第一篇：13.希拉里在民主党大会上声援奥巴马的演讲
Hillary Clinton 2008 DNC Speech
I am honored to be here tonight.A proud mother.A proud Democrat.A proud American.And a proud supporter of Barack Obama.My friends, it is time to take back the country we love.Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose.We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines(（球场等的）边线，两侧场外区域).This is a fight for the future.And it's a fight we must win.I haven't spent the past 35 years in the trenches(1.深沟, 地沟；战壕,堑壕)advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women's rights at home and around the world...to see another Republican in the White House squander the promise of our country and the hopes of our people.And you haven't worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership.No way.No how.No McCain.Barack Obama is my candidate.And he must be our President.Tonight we need to remember what a Presidential election is really about.When the polls have closed, and the ads are finally off the air, it comes down to you--the American people, your lives, and your children's futures.For me, it's been a privilege to meet you in your homes, your workplaces, and your communities.Your stories reminded me everyday that America's greatness is bound up in the lives of the American people--your hard work, your devotion to duty, your love for your children, and your determination to keep going, often in the face of enormous obstacles.You taught me so much, you made me laugh, and...you even made me cry.You allowed me to become part of your lives.And you became part of mine.I will always remember the single mom who had adopted two kids with autism, didn't have health insurance and discovered she had cancer.But she greeted me with her bald head painted with my name on it and asked me to fight for health care.I will always remember the young man in a Marine Corps t-shirt who waited months for medical care and said to me: “Take care of my buddies;a lot of them are still over there....and then will you please help take care of me?”
I will always remember the boy who told me his mom worked for the minimum wage and that her employer had cut her hours.He said he just didn't know what his family was going to do.I will always be grateful to everyone from all fifty states, Puerto Rico and the territories, who joined our campaign on behalf of all those people left out and left behind by the Bush Administrtation.To my supporters, my champions--my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuitsfrom civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families.To help every child live up to his or her God-given potential.To make America once again a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.To bring fiscal sanity back to Washington and make our government an instrument of the public good, not of private plunder.To restore America's standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home and honor their service by caring for our veterans.And to join with our allies to confront our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming.Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years.Those are the reasons I ran for President.Those are the reasons I support Barack Obama.And those are the reasons you should too.I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?
We need leaders once again who can tap into that special blend of American confidence and optimism that has enabled generations before us to meet our toughest challenges.Leaders who can help us show ourselves and the world that with our ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is possible in America.This won't be easy.Progress never is.But it will be impossible if we don't fight to put a Democrat in the White House.We need to elect Barack Obama because we need a President who understands that America can't compete in a global economy by padding the pockets of energy speculators, while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas.We need a President who understands that we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in new technologies that will build a green economy.We need a President who understands that the genius of America has always depended on the strength and vitality of the middle class.Barack Obama began his career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy.He built his campaign on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down.He knows government must be about “We the people” not “We the favored few.”
And when Barack Obama is in the White House, he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our time.Democrats know how to do this.As I recall, President Clinton and the Democrats did it before.And President Obama and the Democrats will do it again.He'll transform our energy agenda by creating millions of green jobs and building a new, clean energy future.He'll make sure that middle class families get the tax relief they deserve.And I can't wait to watch Barack Obama sign a health care plan into law that covers every single American.Barack Obama will end the war in Iraq responsibly and bring our troops homeand a few sons and grandsons along the way.These women and men looked into their daughters' eyes, imagined a fairer and freer world, and found the strength to fight.To rally and picket.To endure ridicule and harassment.To brave violence and jail.And after so many decadesthe 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote would be forever enshrined in our Constitution.My mother was born before women could vote.But in this election my daughter got to vote for her mother for President.This is the story of America.Of women and men who defy the odds and never give up.How do we give this country back to them?
By following the example of a brave New Yorker , a woman who risked her life to shepherd slaves along the Underground Railroad.And on that path to freedom, Harriett Tubman had one piece of advice.If you hear the dogs, keep going.If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.If they're shouting after you, keep going.Don't ever stop.Keep going.If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.Even in the darkest of moments, ordinary Americans have found the faith to keep going.I've seen it in you.I've seen it in our teachers and firefighters, nurses and police officers, small business owners and union workers, the men and women of our militaryand no ceiling too high-for all who work hard, never back down, always keep going, have faith in God, in our country, and in each other.Thank you so much.God bless America and Godspeed to you all.
