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时间：1969年1月20日地点：国会大厦

德克森参议员、最高法院首席法官先生、副总统先生、约翰逊总统、汉弗莱副总统、美国同胞们、全世界的公民们：

今天，在这个时刻，我要求你们和我分享这种崇高肃穆的感情。在有秩序的权力交接中，我们欢庆我们的团结一致，它使我们保有自由。

历史巨轮飞转，分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵，也独具意义。但是有些瞬间却成为新的起点，定下其后数十年及至几个世纪的行程。

现在，由于世界人民要求和平，各国领导人惧怕战争，所以在历史上第一次，时代站到了和平方面。

历史能授予的最光荣称号莫过于“和平的缔造者”了。这最高荣誉现在正召唤美国。美国有机会引导世界最终从动乱的深渊中拔足，走向人类自有文明以来即梦寐以求的和平宽阔高地。如果我们能够成功，后辈子孙提到我们现在活着的人时，将会说我们驾驭了我们的时代，为人类求得了世界安全。

三分之一世纪以前，富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福曾经站在这里向全国演说，当时国家正受经济不景气困扰，陷于惶恐中。他看到国家当时的种种困难，却仍然能够说：“感谢上帝，我国的困难毕竟只在物质方面。”

今天我们的危机正相反。

我们物质丰富，却精神贫乏；我们以非凡的准确程度登上了月球，但地球上却陷入了一片混乱。

我们卷人了战争，没有和平。我们四分五裂，没有团结。我们看到周围的人生活空虚，没有充实的内容；我们看到许多工作需要完成，却没有人手去做。

对于精神的危机，我们需要精神的解决办法。

为了找到解决办法，我们只需省视自身。

当我们估量能够做什么时，我们只应许诺能做到的事。但在制订目标时，却要有远大的理想。

如果你的邻舍没有自由，你就不会得到完全的自由。只有共同前进才能前进。

这就是说黑人和白人共有一个国家，不是分为两个。法律是按照我们的良心制订的。剩下的问题就是赋予法律条文以生命：保证既然一切人在上帝面前生来就有同等的尊严，在人的面前也应有同等的尊严。

我们在国内要学会团结所有人共同前进，让我们也努力求得全人类的共同前进吧。

短短几个星期以前，我们刚分享了人类第一次像上帝那样看到地球的光荣，我们看到了地球像一颗星一样，在黑暗中反射出光芒。

圣诞节前夕阿波罗太空飞行员飞越月球灰色的表面时，告诉我们地球是多么美丽；由太空远处月球附近传来声音是那么清晰，我们听到他们祈求上帝赐福给地球上一切善良的人。

在尖端技术欢奏凯歌的时刻，人们想到自己的家园和人类。从太空的远处看来，地球上人类的命运是分不开的；这告诉我们，不论我们能到达宇宙的任何远处，我们的命运并不在那些星星上，而在地球上，掌握在我们自己手里，决定于我们的内心。

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧、充满欢愉地把握住机会吧。“乘坐地球的乘客们”，让我们坚定信念，认准目标，提防危险，凭着对上帝意旨和人类诺言的信心，共同前进吧。

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