罗斯福四次就职演讲稿

1、罗斯福四次就职演讲稿first inaugural address of franklin d. rooseveltsaturday, march 4, 1933i am certain that my fellow americans expect that on my induction into the presidency i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our nation impels this is preeminently the time to sp

2、eak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. this great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper so, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself

3、一-nameless, ueasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance in every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory.i am convinced that

4、you will again give that support to leadership in these critical daysin such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our comm on difficulties they concern, thank god, only material things values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all ki

5、nds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gonemore important, a host of un

6、employed citizens face the grim problem of existenee, and an equally great number toil with little return. only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the momentyet our distress comes from no failure of substance we are stricken by no plague of locusts compared with the perils which our f

7、orefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. primarily this is because the rul

8、ers of the exchange ofmankind? s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opin ion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.true they ha

9、ve tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading

10、 tearfully for restored confidence they know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers they have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.the money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. wemay now res tore that t emple to the ancient truths t

11、he measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profithappiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. the joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgot

12、ten in the mad chase of evanescent profits these dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand

13、with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous a

14、nd selfish wrongdoing small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot liverestoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. this nation asks for ac

15、tion, and action now.our greatest primary task is to put people to work. this is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. it can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same ti m

16、e, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resourceshand in hand with this we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and, by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to

17、provide a bet ter use of the land for those best fitted for the land the task can be helped by definite efforts to raise the values of agricultural products and with this the power to purchase the output of our cities. it can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss thro

18、ugh foreclosure of our small homes and our farms it can be helped by insistence tha/t the federal, st ate, and local governme nts act forthwith on the dema nd that their cost be drastically reduced it can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are often scattered, uneconomical, a

19、nd unequa 1. it can be helped by national planning for andsupervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities which have a definitely public character there are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped merely by talking about it. we must act an

20、d act quickly.finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people' s money, and there mu

21、st be provision for an adequate but sound currencythere are the lines of attack i shall presently urge upon a new congress in specialsession det ailed measures for their fulfillment, and i shall seek the immediate assistance of the several sta tes.through this program of action we address ourselves

22、to putting our own national house in order and making income balance outgo. our internationaltrade relations, though vastly important, are in point of time and necessity secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy. i favor as a practical policy the put ting of firs t t hings first i s

23、hall spare no effort to restore world trade by international economic readjustment, but the emergency at home can not wait on that accomplishmentthe basic thought that guides these specific means of national recovery is not narrowly nationalistic it is the insistence, as a first consideration, upon

24、the interdependence of the various elements in all parts of the united states-一a recognition of the old and permanently important manifestation of the american spirit of the pioneer.it is the way to recovery. it is the strongest assurance endureis the immediate way. itthat the recovery willpolicy i

25、would dedicatethe goodwho resolutely respectsso, respects the rights respects his obligationsin the field of world this nation to the policy of neighbor-the neighbor himself and, because he does of othersthe neighbor whoand respects the sanetity of his agreements in and with a world of neighborsif i

26、 read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other; that we can not merely take but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing toa common discipline,no progress is made,

27、we are, i know, readyand property to suchsacrifice for the good ofbecause without such discipline no leadership becomes effective.and willing to submit our lives discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. this i propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes

28、 will bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strifewith this pledge taken, i assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problemsaction in this image and to this en

29、d is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from our ancestors our constitution is so simple and prac tical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form that is why our constitutional system has pr

30、oved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has produced it has met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter internal strife, of world relations.it is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be whol

31、ly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. but it may be that anunprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedurei am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in th

32、e midst of a stricken world may require these measures, or such other measures as the congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, i shall seek, within my cons tit utional aut hor ity, to bring to speedy adop tion.but in the event that the congress shall fail to take one of these two courses

33、, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, i shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. i shall ask the congress for the one remaining instrume nt to mee t the crisis一broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power tha

34、t would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foefor the trust reposed in me i will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time i can do no lesswe face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of the national unity: with the clear consciousness of seeking

35、old and precious moral values; with the cleansatisfaction that comes from the stem performance of duty by old and young alike we aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national lifewe do not distrust the future of essential democracy. the people of the united states have not failed in their

36、 need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. they have asked for discipline and direction under leadership they have made me the present instrument of their wishes. in the spirit of the gift i take it.in this dedication of a nation we humbly ask the blessing of god ma