第二篇：米歇尔-奥巴马民主党大会演讲综述
米歇尔-奥巴马民主党大会演讲
So when it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his grandmother.He’s thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day’s work.That’s why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.That’s why he cut taxes for working families and small businesses and fought to get the auto industry back on its feet.That’s how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again – jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United States of America.When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president.He didn’t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that’s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to do.He did it because he believes that here in America, our grandparents should be able to afford their medicine…our kids should be able to see a doctor when they’re sick…and no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or
illness.And he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care…that’s what my husband stands for.When it comes to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could’ve attended college
without financial aid.And believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage.We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.That’s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt.So in the end, for Barack, these issues aren’t political – they’re personal.Because Barack knows what it means when a family struggles.He knows what it means to want something more for your kids and grandkids.Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it…and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we’re from, or what we look like, or who we love.And he believes that when you’ve worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity…you do not slam it shut behind you…
you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago.He’s the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work…because for Barack, success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in
people’s lives.He’s the same man who, when our girls were first born, would anxiously check their cribs every few minutes to ensure they were still breathing, proudly showing them off to everyone we knew.That’s the man who sits down with me and our girls for dinner nearly every night, patiently answering their questions about issues in the news, and strategizing about middle school friendships.That’s the man I see in those quiet moments late at night, hunched over his desk, poring over the letters people have sent him.The letter from the father struggling to pay his bills…from the woman dying of cancer whose insurance company won’t cover her care…from the young person with so much promise but so few opportunities.I see the concern in his eyes…and I hear the determination in his voice as he tells me, “You won’t believe what these folks are going through, Michelle…it’s not right.We’ve got to keep working to fix this.We’ve got so much more to
do.”
I see how those stories – our collection of struggles and hopes and dreams – I see how that’s what drives Barack Obama every single day.And I didn’t think it was possible, but today, I love my husband even more than I did four years ago…even more than I did 23 years ago, when we
first met.I love that he’s never forgotten how he started.I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he’s going to do, even when it’s hard – especially when it’s hard.I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as “us” and “them”– he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above…he knows that we all love our country…and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas…he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise.Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward…with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.And he reminds me that we are playing a long game here…and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once.But eventually we get there, we always do.We get there because of folks like my Dad…folks like Barack’s grandmother…men and women who said to themselves, “I may not have a chance to fulfill my dreams, but maybe my children will…maybe my
grandchildren will.”
So many of us stand here tonight because of their sacrifice, and longing, and steadfast love…because time and again, they swallowed their fears and doubts and did what was hard.So today, when the challenges we face start to seem overwhelming – or even impossible – let us never forget that doing the impossible is the history of this nation…it’s who we are as Americans…it’s how this country was built.And if our parents and grandparents could toil and struggle for us…if they could raise beams of steel to the sky, send a man to the moon, and connect the world with the touch of a button…
then surely we can keep on sacrificing and building for our own kids and grandkids.And if so many brave men and women could wear our country’s uniform and sacrifice their lives for our most fundamental rights…then surely we can do our part as citizens of this great democracy to exercise those rights…surely, we can get to the polls and make our voices heard on Election Day.If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire…if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores…if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote…if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time…
if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream…and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love…then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.Because in the end, more than anything else, that is the story of this country – the story of unwavering hope grounded in unyielding struggle.That is what has made my story, and Barack’s story, and so many other American stories possible.And I say all of this tonight not just as First Lady…and not just as a wife.You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still “mom-in-chief.” My daughters are still the heart of my heart and
the center of my world.But today, I have none of those worries from four years ago about whether Barack and I were doing what’s best for our girls.Because today, I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters, and all our sons and daughters…if we want to give all our children a foundation for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise…if we want to give them that sense of limitless possibility – that belief that here in America, there is always something better out there if you’re willing to work for it…then we must work like never before…and we must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward…my husband, our President, President Barack Obama.Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
第三篇：奥巴马夫人米歇尔在2012年民主党全国代表大会演讲
奥巴马夫人米歇尔在2012年民主党全国代表大会演讲（完整）
Thank you, thank you so much.Thank you, thank you so much.With you help, let me start.I want to start by thanking Elaine, thank you so much, we are so grateful for you family’s service and sacrifice, and we will always have you back.Over the past years as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege（['prɪvlɪdʒ]特权；优待；基本权利）of traveling all across the country.And everywhere I’ve gone, and every people I’ve met, and the stories I’ve heard, I have seen the very best of American spirit.I have seen it in the incredible kindness and warmth that people have shown me and my family, especially our girls.I’ve seen it in teachers in a near-bankrupt（['bæŋkrʌpt]破产的）school district（['dɪstrɪkt] 区域；地方；行政区）who vowed to keep teaching without pay.I’ve seen it in people who become heroes at a moment’s notice diving into harm’s way to save others, flying across the county to put out a fire, driving for hours to bail（[beɪl]保释，帮助某人脱离困境；往外舀水）out a flooded town.And I’ve seen it in our men and women in uniform and our proud military families, in wounded warriors who tell me they are not just going to walk again, they are going to run, and they are going to run marathons（['mærə,θɑn]马拉松赛跑；耐力的考验）.In a young man blinded by a bomb[bɒm] in Afghanistan[æf'gænə,stæn]who said simply…“I’d give my eyes 100 times again to have the chance to do what I have done and what I can still do.”
