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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, honored guests, my fellow Americans: We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such a blessed opportunity – and, therefore, such a profound obligation – to build the more perfect union of our founders’ dreams.
议长先生,副总统先生,国会的众位议员,尊贵的客人,我的美国公民们:我们能够经历这样一个历史性的时刻实属幸事。我们的国家从来没有过在保持如此少的内忧外患的情况下,同时取得如此大的繁荣和社会进步。我们也从来没有过这样的天赐良机,同时也是重大的责任,去实现开国元勋的梦想,把我们的国家建设得更加美好。