Second Inaugural AddressFranklin Delano Roosevelt: SecondInaugural Address delivered 20 January,
1937
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My fellow countrymen:
When four years ago we met to inaugurate President, the Republic, single-minded in達成

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anxiety, stood in spirit here. We dedicated ourselves to the fulfillment of a vision; to speed時代

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安全と平和がすべての人 の為 に あ る

the time when there would b e for a l l the people that security and peace essential to～から～を追放する

the pursuit of happiness. We of the Republic pledged ourselves to drive from the temple of冒涜する

our ancient faith those who had profane d it; to end by action, [with being] tireless and停滞

unafraid, the stagnation and despair of that day. We did those first things first.
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Our covenant with ourselves did not stop there. Instinctively we recognized a deeper need;
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the need to find through government the instrument of our united purpose to solve for the
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individual the ever - rising problems of a complex civilization. Repeated attempts at their
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solution without the aid of government had left us baffled and bewildered . For, without
恩恵that aid, we had been unable to create those moral controls over the services of science
無慈悲なwhich are necessary to make science a useful servant instead of a ruthless master ofmankind. To do this we knew that we must find practical controls over blind economic
forces and blindly selfish men.
We of the Republic sensed the truth that democratic government has innate capacity toprotect its people against disasters once considered inevitable, to solve problems once
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considered unsolvable . We would not admit that we could not find a way to master
疾病economic epidemics just as, after centuries of fatalistic suffering, we had found a way tomaster epidemics of disease. We refused to leave the problems of our common welfare to besolved by the winds of chance and the hurricanes of disaster.
In this we Americans were discovering no wholly new truth; we were writing a new chapter
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in our book of self-government.
憲法制定会議This year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Constitutional Convention
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which followed the Revolutionary War; they created a strong government with powers ofunited action sufficient then and now to solve problems utterly beyond individual or localsolution. A century and a half ago they established the Federal Government in order topromote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to the American people.
Today we invoke those same powers of government to achieve the same objectives.
矛盾するFour years of new experience have not belied our historic instinct. They hold out the clear
hope that government within communities, government within the separate States, and放棄する

government of the United States can do the things the times require, without yielding its
democracy. Our tasks in the last four years did not force democracy to take a holiday.
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Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power togovern them also must increase power to stop evil; power to do good. The essential
democracy of our Nation and the safety of our people depend not upon the absence of
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power, but upon lodging it with those whom the people can change or continue at stated
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intervals through an honest and free system of elections. The Constitution of 1787 did not
無力なmake our democracy impotent.
In fact, in these last four years, we have made the exercise of all power more democratic; for
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we have begun to bring private autocratic powers into their proper subordination to the
無敵であるpublic's government. The legend that they were invincible above and beyond the processesof a democracy has been shattered. They have been challenged and beaten.
Our progress out of the depression is obvious. But that is not all that you and I mean by thenew order of things. Our pledge was not merely to do a patchwork job with second-handmaterials. By using the new materials of social justice we have undertaken to
erect on the old foundations a more enduring structure for the better use offuture generations.
In that purpose we have been helped by achievements of mind and spirit. Old truths have
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been relearned; untruths have been unlearned. We have always known that heedlessself-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a
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prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the
報いを受けるlong run economic morality pays . We are beginning to wipe out the line that divides the構築する

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power for the establishment of a morally better world.
世俗的なThis new understanding undermines the old admiration of worldly success as such. We are
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beginning to abandon our tolerance of the abuse of power by those who betray for profit
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the elementary decencies of life.
見逃すIn this process evil things formerly accepted will not be so easily condoned .
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無情

Hard- headedness will not so easily excuse hardheartedness. We are moving toward an era
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人々の間以外に善意の時代など保てるはずがな