37、y he protect each and every one of us. may he guide me in the days to come译文：富兰克林-罗斯福第一次就职演讲星期六，1933年3 h 4 h我肯定，同胞们都期待我在就任总统时，会像我国 目前形势所耍求的那样，坦率而果断地向他们讲话。现在正 是但白、勇敢地说出实话，说出全部实话的最好时刻，我们 不必畏首畏尾，不着老实实面对我国今天的情况，这个伟大 的国家会一如既住地坚持下去，它会复兴和繁荣起来。因此, 让我首先表明我的坚定信念：我们唯一下得不害怕的就是害 怕本身种莫明其妙的、丧失理智的、毫无根据的恐惧, 它会把转退为进所

38、需的种种努力化为泡影。凡在我国生活阴 云密布的时刻，坦率而有活力的领导都得到过人民的理解和 支持，从而为胜利准备了必不可少的条件。我相信，在目前 危急吋刻，大家会再次给予同样的支持。我们唯一不得不 害怕的就是害怕本身我和你们都要以这利槽神，来面对我们共同的困难。 感谢上帝，这些困难只是物质方面的。价值难以想象地贬缩 t；课税增加了，我们的支付能力下降了；各级政府面临着 严重的收入短缺；交换手段在贸易过程中遭到了冻结；工业 企业枯萎的落叶到处可见；农场主的产品找不到销路；t家 万户多年的积蓄付之东流。更重要的是，大批失业公民正面临严峻的牛育问题， 还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚

39、蠢的 乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。但是，我们的苦恼决不 是因为缺乏物资。我们没有遭到什么蝗虫灾害。我们的先辈 曾以信念和无畏次次转危为安，比起他们经历过的险阻， 我们仍大可感到欣慰。大自然仍在给予我们恩惠，人类的努 力已使z倍增。富足的憎景近在咫尺，但就在我们见到这种 情景的时候，宽裕的生活却悄然离去。这主要是因为主宰人 类物资交换的统治者们失败了，他们固执己见而又无能为 力，因而已经认定失败，并撒手不管了，贪得无厌的货币兑 换商的种种行径，将受到舆论法庭的起诉，将受到人类心灵 和理智的唾弃。幸福并不在于单纯地占有主钱；幸福还在于取得成 就后的喜悦，在于创造性努力时的激情。务必不能再忘记劳

40、 动带来的喜悦和激励，而去疯狂地追逐那转瞬即逝的利润。 如果这些暗淡的时h能使我们认识到，我们真正的夭命不是 要别人侍奉，而是为自己和同胞们服务，那么，我们付出的 代价就完全是值得的。认识到把物质财富半作成功的标准是 错误的，我们就会抛弃以地位尊严和个人收益为唯一标准。 来衡量公职和高级政治地位的错误信念，我们必须制止银行 界和企业界的一种行为，它常常使神圣的委托混同于无情和 自私的不正当行为，难怪信心在减弱，因为增强信心只有靠 诚实、荣誉感、神圣的责任感，忠实地加以维护和无私地履 行职责，而没有这些，就不可能有信心。但是，复兴不仅仅要求改变伦理观念。这个国家要 求行动起来，现在就行动起来。根

41、据宪法赋予我的职责、我准备提出一些措施，而 一个受灾世界上的受灾国家也许需要这些措施。对丁这些措 施，以及国会根据本身的经验和智慧可能制订的其他类似措 施，我将在宪法赋予我的权限内，设法迅速地予以采纳。但是，如果国会拒不采纳这两条路线中的一条，如 果国家紧急情况依然如故，我将下回避我所面临的明确的尽 责方向。我将要求国会准许我使用唯一剩下的手殷来应付危 机向非常情况开战的广泛的行政权，就像我们真的遭到 外敌人侵时授予我那样的广泛权力。对大家寄予我的信任，我一定报以时代所要求的勇 气和献身精神，我会竭尽全力。让我们正视面前的严峻岁月，怀着举国一致给我们 带来的热情和勇气，怀着寻求传统的、珍贵的道

42、德观念的明 确意识，怀着老老少少都能通过克尽职守而得到的问心无愧 的满足。我们的国标是要保证国民生活的圆满和长治久安。我们并不怀疑基本民主制度的未来。合众国人民并 没有失败。他们在困难中表达了自己的委托，即要求采取直 接而有力的行动。他们要求有领导的纪律和方向。他们现在 选择了我作为实现他们的愿望的工具。我接受这份厚赠。在此举国奉献z际，我们谦卑地请求上帝赐福。愿 上帝保佑我们大家和每一个人，愿上帝在未来的日子里指引 我。美国第32任总统罗斯福就职演说屮英文2009-01-21 10:30来源：互联网作者：佚名打印 评论美国第32任总统罗斯福就职演说中英文1933年，罗斯福当选美国总统就职大典