Every day, the people I meet inspire me, every day they make me proud, every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on the earth.Serving as your First Lady is an honor and privilege, but back when we first come together four years ago, I still had some concerns about this journey we had begun, and I believed deeply in my husband’s vision for the country, and I was certain he could make extraordinary president.Like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got the chance, how would we keep them grounded under the glare（[ɡlɛr] 刺眼；耀眼的光；受公众注目）of the national spotlight（['spɑtlaɪt] 聚光灯；反光灯；公众注意的中心）? How would they feel being uprooted（[,ʌp'rut]根除，连根拔起；迫使某人离开出生地或定居处）from their schools, their friends and the only home they had ever known?
See, our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys: Saturday at soccer games, Sundays at grandma’s home, and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie.Because as an exhausted mom, I couldn’t stay awake for both.And the truth is, I loved the life we had built for our girls.And I deeply love the man I had built that life with, and I didn’t want to change if he became president.I love Barack Obama just the way he was.You see, even back then, when Barack was a senator（['sɛnətɚ] 参议员；（古罗马的）元老院议员；评议员，理事）and presidential candidate（[ˈkændɪˌdet,-dɪt 候选人，候补者；应试者]）, to me he was still the guy who’d picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out.I could actually see the pavement（['pevmənt] 人行道，路面）going by in a hole in the passenger side door.He was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he’d found in a dumpster（['dʌmpstə] 大型垃圾装卸卡车；垃圾大铁桶）, and whose only pair of decent（['disnt]正派的；得体的；相当好的）shoes was half a size too small.But see, when Barack started telling me about his family—see, now, that’s when I knew I had found a kindred spirit, someone whose values and upbringing were so much like me.You see, Barack and I were both raised by families who didn’t have much the way of money and material possessions, but who had given us something far more valuable—their unconditional love, their unflinching（[ʌn'flɪntʃɪŋ]不畏缩的；不退缩的）sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.My father was a pump（[pʌmp]泵，抽水机；打气筒）operator at the city water plant, and he was diagnosed（[,daɪəɡ'nos]诊断；被诊断为）with Multiple['mʌltəpl] Sclerosis（[sklə'rosɪs] [病理] 硬化，[医] 硬化症；细胞壁硬化）when my brother and I were young.And even as a kid, I knew there were plenty of days when he was in pain.And I knew there were plenty of mornings when it was a struggle for him to simply get out of bed.But every morning I watched my father wake up with a smile, grab his walker, prop（[prɑp]支撑；维持）himself up against the bathroom sink, and slowly shave and button his uniform.And when he returned home after a long day’s work, my brother and I would stand at the top of the stairs of our little apartment, patiently waiting to greet him, watching as he reached down to lift one leg, and then the other, to slowly climb his way into our arms.But despite these challenges, my dad hardly ever missed a day of work.He and my mom were determined to give my brother and me the kind of education they could only dream of.And when my brother and I finally made it to college.Nearly all of our tuition（[tʊ'ɪʃən] 学费；讲授）came from student loans（[lon] 贷款；借款）and grants（[ɡrænt] 拨款，补助）.But my dad still had to pay a tiny portion of that tuition himself.And every semester, he was determined to pay that bill right on time, even taking out loans when he fell short.He was so proud to be sending his kids to college, and he made sure we never missed a registration deadline because his check was late.You see, for my dad, that’s what it meant to be a man.Like—like so many of us, that was the measure of his success in life.Being able to earn a decent living that allowed him to support his family.And as I got to know Barack, I realized that even though he had grown up all the way across the county, he’d been brought up just like me.Barack was raised by a single mom who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed help.Barack’s grandmother started out as a secretary at a community bank, and she moved quickly up the ranks, but like so many women, she hit the glass ceiling.And for years, men no more qualified than she was—men she had actually trained—were promoted up the ladder ahead of her, earning more and more money while Barack’s family continued to scrape by.But day after day, she kept on waking up at dawn to catch the bus, arriving at work before anyone else, giving her best without complaint and regret.And she would often tell Barack,” so long as you kids do well, Bar, that’s all that really matters.” Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much.They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did.In fact, they admired it.They simply believed in that fundamental American promise: that even if you don’t start out with much, if you work hard and do what you’re supposed to do, you should be able to build a decent life for yourselves and an even better life for your kids and grandkids.That’s how they raised us, that’s what we learned from their example.When learned about dignity and decency—that how hard you work matters more than how much you make, that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.We learned about honesty and integrity—that the truth matters, that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules.And success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.We learned about gratitude and humility—that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean.And we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat any with respect.Those are the values Barack and I–and so many of you—are trying to pass on to our own children.That’s who we are.And standing before you four years ago, I knew that I didn’t want any of that to change if Barack become president.Well, today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are –No, it reveals who you are.You see, I have gotten to see up close and personal what being president really looks like.And I’ve see how the issues that come across a president’s desk are always the hard ones: you know, the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.The judgment calls where the stakes are so high, and there is no margin for error.And as president, you are going to get all kinds of advice from all kinds of people.But at the end of the day, when it comes time to make the decision as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and you vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.So ,when it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and his grandmother, he is thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day’s work.That’s why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.That’s why he cut taxes for working families and small business, and fought to get the auto industry back on its feet.That’s