I, RICHARD NIXON, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God. 我，理查德·尼克松，庄严宣誓：我将忠实履行合众国总统之职责，并将竭尽所能，保存、保护和捍卫合众国宪法。愿上帝助我。
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Senator Cook, Mrs. Eisenhower, and my fellow citizens of this great and good country we share together: 副总统先生，议长先生，首席大法官先生，库克参议员，艾森豪威尔夫人，以及与我们共享这个伟大而美好国家的同胞们：
When we met here 4 years ago, America was bleak in spirit, depressed by the prospect of seemingly endless war abroad and of destructive conflict at home. 四年前我们在此相聚之时，美国精神萧索，为海外似乎无休止的战争前景和国内破坏性的冲突所压抑。
As we meet here today, we stand on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world. 今日我们在此相聚之时，我们正站在世界和平新纪元的门槛上。
The central question before us is: How shall we use that peace? 摆在我们面前的核心问题是：我们将如何运用这份和平？
Let us resolve that this era we are about to enter will not be what other postwar periods have so often been: a time of retreat and isolation that leads to stagnation at home and invites new danger abroad. 让我们下定决心，我们即将进入的这个时代，不会像其他战后时期那样常常沦为退缩与孤立的时代——那种时代只会导致国内的停滞，并在海外招致新的危险。
Let us resolve that this will be what it can become: a time of great responsibilities greatly borne, in which we renew the spirit and the promise of America as we enter our third century as a nation. 让我们下定决心，使这个时代成为它所能成为的样子：一个伟大责任得以伟大地承担的时代，一个在我们迈入国家第三个世纪之际，重振美国精神与承诺的时代。
This past year saw far-reaching results from our new policies for peace. By continuing to revitalize our traditional friendships, and by our missions to Peking and to Moscow, we were able to establish the base for a new and more durable pattern of relationships among the nations of the world. Because of America's bold initiatives, 1972 will be long remembered as the year of the greatest progress since the end of World War II toward a lasting peace in the world. 过去一年，我们为和平制定的新政策取得了深远成果。通过继续振兴我们的传统友谊，通过我们赴北京和莫斯科的使命，我们得以在世界各国之间建立一种新的、更持久的关系模式之基础。由于美国的大胆倡议，1972年将长久地被铭记为自第二次世界大战结束以来，世界迈向持久和平取得最大进展的一年。
The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can endure for generations to come. 我们在世界中所寻求的和平，不是那种不过是战争之间短暂插曲的脆弱和平，而是能够延续至未来世世代代的和平。
It is important that we understand both the necessity and the limitations of America's role in maintaining that peace. 我们既要理解美国在维护这一和平中所扮演角色之必要性，也要理解其局限性，这一点至关重要。
Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. 除非我们美国致力于维护和平，否则将没有和平。
Unless we in America work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom. 除非我们美国致力于维护自由，否则将没有自由。
But let us clearly understand the new nature of America's role, as a result of the new policies we have adopted over these past 4 years. 但是，让我们清楚地理解美国角色的新本质——这是过去四年我们所采纳之新政策所带来的结果。
We shall respect our treaty commitments. 我们将尊重我们的条约承诺。
We shall support vigorously the principle that no country has the right to impose its will or rule on another by force. 我们将坚定地支持这一原则：任何国家都无权以武力将其意志或统治强加于他国。
We shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers. 在这个谈判的时代，我们将继续为限制核武器而努力，为降低大国对抗之危险而努力。
We shall do our share in defending peace and freedom in the world. But we shall expect others to do their share. 我们将在捍卫世界和平与自由方面尽自己的一份力量。但我们也期望其他国家尽到它们的一份力量。
The time has passed when America will make every other nation's conflict our own, or make every other nation's future our responsibility, or presume to tell the people of other nations how to manage their own affairs. 那个时代已经过去——美国不会再将其他每一个国家的冲突视为自己的冲突，不会再将其他每一个国家的未来视为自己的责任，也不会再妄自告诉其他国家的人民如何管理他们自己的事务。
