文档介绍：杜鲁门总统就职演讲1949:四项主要的行动方针
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Inaugural Address of Harry S. Truman
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, and fellow citizens, I acceptwith humility the honor which the American people have conferred uponme. I accept it with a deep resolve to do all that I can for thewelfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world.
In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and prayers ofevery one of you. I ask for your encouragement and your support. Thetasks we face are difficult, and we can plish them only if we worktogether.
Each period of our national history has had its special that confront us now are as momentous as any in the past. Todaymarks the beginning not only of a new administration, but of a periodthat will be eventful, perhaps decisive, for us and for the world.
It may be our lot to experience, and in large measure to bring about,a major turning point in the long history of the human race. The firsthalf of this century has been marked by unprecedented and brutalattacks on the rights of man, and by the two most frightful wars inhistory. The supreme need of our time is for men to learn to livetogether in peace and harmony.
The peoples of the earth face the future with grave posed almost equally of great hopes and great fears. In this time ofdoubt, they look to the United States as never be