time and place,
• [01:28.77]to friend and foe alike,
• [01:31.66]that the torch has been passed
• [01:34.75]to a new generation of Americans
• [01:37.44]born in this century,
• [01:40.32]tempered by war, disciplined by a hard
• [01:45.34]and bitter peace,
• [01:47.71]proud of our ancient heritage,
• [01:50.19]and unwilling to witness or permit
• [01:54.13]the slow undoing of those human rights
• [02:00.41]to which this nation has always been committed
• [02:04.16]and to which we are committed today
• [02:07.00]at home and around the world.
• [02:16.35]Let every nation know,
• [02:19.79]whether it wishes us well or ill,
• [02:23.93]that we shall pay any price,
• [02:27.44]bear any burden,
• [02:30.12]meet any hardship,
• [02:32.76]support any friend
• [02:35.59]oppose any foe,
• [02:38.58]to assure the survival
• [02:40.14]and the success of liberty.
• [02:47.52]This much we pledge-and more.
• [02:51.01]To those old allies
• [02:53.18]whose cultural and spiritual origins we share,
• [02:59.00]we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends.
• [03:02.63]United, there is little we cannot do
• [03:05.62]in a host of cooperative ventures.
• [03:08.61]Divided, there is little we can do
• [03:11.79]for we dare not meet a powerful challenge
• [03:15.55]at odds and split asunder.
• [03:19.53]To those new states whom we welcome
• [03:22.12]to the ranks of the free,
• [03:23.80]we pledge our word
• [03:26.43]that one form of colonial control
• [03:30.28]shall not have passed away
• [03:32.37]merely to be replaced
• [03:35.02]by a far more iron tyranny.
• [03:38.35]We shall not always expect
• [03:40.02]to find them supporting our view.
• [03:42.70]But we shall always hope to find them
• [03:45.43]strongly supporting their own freedom
• [03:49.78]and to remember that, in the past,
• [03:52.67]those who foolishly sought power
• [03:56.31]by riding the back of the tiger
• [03:59.44]ended up inside.
• [04:07.17]To those people in the huts
• [04:10.96]and villages of half the globe
• [04:14.47]struggling to break the bonds of mass misery,
• [04:18.32]we pledge our best efforts
• [04:20.72]to help them help themselves,
• [04:23.61]for whatever period is required
• [04:26.13]not because the communists may be doing it,
• [04:28.88]not because we seek their votes,
• [04:31.71]but because it is right.
• [04:34.84]If a free society cannot help
• [04:38.08]the many who are poor,
• [04:40.51]it cannot save the few who are rich.
• [04:49.30]To our sister republics
• [04:51.95]south of our border,
• [04:54.06]we offer a special pledge:
• [04:56.95]to convert our good words into good deeds,
• [05:00.95]in a new alliance for progress
• [05:03.99]to assist free men and free governments
• [05:08.34]in casting off the chains of poverty.
• [05:11.93]But this peaceful revolution of hope
• [05:16.17]cannot become the prey of hostile powers.
• [05:20.38]Let all our neighbors know
• [05:23.62]that we shall join with them
• [05:26.49]to oppose aggression or subversion
• [05:29.27]anywhere in the Americas.
• [05:32.10]And let every other power know
• [05:34.33]that this hemisphere intends to remain
• [05:37.12]the master of its own house.
• [05:40.40]To that world assembly of sovereign states,
• [05:49.44]the United Nations, our last best hope
• [05:53.80]in an age where the instruments of war
• [05:57.05]have far outpaced the instruments of peace,
• [06:01.54]we renew our pledge of support
• [06:04.88]to prevent it from becoming
• [06:07.31]merely a forum for invective,
• [06:09.83]to strengthen its shield
• [06:12.84]of the new and the weak,
• [06:14.60]and to enlarge the area
• [06:16.88]in which its writ may run.
• [06:19.90]Finally, to those nations
• [06:22.68]who would make themselves our adversary,
• [06:26.88]we offer not a pledge but a request:
• [06:31.18]that both sides
• [06:33.51]begin anew the quest for peace,
• [06:36.46]before the dark powers of destruction
• [06:39.81]unleashed by science
• [06:42.54]engulf all humanity in planned
• [06:46.44]or accidental self-destruction.
• [06:49.98]We dare not tempt them with weakness.
• [06:53.11]For only when our arms
• [06:55.44]are sufficient beyond doubt
• [06:58.37]can we be certain beyond doubt
• [07:00.95]that they will never be employed.
• [07:03.88]But neither can two great
• [07:06.60]and powerful groups of nations
• [07:09.79]take comfort from our present course
• [07:12.42]both sides overburdened
• [07:15.17]by the cost of modern weapons,
• [07:18.09]both rightly alarmed
• [07:20.73]by the steady spread of the deadly atom,
• [07:24.02]yet both racing to alter
• [07:26.96]that uncertain balance of terror
• [07:29.90]that stays the hand of mankind's final war.