how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again—jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United states of America.When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him leave health reform to another day, another president.He didn’t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically—no, that’s not how he was raised—he cared that it was the right thing to do.He did it because he believes that here in Americagrandparents should be able to afford their medicine, our kids should be able to see a doctor when they are sick, and no one in this county should ever go broke because of an accident or an illness.And he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care.That’s what my husband stands for.When it comes to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you.He never could have attended college without financial aid.And believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loanbills were actually higher than our mortgage We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.That’s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt.So in the end, for Barack, these issues are not political—they are personal.Because Barack knows what it means when a family struggles.He knows what it means to want something more for you kids and grandkids.Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it...and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we’re from, or what we look like, or who we love.And he believes that when you’ve worked hard, and done well, and worked though the doorway of opportunity… you do not slam it shut behind you, you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I feel in love with all those years ago.He is the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs, and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant has shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities and get folks back to work… because for Barack, success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.He is the same man who, when our girls were first born, would anxiously check their cribs every few minutes to ensure they were still breathing, proudly showing them off to everyone we knew.That’s the man who sits down with me and our girls for dinner nearly every night patiently answer their questions about issues in the news, and strategizing about middle school friendships.That’s the man I see in those quiet moments late in night, hunched over his desk, poring over the letters people have sent him.The letter from the father struggling to pay his bills… from the woman dying of cancer whose insurance company won’t cover her care… from the young people with so much promise but so few opportunities.And I see the concern in his eyes… and I hear the determination in his voice as he tells me, “you won’t believe what these folks are going though, Michelle… it’s not right.We’ve got to work hard to fix this, we’ve got so much more to do.”
I see how these stories—our collection of struggles and hopes and dreams.I see how that’s what drives Barack Obama every single day.And I did not think as possible, but today, I love my husband even more than I did four years ago… even more than I did 23 years ago, when we first met.Let me tell you why, I love that he’s never forgotten how he started.I love that we can trust Obama to do what he says he is going to do, even when it’s hard especially when it’s hard.I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as “us” and “them”, he doesn’t care whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above.He knows that we all love our country… and he’s always ready to listen good ideas, he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we are all sweating it, when we are worried that the bill will not pass, and it seems like all is lost—see, Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise, no, just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.And he reminds me—he reminds me that we are playing a long game here, and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once.But eventually we get there, we always do.We get there because of folks like my Dad, folks like Barack’s grandmother, men and women who said to themselves—“I may not have a chance to fulfill my dreams, but maybe my children will, maybe my grandchildren will.” See—see—so many of us stand here tonight because of their sacrifice, and longing, and steadfast love, because time and again, they swallowed their fears and doubts and did what was hard.So today, when the challenges we face start to seem overwhelming—or even impossible, let us never forget that doing the impossible is the history of this nation, it is who we are as Americans, it is how this county was built.And if our parents and grandparents could toil and struggle for us, if they could raise beams of steel to the sky, send a man to the moon, connect the world with the touch of a button, then surely we can keep on sacrificing and building for our kids and grandkids, right? And if so many brave men and women could wear our county’s uniform and sacrifice their lives for our most fundamental rights, then surely we can do our part as citizens of this great democracy to exercise those rights.Surely we can get to the polls on the Election Day and make our voices heard.If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire.If immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores.If women could dragged to jail for seeking the vote.If a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time.If a young preacher could lift us to the mountain top with his righteous dream.And if proud Americans can be who they are, and boldly stand at the alter with who they love.Then surely, surely we can give anyone in this county a fair chance at that great American Dream.Because in the end—in the end, more than anything else, this is the story of this county—the story of unwavering hope grounded in unyielding struggle.That is what had made my story, and Barack’s story, and so many other American stories possible.And let me tell you something: I say all of this tonight not just as First Lady, no, not just as a wife.You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still “mom—in—chief ”.My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.Let me tell you: today, I have none of those worries from four years ago, no, not about whether Barack and I were doing what’s best for our girls.Because today, I know from experience that if I truly want to leave a better world for my daughters, and for all our sons and daughters, if we want to give all our children a fundamental for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise, if we want to give them that sense of limitless possibility, that belief that here in America there is always something better out there if you are willing to work for it.Then we must work like never before, and we must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward: my husband, our president, Barack Obama.Thank you, God bless you, God bless America.