Just as we respect the right of each nation to determine its own future, we also recognize the responsibility of each nation to secure its own future. 正如我们尊重每个国家决定自己未来的权利，我们也承认每个国家保障自己未来的责任。
Just as America's role is indispensable in preserving the world's peace, so is each nation's role indispensable in preserving its own peace. 正如美国在维护世界和平方面不可或缺，每个国家在维护自身和平方面也必不可少。
Together with the rest of the world, let us resolve to move forward from the beginnings we have made. Let us continue to bring down the walls of hostility which have divided the world for too long, and to build in their place bridges of understanding--so that despite profound differences between systems of government, the people of the world can be friends. 与世界其他国家一道，让我们决心从我们已经开创的起点向前迈进。让我们继续推倒那些长期分裂世界的敌意之墙，并在其原处架起理解的桥梁——如此一来，尽管各国政府制度之间存在深刻差异，世界人民仍能成为朋友。
Let us build a structure of peace in the world in which the weak are as safe as the strong, in which each respects the right of the other to live by a different system, in which those who would influence others will do so by the strength of their ideas and not by the force of their arms. 让我们在世界中构建一座和平的大厦，在其中弱者与强者同样安全，在其中每一方都尊重另一方按不同制度生活的权利，在其中想要影响他人者将以其理念之力量而非武力之强制来达成其目的。
Let us accept that high responsibility not as a burden, but gladly--gladly because the chance to build such a peace is the noblest endeavor in which a nation can engage; gladly also because only if we act greatly in meeting our responsibilities abroad will we remain a great nation, and only if we remain a great nation will we act greatly in meeting our challenges at home. 让我们欣然接受这一崇高责任，而非将其视为重负——欣然，是因为构建这样的和平乃是一个国家所能从事的最崇高事业；欣然，也是因为唯有我们在海外履行责任时表现伟大，我们才能继续保持为一个伟大的国家；唯有我们继续是一个伟大的国家，我们才能在国内应对挑战时表现伟大。
We have the chance today to do more than ever before in our history to make life better in America--to ensure better education, better health, better housing, better transportation, a cleaner environment-to restore respect for law, to make our communities more livable--and to ensure the God-given right of every American to full and equal opportunity. 今天，我们有机会做出比我国历史上任何时候都更多的成就，以改善美国的生活——确保更好的教育、更好的医疗、更好的住房、更好的交通、更清洁的环境——恢复对法律的尊重，使我们的社区更宜居——并确保每一个美国人都能享有上帝赋予的充分而平等的机会之权利。
Because the range of our needs is so great, because the reach of our opportunities is so great, let us be bold in our determination to meet those needs in new ways. 因为我们的需求范围如此之大，因为我们的机遇所及如此之广，让我们下定决心，以新的方式大胆地去满足这些需求。
Just as building a structure of peace abroad has required turning away from old policies that have failed, so building a new era of progress at home requires turning away from old policies that have failed. 正如在海外构建和平大厦需要抛弃已经失败的旧政策，在国内构建进步的新时代也需要抛弃已经失败的旧政策。
Abroad, the shift from old policies to new has not been a retreat from our responsibilities, but a better way to peace. 在海外，从旧政策向新政策的转变并非从我们的责任中退缩，而是通向和平的更佳途径。
And at home, the shift from old policies to new will not be a retreat from our responsibilities, but a better way to progress. 而在国内，从旧政策向新政策的转变也不会是从我们责任中的退缩，而是通向进步的更佳途径。
Abroad and at home, the key to those new responsibilities lies in the placing and the division of responsibility. We have lived too long with the consequences of attempting to gather all power and responsibility in Washington. 无论在海外还是国内，这些新责任的关键在于责任的配置与划分。我们长期生活于试图将所有权力和责任集中于华盛顿的后果之中。
