Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Vediamo un po` cosa dice Clinton alla sua inaugurazione (in inglese)

 
	Aggiungo un pezzo sul government che mi sarebbe piaciuto sentire 
da parte di qualche nostro ministro o politico. Vado a memoria ma credo 
di ricordare (ed aver capito) bene:
	"we now know the government is not the problem, but government is 
not the solution too. We, the american people, are the solution"
 
	Seguiva un pezzo sulla "personal responsability" di ognuno verso 
la prima famiglia, i propri vicini e la societa' in generale.
Ciao ... Luigi
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*	Luigi Calzolai                         *
*	Dept. of Chemistry, UCDavis            *
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Estratti del discorso che il presidente Clinton fece alla sua
inaugurazione per un secondo turno.
THE CHALLANGE:
"At the down of the 21st century, a free people must choose to shape
the forces of the information age and the global society, to unleash
the limitless potential of all our people, and form a more perfect
union."
ON GOVERNMENT:
"The pre-eminent mission of our new government is to give all
Americans an opportunity -not a guarantee- but a real opportunity to
build better lives."
ON RACE:
"The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave
of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and
contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political
conviction, are no different. They have nearly destroyed us in the
past. They plague us still...We cannot --we will not -- succumb to the
dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul, everywhere. We
shall overcome them, and we shall replace them with the generous
spirit of a people who feel at home with one another."
A LAND OF PROMISE:
"This is the heart of our new task. With a new vision of government, a
new sense of resposibility, a new spirit of community, we will sustain
America's journey's. The promise we sought in a new land we will find
again in a land of promise...In this new land, education will be every
citizen's most prized posession...and the doors of higher education
will be open to all. Our streets will echo again with the laughter of
our children because no one will try to shoot them or sell them drugs
anymore. Everyone who can work will work, with today's permanent
underclass part of tomorrow's growing middle class. And in this land
of new promise we will have reformed our politics so that the voice of
the people will always speak louder than the din of narrow interest,
regaining paticipation and deserving the trust of all Americans."
ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.:
"Thirty-four years ago the man whose life we celebrate today, spoke to
us down there at the other end of this Mall in words that moved the
conscience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream
that one day America would rise up and treat all it's citizens as
equals before the law and the heart. Martin Luther King's dream was
the american dream. His quest is our quest --the ceasless striving to
live out our true creed."
Un commentino: Come si vede questo paese e` ben lontano dall'essere
perfetto, pero` come si vede da quando la sua nascita sta sempre
cercando di diventarlo...e IMHO ha gia` fatto un lungo cammino verso
quel traguardo.
Luciano 
 

   
Finalmente su questo NG una persona sveglia e veramente obbiettiva.
Sono d'accordo con te .
Saluti
Roberto