いof good feeling. But we realize that there can be no era of good feeling save among
men of good will.
For these reasons I am justified in believing that the greatest change we have witnessed has
been the change in the moral climate of America.
Among men of good will, science and democracy together offer an ever-richer life andever-larger satisfaction to the individual. With this change in our moral climate and ourrediscovered ability to improve our economic order, we have set our feet upon the road ofenduring progress.
Shall we pause now and turn our back upon the road that lies ahead? Shall we call this the時代とはそれぞれ死に往く夢であり、また生Promised Land? Or, shall we continue on our way? For " each age is a dream that is
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dying, or one that is coming to birth (NOTE).”
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Many voices are heard as we face a great decision. Comfort says, " Tarryawhile ."臆病Opportunism says, "This is a good spot." Timidity asks, "How difficult is the road ahead?"
True, we have come far from the days of stagnation and despair. Vitality has been preserved.
Courage and confidence have been restored. Mental and moral horizons have beenextended.
But our present gains were won under the pressure of more than ordinary circumstance.
苦しみの元Advance became imperative under the goad of fear and suffering. The times were on theside of progress.
To hold to progress today, however, is more difficult. Dulled conscience, irresponsibility,and ruthless self-interest already reappear. Such symptoms of prosperity may become
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portents of disaster! Prosperity already tests the persistence of our progressive purpose.

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Let us ask again: Have we reached the goal of our vision of that fourth day of March, 1933?
Have we found our happy valley?
I see a great nation, upon a great continent, blessed with a great wealth of natural resources.
Its hundred and thirty million people are at peace among themselves; they are making theircountry a good neighbor among the nations. I see a United States which can demonstrate
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that, under democratic methods of government, national wealth can be translated into a
spreading volume of human comforts hitherto unknown, and the lowest standard of living
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can be raised far above the level of mere subsistence.
But here is the challenge to our democracy: In this nation I see tens of millions of its
citizens, a substantial part of its whole population, who at this very moment are denied thegreater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the necessities of life.
不十分な陰鬱I see millions of families trying to live on incomes so meager that the pall of family
disaster hangs over them day by day.
I see millions whose daily lives in city and on farm continue under conditions labeled
いかがわしいindecent by a so-called polite society half a century ago.
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I see millions denied education, recreation, and the opportunity to better their lot and thelot of their children.
手段I see millions lacking the means to buy the products of farm and factory and by their～を～に与えない

実りpoverty denying work and productiveness to many other millions.
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I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, i l l - clad, ill-nourished.
It is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope, because the塗り潰す

Nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out. We aredetermined to make every American citizen the subject of his country's interest and concern;
遵法的な無用のand we will never regard any faithful, law- abiding group within our borders as superfluous.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who havemuch; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
あらゆることIf I know aught of the spirit and purpose of our Nation, we will not listen to Comfort,

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Opportunism, and Timidity. We will carry on.
Overwhelmingly, we of the Republic are men and women of good will; men and women who
have more than warm hearts of dedication; men and women who have cool heads andwilling hands of practical purpose as well. They will insist that every agency of populargovernment use effective instruments to carry out their will.
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Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people. It～と並んでcan make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts. It can obtain justified
support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all thatgovernment does.
If I know aught of the will of our people, they will demand that these conditions of effective
腐敗しないgovernment shall be created and maintained. They will demand a nation uncorrupted by手本

cancers of injustice and, therefore, strong among the nations in its example of the will topeace.
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Today we re- consecrate our country to long-cherished ideals in a suddenly changed
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civilization. In every land there are always at work forces that drive men apart and forces
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men together. In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in ourseeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up, or else we all go down,
as one people.
To maintain a democracy of effort requires a vast amount of patience in dealing with
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differing methods, a vast amount of humility. But out of the confusion of many voices rises
an understanding of dominant public need. Then political leadership can voice common
ideals, and aid in their realization.
厳粛なるIn taking again the oath of office as President of the United States, I assume the solemn
obligation of leading the American people forward along the road over which they havechosen to advance.
While this duty rests upon me I shall do my utmost to speak their purpose and to do theirwill, seeking Divine guidance to help us each and every one to give light to them that sit indarkness and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

VSecond Inaugural Address(NOTE): Quoted from “Ode” Arthur O’Shaughnessy.

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