As you all know,our two countries broke from each other over what Thomas Jefferson referred to as “certain inalienable rights”.And while we Americans and British might dispute the justice of his claims,what is never in dispute is that children have certain obvious rights,and the gradual erosion of those rights has led to scores of children worldwide being denied the joys and security of childhood.

　　I would therefore like to propose tonight that we install in every home a Children's Universal Bill of Rights, the tenets of which are:

　　1. The right to be loved without having to earn it

　　2. The right to be protected, without having to deserve it

　　3. The right to feel valuable, even if you came into the world with nothing

　　4. The right to be listened to without having to be interesting

　　5. The right to be read a bedtime story, without having to compete with the evening news

　　6. The right to an education without having to dodge bullets at schools

　　7. The right to be thought of as adorable - (even if you have a face that only a mother could love)..

　　我們都知道，我們兩國(guó)在托馬斯·杰弗遜提出的所謂“幾個(gè)不可妥協(xié)的權(quán)利”上決裂。當(dāng)我們美國(guó)人和英國(guó)人在爭(zhēng)執(zhí)各自要求的公平時(shí)，又有什么關(guān)于孩子們不可妥協(xié)的權(quán)利之爭(zhēng)呢，對(duì)這些權(quán)利的逐步剝奪已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致了世界上的很多孩子失去歡快樂趣和童年的安全感。

　　因此我建議今晚我們就為每個(gè)家庭建立一部全體兒童權(quán)利條約，這些條例是：

　　不必付出就可享受的被愛的權(quán)利 ；

　　不必乞求就可享有的被保護(hù)的權(quán)利 ；

　　即使來到這個(gè)世界時(shí)一無所有，也要有被重視的權(quán)利；  即使不引人注意也會(huì)有被傾聽的權(quán)利 ；

　　不須要與晚間新聞和復(fù)活節(jié)抗?fàn)帲湍茉谒X前聽一段故事的權(quán)利；

　　不須要躲避子彈，可以在學(xué)校受教育的權(quán)利 ；

　　哪怕你只有媽媽才會(huì)愛的臉蛋，也要有被人尊重的權(quán)利。