Abroad and at home, the time has come to turn away from the condescending policies of paternalism---of "Washington knows best." 无论在海外还是国内，摒弃那种家长式居高临下的政策——即"华盛顿最懂"——的时刻已经到来。
A person can be expected to act responsibly only if he has responsibility. This is human nature. So let us encourage individuals at home and nations abroad to do more for themselves, to decide more for themselves. Let us locate responsibility in more places. And let us measure what we will do for others by what they will do for themselves. 一个人唯有承担起责任，才能期望他负责任地行事。这是人之本性。因此，让我们鼓励国内的个人和海外的国家为自己做更多的事，为自己做更多的决定。让我们将责任置于更多之处。让我们以他人为自己所做的事来衡量我们为他人所做的事。
That is why today I offer no promise of a purely governmental solution for every problem. We have lived too long with that false promise. In trusting too much in government, we have asked of it more than it can deliver. This leads only to inflated expectations, to reduced individual effort, and to a disappointment and frustration that erode confidence both in what government can do and in what people can do. 这就是为什么今天我不会承诺为每一个问题提供纯粹的政府解决方案。我们长期生活在那个虚假的承诺之下。由于过分信任政府，我们向它索取的超过了它所能给予的。这只会导致期望膨胀、个人努力减少，以及失望和挫败感——这些都会侵蚀人们对政府所能为之与人民所能为之的信心。
Government must learn to take less from people so that people can do more for themselves. 政府必须学会从人民那里少索取，以便人民能为自己做更多的事。
Let us remember that America was built not by government, but by people; not by welfare, but by work; not by shirking responsibility, but by seeking responsibility. 让我们铭记，美国不是由政府建立的，而是由人民建立的；不是靠福利建立的，而是靠劳动建立的；不是靠逃避责任建立的，而是靠寻求责任建立的。
In our own lives, let each of us ask-not just what will government do for me, but what can I do for myself? 在我们自己的生活中，让我们每个人都扪心自问——不仅仅是政府将为我做什么，而是我能为自己做什么？
In the challenges we face together, let each of us ask--not just how can government help, but how can I help? 在我们共同面对的挑战中，让我们每个人都扪心自问——不仅仅是政府如何能帮助，而是我如何能帮助？
Your National Government has a great and vital role to play. And I pledge to you that where this Government should act, we will act boldly and we will lead boldly. But just as important is the role that each and every one of us must play, as an individual and as a member of his own community. 你们的国家政府肩负着伟大而至关重要的角色。我向你们保证，凡政府应当行动之处，我们将大胆行动，大胆引领。但同样重要的是，我们每一个人，作为个人，作为他所在社区的一员，所必须扮演的角色。
From this day forward, let each of us make a solemn commitment in his own heart: to bear his responsibility, to do his part, to live his ideals--so that together we can see the dawn of a new age of progress for America, and together, as we celebrate our 200th anniversary as a nation, we can do so proud in the fulfillment of our promise to ourselves and to the world. 从今天起，让我们每个人在自己的心中立下庄严的承诺：承担他的责任，尽他的本分，践行他的理想——如此一来，我们便能共同见证美国进步新时代的曙光；如此一来，当我们庆祝建国200周年时，我们便能因履行对自己和对世界的承诺而感到自豪。
As America's longest and most difficult war comes to an end, let us again learn to debate our differences with civility and decency. And let each of us reach out for that one precious quality government cannot provide--a new level of respect for the rights and feelings of one another, a new level of respect for the individual human dignity which is the cherished birthright of every American. 当美国最长、最艰难的战争走向终结之际，让我们重新学习以文明和体面的方式辩论我们的分歧。让我们每个人去追寻那一种政府所无法提供的珍贵品质——一种对彼此权利和感受的全新尊重，一种对每一个人之人类尊严的全新尊重——这种尊严乃是每一个美国人珍视的与生俱来之权利。