第四篇：2012奥巴马总统在美国民主党大会上的讲话
Remarks by the President at the Democratic National Convention
Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, North Carolina September 6, 2012 10:24 P.M.EDT MRS.OBAMA: I am so thrilled and so honored and so proud to introduce the love of my life, the father of our two girls, and the President of the United States of America--Barack Obama.(Applause.)THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.(Applause.)Thank you.(Applause.)Thank you.Thank you so much.AUDIENCE: Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much.Thank you.(Applause.)Thank you very much, everybody.Thank you.Michelle, I love you so much.A few nights ago, everybody was reminded just what a lucky man I am.(Applause.)Malia and Sasha, we are so proud of you.And, yes, you do have to go to school in the morning.(Laughter.)And, Joe Biden, thank you for being the very best Vice President I could have ever hoped for, and being a strong and loyal friend.(Applause.)
Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States.(Applause.)Now, the first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man, a Senate candidate from Illinois, who spoke about hope--not blind optimism, not wishful thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty;hope in the face of uncertainty;that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great, even when the road is long.Eight years later, that hope has been tested by the cost of war, by one of the worst economic crises in history, and by political gridlock that’s left us wondering whether it’s still even possible to tackle the challenges of our time.I know campaigns can seem small, even silly sometimes.Trivial things become big distractions.Serious issues become sound bites.The truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising.If you’re sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me, so am I.(Laughter and applause.)
But when all is said and done--when you pick up that ballot to vote--you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation.Over the next few years, big decisions will be made in Washington on jobs, the economy, taxes and deficits, energy, education, war and peace--decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and on our children’s lives for decades to come.And on every issue, the choice you face won’t just be between two candidates or two parties.It will be a choice between two different paths for America, a choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known--(applause)--the values my grandfather defended as a soldier in Patton’s Army, the values that drove my grandmother to work on a bomber assembly line while he was gone.They knew they were part of something larger--a nation that triumphed over fascism and depression;a nation where the most innovative businesses turned out the world’s best products.And everyone shared in that pride and success, from the corner office to the factory floor.My grandparents were given the chance to go to college, buy their own home, and fulfill the basic bargain at the heart of America’s story--the promise that hard work will pay off, that responsibility will be rewarded, that everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules from Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, D.C.(Applause.)
And I ran for President because I saw that basic bargain slipping away.I began my career helping people in the shadow of a shuttered steel mill at a time when too many good jobs were starting to move overseas.And by 2008, we had seen nearly a decade in which families struggled with costs that kept rising but paychecks that didn’the;folks racking up more and more debt just to make the mortgage or pay tuition, put gas in the car or food on the table.And when the house of cards collapsed in the Great Recession, millions of innocent Americans lost their jobs, their homes, their life savings--a tragedy from which we’re still fighting to recover.Now, our friends down in Tampa at the Republican Convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America.But they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right.(Applause.)They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.And that’s because all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they’ve had for the last 30 years--Have a surplus? Try a tax cut.Deficit too high? Try another.Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning.(Applause.)
Now, I’ve cut taxes for those who need it--middle-class families, small businesses.But I don’t believe that another round of tax breaks for millionaires will bring good jobs to our shores or pay down our deficit.I don’t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow the economy, or help us compete with the scientists and engineers coming out of China.(Applause.)After all we’ve been through, I don’t believe that rolling back regulations on Wall Street will help the small businesswoman expand or the laid-off construction worker keep his home.We have been there.We’ve tried that and we’re not going back.We are moving forward, America.(Applause.)