43、吋间：1933年3月4日地点：国会大厦我来说两句 胡佛总统，首席法官先牛，朋友们：今天，对我们的国家來说，是一个神圣的日了。我肯 定，同胞们都期待我在就任总统时，会像我国目前形势所要 求的那样，坦率而果断地向他们讲话。现在正是坦白、勇敢 地说出实话，说出全部实话的最好时刻。我们不必畏首畏尾, 不老老实实面对我国今天的情况。这个伟大的国家会一如既 往地坚持下去，它会复兴和繁荣起来。因此，让我首先表明 我的坚定信念：我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身一一种 莫名其妙、丧失理智的、毫无根据的恐惧，它把人转退为进 所需的种种努力化为泡影。凡在我国生活阴云密布的时刻， 坦率而有活力的领导都得到过人民的理解

44、和支持，从而为胜 利准备了必不可少的条件。我相信，在目前危急吋刻，大家 会再次给予同样的支持。我和你们都耍以这种精神，来面对 我们共同的困难。感谢上帝，这些困难只是物质方面的。价 值难以想象地贬缩了；课税增加了；我们的支付能力下降了;各级政府面临着严重的收入短缺；交换手段在贸易过程中遭 到了冻结；工业企业枯萎的落叶到处可见；农场主的产品找 不到销路；千家万户多年的积蓄付之东流。更重要的是，大批失业公民止面临严峻的生存问题， 还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚蠢的 乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。但是，我们的苦恼决不是因为缺乏物资。我们没有遭 到什么蝗虫的灾害。我们的先辈曾以信念和

45、无畏一次次转危 为安，比起他们经历过的险阻，我们仍大可感到欣慰。大自 然仍在给予我们恩惠，人类的努力已使之倍增。富足的情景 近在咫尺，但就在我们见到这种情景的时候，宽裕的生活 却悄然离去。这主要是因为主宰人类物资交换的统治者们失 败了，他们固执己见而又无能为力，因而已经认定失败了， 并撒手不管了。贪得无厌的货币兑换商的种种行径。将受到 舆论法庭的起诉，将受到人类心灵理智的唾弃。是的，他们是努力过，然而他们用的是一种完全过时 的方法。面对信贷的失败，他们只是提议借出更多的钱。没 有了当诱饵引诱人民追随他们的错误领导的金钱，他们只 得求助于讲道，含泪祈求人民重新给予他们信心。他们只知 自我追求者们

46、的处世规则。他们没有眼光，而没有眼光的人 是要灭亡的。如今，货币兑换商已从我们文明庙宇的高处落荒而 逃。我们要以千古不变的真理来重建这座庙宁。衡量这重建 的尺度是我们体现比金钱利益更高尚的社会价值的程度。幸福并不在于单纯地甘有金钱；幸福还在于取得成就 后的喜悦，在于创造努力时的激情。务必不能再忘记劳动带 来的喜悦和激励，而去疯狂地追逐那转瞬即逝的利润。如果 这些暗淡的时日能使我们认识到，我们真正的天命不是要别 人侍奉，而是为自己和同胞们服务，那么，我们付出的代价 就完全是值得的。认识到把物质财富当作成功的标准是错误的，我们就 会抛弃以地位尊严和个人收益为唯一标准，来衡量公职和高 级政治地位的错

47、误信念；我们必须制止银行界和企业界的一 种行为，它常常使神圣的委托混同于无情和自私的不正当行 为。难怪信心在减弱，信心，只有靠诚实、信誉、忠心维护 和无私履行职责。而没有这些，就不可能有信心。但是，复兴不仅仅只要改变伦理观念。这个国家要求 行动起来，现在就行动起来。我们最大、最基本的任务是让人民投入工作。只要我 信行之以智慧和勇气，这个问题就可以解决。这可以部分由 政府直接征募完成，就象对待临战的紧要关头一样，但同时, 在有了人手的情况下，我们还急需能刺激并重组巨大自然资 源的工程。我们齐心协力，但必须坦白地承认工业中心的人口失 衡，我们必须在全国范围内重新分配，使土地在最适合的人 手中发表挥

48、更大作用。明确地为提高农产品价值并以此购买城市产品所做 的努力，会有助于任务的完成。避免许多小家庭业、农场业 被取消赎取抵押品的权利的悲剧也有助于任务的完成。联 邦、州、各地政府立即行动回应要求降价的呼声，有助于任 务的完成。将现在常常是分散不经济、不平等的救济活动统一起来有助于任务的完成。对所 有公共交通运输，通讯及其他涉及公众生活的设施作全国性 的计划及监督有助于任务的完成。许多事情都有助于任务完 成，但这些决不包括空谈。我们必须行动，立即行动。最后，为了重新开始工作，我们需要两手防御，来抗 御旧秩序恶魔卷土从来；一定要有严格监督银行业、信贷及 投资的机制：一定要杜绝投机；一定要有充足而健