• [07:34.25]So let us begin anew
• [07:37.03]remembering on both sides
• [07:39.20]that civility is not a sign of weakness,
• [07:42.34]and sincerity is always subject to proof.
• [07:46.80]Let us never negotiate out of fear,
• [07:50.15]but let us never fear to negotiate.
• [08:01.45]Let both sides explore what problems unite us
• [08:06.37]instead of belabouring those problems
• [08:08.95]which divide us.
• [08:11.12]Let both sides, for the first time,
• [08:13.86]formulate serious and precise proposals
• [08:17.95]for the inspection and control of arms,
• [08:21.35]and bring the absolute power
• [08:24.08]to destroy other nations
• [08:26.27]under the absolute control of all nations.
• [08:34.65]Let both sides seek to invoke
• [08:38.15]the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
• [08:42.19]Together let us explore the stars,
• [08:45.88]conquer the deserts, eradicate disease,
• [08:49.77]tap the ocean depths,
• [08:52.55]and encourage the arts and commerce.
• [08:55.38]Let both sides unite to heed,
• [08:58.47]in all corners of the earth,
• [09:01.10]the command of Isaiah
• [09:02.97]to "undo the heavy burdens,
• [09:05.40]and let the oppressed go free."
• [09:09.19]And, if a beachhead of cooperation
• [09:13.04]may push back the jungle of suspicion,
• [09:16.90]let both sides join in
• [09:19.68]creating a new endeavour
• [09:22.26]not a new balance of power
• [09:24.55]but a new world of law
• [09:27.58]where the strong are just,
• [09:30.17]and the weak secure, and the peace preserved.
• [09:34.86]All this will not be finished
• [09:37.45]in the first 100 days.
• [09:41.26]Nor will it be finished
• [09:43.23]in the first 1,000 days,
• [09:45.83]nor in the life of this administration,
• [09:49.05]nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
• [09:53.20]But let us begin.
• [10:01.29]In your hands, my fellow citizens,
• [10:06.04]more than mine, will rest the final success
• [10:10.54]or failure of our course.
• [10:14.29]Since this country was founded
• [10:15.81]each generation of Americans
• [10:19.10]has been summoned to give testimony
• [10:22.54]to its national loyalty.
• [10:25.47]The graves of young Americans
• [10:27.79]who answered the call to service
• [10:30.74]surround the globe.
• [10:33.72]Now the trumpet summons us again
• [10:36.85]not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need;
• [10:42.26]not as a call to battle, though embattled we are;
• [10:47.51]but a call to bear the burden
• [10:50.55]of a long twilight struggle,
• [10:53.83]year in and year out,
• [10:56.82]"rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"
• [11:01.72]a struggle against the common enemies of man:
• [11:05.61]tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
• [11:11.02]Can we forge against these enemies
• [11:13.90]a grand and global alliance,
• [11:17.10]north and south, east and west,
• [11:22.10]that can assure a more fruitful life
• [11:24.84]for all mankind
• [11:28.20]Will you join in that historic effort?
• [11:37.46]In the long history of the world,
• [11:41.61]only a few generations have been granted
• [11:45.36]the role of defending freedom
• [11:48.44]in its hour of maximum danger.
• [11:51.63]I do not shrink from this responsibility,
• [11:54.32]I welcome it.
• [12:00.62]I do not believe that any of us
• [12:03.72]would exchange places with any other people
• [12:07.45]or any other generation.
• [12:09.99]The energy, the faith, the devotion
• [12:13.68]which we bring to this endeavour
• [12:17.57]will light our country and all who serve it.
• [12:20.99]And the glow from that fire
• [12:23.96]can truly light the world.
• [12:27.35]And so, my fellow Americans,
• [12:30.18]ask not what your country can do for you;
• [12:34.48]ask what you can do for your country.
• [12:45.21]My fellow citizens of the world,
• [12:48.90]ask not what America will do for you,
• [12:52.99]but what, together, we can do
• [12:55.79]for the freedom of man.
• [13:01.11]Finally, whether you are citizens of America
• [13:06.57]or citizens of the world,
• [13:09.21]ask of us here
• [13:11.29]the same high standards
• [13:13.87]of strength and saCRIfice
• [13:16.92]which we ask of you.
• [13:19.44]With a good conscience our only sure reward,
• [13:24.44]with history the final judge of our deeds,
• [13:28.43]let us go forth to lead the land we love,
• [13:32.84]asking His blessing and His help,
• [13:37.34]but knowing that here on earth,
• [13:40.21]God's work must truly be our own.