Now, I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy.I never have.You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear.You elected me to tell you the truth.(Applause.)And the truth is it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades.It will require common effort and shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one.(Applause.)And, by the way, those of us who carry on his party’s legacy should remember that not every problem can be remedied with another government program or dictate from Washington.But know this, America--our problems can be solved.(Applause.)Our challenges can be met.The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place.And I’m asking you to choose that future.(Applause.)
I’m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country--goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit--real, achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation.That’s what we can do in the next four years--and that is why I’m running for a second term as President of the United States.(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years!Four more years!THE PRESIDENT: We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs.After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we’re getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We are making things again.(Applause.)I’ve met workers in Detroit and Toledo--(applause)--who feared they’d never build another American car.And today, they can’t build them fast enough, because we reinvented a dying auto industry that’s back on the top of the world.(Applause.)I’ve worked with business leaders who are bringing jobs back to America--not because our workers make less pay, but because we make better products.Because we work harder and smarter than anyone else.(Applause.)I’ve signed trade agreements that are helping our companies sell more goods to millions of new customers--goods that are stamped with three proud words: Made in America.(Applause.)AUDIENCE: U.S.A!U.S.A.!U.S.A.!THE PRESIDENT: And after a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years.And now you have a choice: We can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.(Applause.)We can help big factories and small businesses double their exports, and if we choose this path, we can create a million new manufacturing jobs in the next four years.You can make that happen.You can choose that future.You can choose the path where we control more of our own energy.After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas.(Applause.)We have doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and long-lasting batteries.In the last year alone, we cut oil imports by 1 million barrels a day--more than any administration in recent history.And today, the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades.(Applause.)So now you have a choice--between a strategy that reverses this progress, or one that builds on it.We’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration in the last three years, and we’ll open more.But unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country’s energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.We’re offering a better path.(Applause.)We’re offering a better path, where we--a future where we keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal;where farmers and scientists harness new biofuels to power our cars and trucks;where construction workers build homes and factories that waste less energy;where we develop a hundred-year supply of natural gas that’s right beneath our feet.If you choose this path, we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone.(Applause.)And, yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet--because climate change is not a hoax.More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke.They are a threat to our children’s future.And in this election, you can do something about it.(Applause.)You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have.Education was the gateway to opportunity for me.It was the gateway for Michelle.It was the gateway for most of you.And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.For the first time in a generation, nearly every state has answered our call to raise their standards for teaching and learning.Some of the worst schools in the country have made real gains in math and reading.Millions of students are paying less for college today because we finally took on a system that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on banks and lenders.(Applause.)And now you have a choice--we can gut education, or we can decide that in the United States of America, no child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school.(Applause.)No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don’t have the money.No company should have to look for workers overseas because they couldn’t find any with the right skills here at home.That’s not our future.That is not our future.(Applause.)And government has a role in this.But teachers must inspire;principals must lead;parents must instill a thirst for learning.And, students, you’ve got to do the work.(Applause.)And together, I promise you, we can out-educate and out-compete any nation on Earth.(Applause.)So help me.Help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers within 10 years and improve early-childhood education.Help give 2 million workers the chance to learn skills at their community college that will lead directly to a job.(Applause.)Help us work with colleges and universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next 10 years.We can meet that goal together.You can choose that future for America.(Applause.)That’s our future.In a world of new threats and new challenges, you can choose leadership that has been tested and proven.Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq.We did.(Applause.)I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11.And we have.(Applause.)We’ve blunted the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over.(Applause.)A new tower rises above the New York skyline;al Qaeda is on the path to defeat;and Osama bin Laden is dead.(Applause.)AUDIENCE: U.S.A.!U.S.A.!U.S.A.!THE PRESIDENT: Tonight, we pay tribute to the Americans who still serve in harm’s way.We are forever in debt to a generation whose sacrifice has made this country safer and more respected.We will never forget you.And so long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known.(Applause.)When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us--because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their heads, or the care that they need when they come home.(Applause.)Around the world, we’ve strengthened old alliances and forged new coalitions to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.We’ve reasserted our power across the Pacific and stood up to China on behalf of our workers.From Burma to Libya to South Sudan, we have advanced the rights and dignity of all human beings--men and women;Christians and Muslims and Jews.