49、康的货币 供应。以上这些，朋友们，就是施政方针。我要在特别会议 上敦促新国会给予详细实施方案，并且，我要向18个州请 求立即的援助。通过行动，我们将予以我们自己一个右秩序 的国家人厦，使收入人于支出。我们的国际贸易，虽然很重 要，但现在在时间和必要性上，次于对本国健康经济的建立。 我建议，作为可行的策略、首要事务先行。虽然我将不遗余 力通过国际经济重新协调所来恢复国际贸易，但我认为国内 的紧急情况无法等待这重新协调的完成。指导这特别的全国性复苏的基本思想并非狭隘的 国家主义。我首先考虑的是坚持美国这一整体中各部分的相 互依赖性一这是对美国式的开拓精神的古老而永恒的证明 的体现。这才是复苏之路，

50、是即时之路，是保证复苏功效持 久之路。在国际政策方面，我将使美国米取睦邻友好的政策。 做一个决心自重，因此而尊重邻国的国家。做一个履行义务, 尊重与他国协约的国家。如果我对人民的心情的了解正确的话，我想我们已认 识到了我们从未认识的问题，我们是互相依存的，我们不可 以只索取，我们述必须奉献。我们前进时，必须象一支训练 有素的忠诚的军队，愿意为共同的原则而献身，因为，没有 这些原则，就无法取得进步，领导就不可能得力。我们都已 做好准备，并愿意为此原则献出牛命和财产，因为这将使志 在建设更美好社会的领导成为可能。我倡议，为了更伟大的 目标，我们所有的人，以一致的职责紧紧团结起来。这是神 圣的义务，

51、非战乱，不停止。有了这样的誓言，我将毫不犹豫地承担领导伟大人民 大军的任务，致力丁对我们普遍问题的强攻。这样的行动， 这样的目标，在我们从祖先手中接过的政府中是可行的。我 们的宪法如此简单，实在。它随时可以应付特殊情况，只需 对重点和安排加以修改而不丧失中心思想，正因为如此，我们的宪法体制已自证为是最 有适应性的政治体制。它已应付过巨大的国土扩张、外战、 内乱及国际关系所带来的压力。而我们还希望行使法律的人士做到充分的平等，能充 分地担负前所未有的任务。但现在前所未有的对紧急行动的 需要要求国民暂吋丢弃平常生活节奏，紧迫起来。让我们正视面前的严峻岁月，怀着举国一致给我们带 来的热情和勇气，怀着

52、寻求传统的、珍贵的道德观念的明确 意识，怀着老老少少都能通过克尽职守而得到的问心无愧的 满足。我们的目标是要保证国民生活的圆满和长治久安。我们并不怀疑基本民主制度的未来。合众国人民并没 有失败。他们在困难中表达了自己的委托，即要求采取直接 而有力的行动。他们要求有领导的纪律和方向。他们现在选 择了我作为实现他们的愿望的工具。我接受这份厚赠。在此举国奉献z际，我们谦卑地请求上帝赐福。愿上 帝保信我们大家和每一个人，愿上帝在未来的日子里指引 我。saturday, january 20, 1945mr. chief justice, mr. vice president, my friends,

53、you will understand and, i believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words briefwe americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. it is a test of our courageof our resolveof ourwisdomour essential democracyif we meet

54、 that test successfully and honorably we shall perform a service of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all timeas i stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow countrymen in the presence of our godi know that it is ame

55、rica' s purpose that we shall not fai1.in the days and in the years that are to come we shall work for a just and honorable peace, a durable peace, as to day we work and fight for total victory in war.we can and we will achieve such a peacewe shall strive for perfection. we shall not achieve it

56、immediatelybut we still shall strive we may make mistakesbut they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principlei remember that my old schoolmaster, dr. peabody, said, in days that seemed to us then to be secure and untroubled: uthings in life will not

57、always run smoothly. sometimes we will be rising toward the heights1 hen all will seem to reverse it self and start downward the great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries alway

58、s has an upward trend”our constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet but it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and creeds, could build our solid structure of democracy.and so to day, in t his year of war, 1945, we have learned lessons at a feaarful cost and we shall pro fit by t hem we have learned that we can not live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-be