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[중앙일보 김민상] 버락 오바마 미국 대통령이 20일(현지시간) 의회 의사당 앞에서 취임 연설을 통해 “선조들이 물려준 덕목으로 한겨울에 빠진 미국의 위험을 헤쳐 나가자”고 강조했다. 오바마는 18분 동안 간결한 문장으로 자신의 의지를 담아 냈다고 AP통신이 20일 보도했다. 취임사엔 '국가(nation)'라는 단어가 15번 등장해 가장 많았다. '미국(America)'은 9번, '국민(people)'과 '일(work)'은 8번씩 나왔다. 경제위기 속에서 국가의 통합성을 강조하면서 근면으로 위기를 극복하자는 의지를 밝힌 것이다. 다음은 취임사 요지.
나는 오늘 여기 우리의 과제 앞에 겸허히 섰습니다. 우리는 두려움보다는 희망을, 갈등보다는 단결을 선택했기 때문에 이 자리에 모였습니다. 불만과 거짓 약속, 정치권의 오래된 반목과 낡은 이념은 끝내야 합니다. 지금 우리는 위기에 처해 있습니다. 일자리가 사라졌으며 가게가 문을 닫고 있습니다. 미국의 위대함은 결코 주어지는 게 아닙니다. 묵묵히 일하면서 길고 험한 길을 달려온 이들이 미국의 위대함을 만들었습니다. 게티즈버그·노르망디에서 목숨을 걸고 싸운 사람들이 그들입니다. 미국은 아직 지구상에서 가장 강력한 국가입니다. 우리는 여전히 생산적이고 창조적입니다. 오늘부터 먼지를 털고 일어서 미국을 다시 세워야 합니다. 경제는 대담한 결정을 원합니다. 단순히 직업을 늘리는 것보다 성장을 위한 기반을 닦아야 합니다. 도로와 다리를 놔야 하고, 광대역 통신망을 개설해야 합니다. 태양과 풍력 에너지가 자동차와 공장을 굴릴 수 있도록 해야 합니다. 새로운 세대들에 맞게 학교를 바꿔야 합니다.
선조들은 법치주의와 인권을 보장받기 위해 독립선언문을 만들었습니다. 이 선언은 여러 세대가 흘린 피에 힘입어 발전돼 왔습니다. 세계 국가들은 미국이 다시 한 번 세계를 이끌 자세가 돼 있다는 점을 알아야 합니다. 이라크인들에게 이라크를 책임질 수 있도록 넘겨주고, 아프가니스탄에서 평화를 착실히 전진시킬 것입니다. 과거의 적성국과도 협력해 핵 위협을 감소시키고, 지구 온난화를 막아낼 것입니다.
여러 문화가 합쳐진 미국의 특성은 약점이 아니라 강점입니다. 미국은 기독교·이슬람교·유대교·힌두교·무신론자들이 만든 국가입니다. 남북전쟁과 같은 내전의 아픔을 거치면서 더욱 단결해 왔습니다. 세계가 점점 작아지면서 미국의 융합된 문화는 새로운 시대를 안내하게 될 것입니다.
지금 이 시간에도 이라크 등에서 고생하는 미군에 감사드립니다. 그들은 봉사의 정신을 실천하고 있습니다. 우리가 계승해야 할 것은 이 같은 봉사의 정신입니다. 도전을 이기는 데 필요한 기본 원칙은 근면·정직·관용·호기심·충성·애국심 등입니다. 이런 정신들은 역사를 진보시켜 온 조용하고도 강력한 힘입니다.
미국이 건국되던 해, 혹한에도 애국자들은 추운 강가의 꺼져 가는 모닥불 주변에 모여 싸웠습니다. 수도를 적군에 빼앗긴 채 눈밭이 피로 물든 상황에서도 건국의 아버지들은 다음과 같은 내용을 외우며 견뎌냈습니다. '미래의 세계를 생각하자. 희망과 미덕을 잃기 쉬운 한겨울에도 위험에 빠진 국가를 살리기 위해 나서자.' 건국의 아버지들이 외우던 구절을 다시 생각합시다. 후손들에게 우리는 좌절하지 않고 희망의 지평선과 신의 축복을 응시하면서 전진해 나갔다고 말할 수 있도록 합시다.
김민상 기자
오바마 취임사 음성 듣기
오바마 취임사 전문
OBAMA: My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents.
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America they will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sanh.
Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. All this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. Those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our founding fathers ... our found fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment a moment that will define a generation it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
This is the source of our confidence the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive...that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet (it)."
America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.
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