认识美国， 从认识美国护照开始。 除了常规信息外，美国护照里有一些有关政治和信仰的文字， 值得一读！
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
你看星条旗高高飘扬,在这自由国土，勇士的家乡？
(美国国歌, 《星条旗》里的两句歌词， 创作於1812 美英之战，第二次美国独立战争)
（如果在中国护照上应该是“五星红旗迎风飘扬， 宽广美丽的土地， 是我们亲爱的家乡!”）
…And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln.
民有、民治、民享之政府必永垂不朽。 亚伯拉罕·林肯 。
（林肯1863年11月19日葛底斯堡演说里的一段话。 三民主义之起源）
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
我们合众国人民，为建立更完善的联盟，树立正义，保障国内安宁，提供共同防务，促进公共福利，并使我们自己和后代得享自由的幸福，特为美利坚合众国制定本宪法.
(美国宪法的开言。这里是作为护照持有人忠于宪法的誓词，下面是签名。)
The principle of free government adheres to the American soil. It is bedded in it, immovable as its mountains. Daniel Webster.
自由政府之精神依附美国大地，根植与它，稳如群山。丹尼尔·韦伯斯特。
（作者， 美国政治家，曾两次担任美国国务卿）
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. George Washington.
让我们创立一个价值标准，可以用明智和诚实不断修正的标准. - 乔治.华盛顿
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.
我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物者赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利，其中包括生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。- 选自独立宣言。
We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776. And God grant that American will be true to her dream. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1776年之后， 我们有了一个伟大的梦想。上帝赋予美国人对美国梦想的忠诚。- 小马丁. 路德金。
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
让每个国家， 不管它是希望我们好还是坏，都知道，我们会不惜任何代价，承担任何负担，面对任何困难，支持任何朋友，反对任何敌人，以确保自由的生存和成功。- 约翰.肯尼迪
This is a new nation, based on a mighty continent, of boundless possibilities." --Theodore Roosevelt
这是一个依托雄伟的大陆，拥有无限机会的新国家。 - 西奥多·罗斯福
"Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America." --Dwight D. Eisenhower
美国希望传递给世界的，必须首先是美国人心中所渴望的。- 德怀特.艾森豪威尔
"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say 'Farewell'. Is a new world coming? We welcome it - and we will bend it to the hopes of man." --Lyndon B. Johnson
美国究竟是什么。它是未能跨越的沙漠， 未能攀越的悬崖。 它是，未能到达的星辰， 和未耕种土地上亟待复苏的丰收。 我们的世界渐渐离去了吗？ 我们说'再见'。 一个新的世界到来了吗？ 我们欢迎它 - 我们追随人类的愿望。
"May God continue the unity of our country as the railroad unites the two great oceans of the world." --inscribed on the Golden Spike, Promontory Point, 1869
铁路贯通了世界的两大海洋，上帝啊让我们的国家永远统一。 - 海角点金钉上的刻文， 1869.
"We send thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people. We are glad they are still here and we hope it will always be so." --Excerpt from the Thanksgiving Address, Mohawk version
我们感谢世界上所有动物生灵。 他们教会人类很多东西。 我们很高兴他们于我们同在，而且，永远如此。- - 摘自莫霍克版本感恩节演讲
"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity." --Anna Julia Cooper
自由超越种族，宗派， 政党 和 阶级， 是人类的事业， 和人与生具来的权利. – 安娜 朱丽叶 库佩。
"Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds...to look out from a higher plateau than the last generation." --Ellison S. Onizuka
每一代人都有义务解放思想，看看新世界......比上一代人站的更高看的更远。” - 埃里森.S.奥尼柔克