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杰斐逊首任就职演说 First Inaugural Address

托马斯·杰斐逊 / Thoas Jefferson

托马斯·杰斐逊（1743—1826），《独立宣言》和《弗吉尼亚宗教自由法案》的起草者、弗吉尼亚大学创建人，也是美国第三任总统。

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1.augural [?n?:gj?r?l] adj.就职的，就任的

2.aniation [,?n????n] n.兴奋；生气；活跃

3.exertion [?gz?:??n] n.努力；费力

4.patriot [peitri?t] n.爱国者；爱国主义者

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Durg theof opion through which assed the aniation of diss and of exertions has sotis worn an aspect which ight ipose on strangers uo thk freely and to speak and to write what they thk; but this beg now decided by the voice ofthe nation, announced a to the rules ofthe stitution, all will, of urse, arraheselves uhe will of the w, and uniteon efforts for the on good.All, too, will beard this sacred prciple, that though the will of the ajority isall cases to prevail, that will to be rightful t be reasohat the ority possess their equal rights, which equal w t protect, and to viote would be oppressio , then, fellow-citizens, uh o and one d.Letrestore to social terurse that harony and affe without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary thgs.Areflect that, havg banished fro our nd that religio tolerander whikd so long bled and suffered, we have yet gaed little if we untenance a political tolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.Durg the throes and nvulsions of the a world, durg the agonizg spass of furiated an, seekg through blood and sughter his long-lost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore; that this should be ore felt and feared by so and less by others, and should divide opions as to asures of safety.But every difference of opion is not a difference of prciple.We have called by different nas brethren of the sa prciple.We are all Republis, we are all Federalists.If there be any aongwho would wish to dissolve this Union or to ge its republi for, let the stand undisturbed as onunts of the safety with which error of opion ay be tolerated where reason is left free to bat it.I know, deed, that so ho hat a republi governnt ot be strong, that this Governnt is not strong enough; but would the ho patriot,the full tide of suessful expert, abandon a governnt which has so far keptfree and fir oheoretid visionary fear that this Governnt, the world’s best hope, ay by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trt not.I believe this, orary, the stro Governnt oh.I believe it the only one where every an, at the call of the w, would fly to the standard of the w, and would et vasions of the public order as his own personal n.Sotis it is said that an ot be trted with the governnt of hiself. he, theed with the governnt of others? Or have we found angelsthe fors of kgs to govern hi? Let history ahis question.

Let , then, with urage and nfiden of one quarter of the globe; too high-ded to ehe degradations ofthe others; possessg a chosen untry, with roo enough for our desdants to the thoandth and thoandth gei a due sense of our equal right to the e of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own dtry, to honor and nfidence fro our fellow-citizens, resultg not fro birth, but fro our as and their sense of the; enlightened by a benign religion, professed, deed, and practicedvario fors, yet all of the culcatg hoy, truth, teperance, gratitude and the love of an; aowledgg and ad anProvidence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delightsthe happess of an here and his greater happess hereafter—with all these blessgs, what ore is necessary to akea happy and a prospero people? Still ohg ore, fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Governnt, which shall restra n fr one another, shall leave the otherwise free tute their own pursuits of dtry and iprovent, and shall not take fro the outh of bor the bread it has earhis is the su of good governnt, and this is neh prehend everythg dear and vaable to you, it is proper you should uand what I dee the essential prciples of overnnt, and nsequently those which ought to shape its adistration.I will press the with the narrowest pass they will bear, statg the general prciple, but not all its liitations.Equal a jtice to all n, of whatever state or persuasiio or political; peace, rd ho friendship with all natioanglg alliances with he support of the State governntsall their rights, as the ost petent adistrations for our dostis and the surest bulwarks agast antirepubli tendehe preservation of the General Governntits whole nstitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at ho and safety abroad; a jealo care of the right of ele by the people—a ild and safe rrective of abes which are lopped by the sword of revotion where peaceable redies are unprovided; absote acquiescethe decisions of the ajority, the vital prciple of republics, fro which is no appeal but to force, the vital prciple and idiate parent of despotis; a well-discipled ilitia, our best reliancepead for the first onts of war till regurs ay relieve the; the supreacy of the civil over the ilitary authority; enoythe public expehat bor ay be lightly burthehe ho paynt of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith; enuragent of agriculture, and of rce as its handaid; the diffion of ration and arraignnt of all abes at the bar of the public reason; freedo ion; freedo of the press, and freedo of person uhe prote of the habeas rp, and trial by juries ipartially selected.These prciples for the bright ion which has gone beforeand guided our steps through an age of revotion and reforation.The wisdo of es and blood of our heroes have beeed to their attaihey should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic stru, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trt; and should we wander fro theonts of error or of ar, lethasten to retrace our steps and ta the road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safety…