(Applause.)But for all the progress that we’ve made, challenges remain.Terrorist plots must be disrupted.Europe’s crisis must be contained.Our commitment to Israel’s security must not waver, and neither must our pursuit of peace.(Applause.)The Iranian government must face a world that stays united against its nuclear ambitions.The historic change sweeping across the Arab world must be defined not by the iron fist of a dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people who are reaching for the same rights that we celebrate here today.(Applause.)So now we have a choice.My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy--(laughter and applause)--but from all that we’ve seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost America so dearly.After all, you don’t call Russia our number-one enemy--not al Qaeda--Russia--unless you’re still stuck in a Cold War mind warp.(Applause.)You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.(Applause.)My opponent said that it was “tragic” to end the war in Iraq.And he won’t tell us how he’ll end the war in Afghanistan.Well, I have--and I will.(Applause.)And while my opponent would spend more money on military hardware that our Joint Chiefs don’t even want, I will use the money we’re no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work rebuilding roads and bridges and schools and runways.Because after two wars that have cost us thousands of live and over a trillion dollars, it’s time to do some nation-building right here at home.(Applause.)You can choose a future where we reduce our deficit without sticking it to the middle class.Independent experts say that my plan would cut our deficit by $4 trillion.And last summer I worked with Republicans in Congress to cut a billion [trillion] dollars in spending--because those of us who believe government can be a force for good should work harder than anyone to reform it so that it’s leaner and more efficient and more responsive to the American people.(Applause.)I want to reform the tax code so that it’s simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000--the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was President;the same rate when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history and a whole lot of millionaires to boot.(Applause.)Now, I’m still eager to reach an agreement based on the principles of my bipartisan debt commission.No party has a monopoly on wisdom.No democracy works without compromise.I want to get this done, and we can get it done.But when Governor Romney and his friends in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficits by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy, well, what did Bill Clinton call it--you do the arithmetic.(Applause.)You do the math.(Applause.)I refuse to go along with that and as long as I’m President, I never will.(Applause.)I refuse to ask middle-class families to give up their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for another millionaire’s tax cut.(Applause.)I refuse to ask students to pay more for college, or kick children out of Head Start programs, or eliminate health insurance for millions of Americans who are poor and elderly or disabled--all so those with the most can pay less.I’m not going along with that.(Applause.)And I will never--I will never--turn Medicare into a voucher.(Applause.)No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies.They should retire with the care and the dignity that they have earned.Yes, we will reform and strengthen Medicare for the long haul, but we’ll do it by reducing the cost of health care--not by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more.(Applause.)And we will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it, not by turning it over to Wall Street.(Applause.)This is the choice we now face.This is what the election comes down to.Over and over, we’ve been told by our opponents that bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations are the only way--that since government can’t do everything, it should do almost nothing.If you can’t afford health insurance, hope that you don’t get sick.If a company releases toxic pollution into the air your children breathe, well, that’s the price of progress.If you can’t afford to start a business or go to college, take my opponent’s advice and borrow money from your parents.(Laughter and applause.)You know what, that’s not who we are.That’s not what this country’s about.As Americans, we believe we are endowed by our Creator with certain, inalienable rights--rights that no man or government can take away.We insist on personal responsibility and we celebrate individual initiative.We’re not entitled to success--we have to earn it.We honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk-takers, the entrepreneurs who have always been the driving force behind our free enterprise system, the greatest engine of growth and prosperity that the world’s ever known.But we also believe in something called citizenship.(Applause.)Citizenship: a word at the very heart of our founding;a word at the very essence of our democracy;the idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations.We believe that when a CEO pays his autoworkers enough to buy the cars that they build, the whole company does better.(Applause.)We believe that when a family can no longer be tricked into signing a mortgage they can’t afford, that family is protected, but so is the value of other people’s homes and so is the entire economy.(Applause.)We believe the little girl who’s offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or a grant for college could become the next Steve Jobs or the scientist who cures cancer or the President of the United States, and it is in our power to give her that chance.(Applause.)We know that churches and charities can often make more of a difference than a poverty program alone.We don’t want handouts for people who refuse to help themselves and we certainly don’t want bailouts for banks that break the rules.(Applause.)We don’t think that government can solve all of our problems, but we don’t think that government is the source of all of our problems--any more than are welfare recipients, or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group we’re told to blame for our troubles.(Applause.)Because, America, we understand that this democracy is ours.We, the people, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights;that our destinies are bound together;that a freedom which asks only “what’s in it for me,” a freedom without commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism is unworthy of our founding ideals and those who died in their defense.(Applause.)As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done for us;it’s about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government.That’s what we believe.(Applause.)So, you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me.It was about you.(Applause.)My fellow citizens, you were the change.(Applause.)You’re the reason there’s a little girl with a heart disorder in Phoenix who will get the surgery she needs because an insurance company can’t limit her coverage.You did that.(Applause.)You’re the reason a young man in Colorado who never thought he’d be able to afford his dream of earning a medical degree is about to get that chance.You made that possible.(Applause.)You’re the reason a young immigrant who grew up here and went to school here and pledged allegiance to our flag will no longer be deported from the only country she’s ever called home
