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chief justice rehnquist, president carter, president bush，president clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country.with a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.as i begin, i thank president clinton for his service to our nation.and i thank vice president gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.i am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of america's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.we have a place, all of us, in a long story--a story we continue, but whose end we will not see.it is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not poe, to defend but not to conquer.it is the american story--a story of flawed and fallible people, united acro the generations by grand and enduring ideals.the grandest of these ideals is an unfolding american promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws.and though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.through much of the last century, america's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea.now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pa along.and even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.while many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own country.the ambitions of some americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth.and sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.we do not accept this, and we will not allow it.our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation.and this is my solemn pledge: i will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.i know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than our selves who creates us equal in his image.and we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.america has never been united by blood or birth or soil.we are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.every child must be taught these principles.every citizen must uphold them.and every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not le, american.today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compaion and character.america, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility.a civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgivene.some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.but the stakes for america are never small.if our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led.if we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism.if we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.we must live up to the calling we share.civility is not a tactic or a sentiment.it is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.and this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment.america, at its best, is also courageous.our national courage has been clear in times of depreion and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good.now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us.we must show courage in a time of bleing by confronting problems instead of paing them on to future generations.together, we will reclaim america's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.we will reform social security and medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent.and we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working americans.we will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakne invite challenge.sometimes in life we are called to do great things.but as a saint of our times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great love.the most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.i will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compaion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.in all these ways, i will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.what you do is as important as anything government does.i ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort;to defend needed reforms against easy attacks;to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor.i ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators;citizens, not subjects;responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves.when this spirit of citizenship is miing, no government program can replace it.when this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.after the declaration of independence was signed, virginia statesman john page wrote to thomas jefferson: “we know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”
much time has paed since jefferson arrived for his inauguration.the yearsand changes accumulate.but the themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.we are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose.yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.this work continues.this story goes on.and an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.god ble you all, and god ble america.