Above all else, the time has come for us to renew our faith in ourselves and in America. 最重要的是，重振我们对自己、对美国的信心的时刻已经到来。
In recent years, that faith has been challenged. 近年来，那份信心受到了挑战。
Our children have been taught to be ashamed of their country, ashamed of their parents, ashamed of America's record at home and its role in the world. 我们的孩子被教导要为自己的国家感到羞耻，为他们的父母感到羞耻，为美国在国内的记录和在世界上的角色感到羞耻。
At every turn we have been beset by those who find everything wrong with America and little that is right. But I am confident that this will not be the judgment of history on these remarkable times in which we are privileged to live. 在每一个转折处，我们都被那些人困扰——他们觉得美国一切都错，几乎没有什么是对的。但我深信，这不会是历史对这一我们所荣幸生活其中的非凡时代之评判。
America's record in this century has been unparalleled in the world's history for its responsibility, for its generosity, for its creativity, and for its progress. 在本世纪，美国的记录在世界历史上是无与伦比的——就其责任感、慷慨、创造力和进步而言。
Let us be proud that our system has produced and provided more freedom and more abundance, more widely shared, than any system in the history of the world. 让我们引以为豪的是，我们的制度所产生和提供的自由和富足，比世界历史上任何制度都更多，且分享得更广泛。
Let us be proud that in each of the four wars in which we have been engaged in this century, including the one we are now bringing to an end, we have fought not for our selfish advantage, but to help others resist aggression. 让我们引以为豪的是，在本世纪我们所参与的每一场战争中——包括我们如今正在终结的这一场——我们战斗并非为了自私的利益，而是为了帮助他人抵抗侵略。
And let us be proud that by our bold, new initiatives, by our steadfastness for peace with honor, we have made a breakthrough toward creating in the world what the world has not known before--a structure of peace that can last, not merely for our time, but for generations to come. We are embarking here today on an era that presents challenges as great as those any nation, or any generation, has ever faced. 让我们引以为豪的是，通过我们大胆的新倡议，通过我们为体面和平而展现的坚定，我们已经取得了突破，朝着在世界中创造前所未有之物的方向迈进——一座可以持久的和平大厦，不仅持久于我们的时代，更持久于未来世世代代。我们今日在此所开启的时代，其挑战之严峻，与任何国家、任何世代所面对者同样伟大。
We shall answer to God, to history, and to our conscience for the way in which we use these years. 我们将就我们使用这些岁月的方式，向上帝、向历史、向我们的良心作出交代。
As I stand in this place, so hallowed by history, I think of others who have stood here before me. I think of the dreams they had for America and I think of how each recognized that he needed help far beyond himself in order to make those dreams come true. 当我站在这处被历史所神圣化的地方，我想到了在我之前曾站在这里的诸位先贤。我想到了他们对美国所怀有的梦想，我也想到了每个人如何认识到，他需要远远超出自身的帮助，方能使那些梦想成真。
Today I ask your prayers that in the years ahead I may have God's help in making decisions that are right for America, and I pray for your help so that together we may be worthy of our challenge. 今天，我请求你们的祷告，愿在未来的岁月中，我能获得上帝的帮助，作出对美国而言正确的决定；我也为获得你们的帮助而祈祷，以便我们共同能够配得上我们所面对的挑战。
Let us pledge together to make these next 4 years the best 4 years in America's history, so that on its 200th birthday America will be as young and as vital as when it began, and as bright a beacon of hope for all the world. 让我们共同立誓，使未来这四年成为美国历史上最好的四年，以便在美国200岁诞辰之际，美国将如初创时一般年轻而充满活力，并成为照亮全世界的希望之灯。
Let us go forward from here confident in hope, strong in our faith in one another, sustained by our faith in God who created us, and striving always to serve His purpose. 让我们从此处向前迈进，满怀希望地自信，坚定地彼此信任，由对创造我们的上帝之信仰所支撑，并始终努力践行祂的旨意。