--(applause)--why selfless soldiers won’t be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love;why thousands of families have finally been able to say to the loved ones who served us so bravely: “Welcome home.“ ”Welcome home.” You did that.You did that.You did that.(Applause.)If you turn away now--if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn’t possible, well, change will not happen.If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void--the lobbyists and special interests;the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election and those who are making it harder for you to vote;Washington politicians who want to decide who you can marry, or control health care choices that women should be making for themselves.(Applause.)Only you can make sure that doesn’t happen.Only you have the power to move us forward.(Applause.)I recognize that times have changed since I first spoke to this convention.The times have changed, and so have I.I’m no longer just a candidate.I’m the President.(Applause.)And that means I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn’t return.I’ve shared the pain of families who’ve lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who’ve lost their jobs.If the critics are right that I’ve made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.(Laughter.)And while I’m very proud of what we’ve achieved together, I’m far more mindful of my own failings, knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he said, “I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.”(Applause.)But as I stand here tonight, I have never been more hopeful about America.Not because I think I have all the answers.Not because I’m naïve about the magnitude of our challenges.I’m hopeful because of you.The young woman I met at a science fair who won national recognition for her biology research while living with her family at a homeless shelter--she gives me hope.(Applause.)The autoworker who won the lottery after his plant almost closed, but kept coming to work every day, and bought flags for his whole town, and one of the cars that he built to surprise his wife--he gives me hope.(Applause.)The family business in Warroad, Minnesota, that didn’t lay off a single one of their 4,000 employees when the recession hit, even when their competitors shut down dozens of plants, even when it meant the owner gave up some perks and some pay because they understood that their biggest asset was the community and the workers who had helped build that business--they give me hope.(Applause.)I think about the young sailor I met at Walter Reed hospital, still recovering from a grenade attack that would cause him to have his leg amputated above the knee.Six months ago, we would watch him walk into a White House dinner honoring those who served in Iraq, tall and 20 pounds heavier, dashing in his uniform, with a big grin on his face, sturdy on his new leg.And I remember how a few months after that I would watch him on a bicycle, racing with his fellow wounded warriors on a sparkling spring day, inspiring other heroes who had just begun the hard path he had traveled--he gives me hope.He gives me hope.(Applause.)I don’t know what party these men and women belong to.I don’t know if they’ll vote for me.But I know that their spirit defines us.They remind me, in the words of Scripture, that ours is a “future filled with hope.” And if you share that faith with me--if you share that hope with me--I ask you tonight for your vote.(Applause.)If you reject the notion that this nation’s promise is reserved for the few, your voice must be heard in this election.If you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election.(Applause.)If you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape, that new energy can power our future, that new schools can provide ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers;if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules--then I need you to vote this November.(Applause.)America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won’t promise that now.Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place.Yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together.We don’t turn back.We leave no one behind.We pull each other up.We draw strength from our victories, and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our eyes fixed on that distant horizon, knowing that Providence is with us, and that we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on Earth.Thank you.God bless you.(Applause.)And God bless these United States.(Applause.)
第五篇：演讲文稿奥巴马在民主党代表大会接受总统提名的演讲
演讲文稿:奥巴马在民主党代表大会接受总统提名的演讲
Remarks of President Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Charlotte, N.C.September 5, 2012
Thank you!Thank you.Thank you.Thank you so much.Thank you.Thank you very much, everybody.Thank you.Michelle, I love you.A few night nights ago, everyone was reminded just what a lucky man I am.Malia and Sasha, we are so proud of you.And yes, you do have to go to school in the morning.And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could have ever hope for, and being a strong and loyal friend.Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States.Now, the first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man;a Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope, not blind optimism or wishful thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty;hope in the face of uncertainty;that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great;even when the road is long.Eight years later, that hope has been tested, by the cost of war;by one of the worst economic crises in history;and by political gridlock that’s left us wondering whether it’s still even possible to tackle the challenges of our time.I know campaigns can seem small, and even silly sometimes.Trivial things become big distractions.Serious issues become sound bites.The truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising.If you’re sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me, so am I.But when all is said and done, when you pick up that ballot to vote, you will face the clearest choice of any time in a generation.Over the next few years, big decisions will be made in Washington, on jobs, the economy;taxes and deficits;energy, education;war and peace, decisions that will have a huge impact on our lives and our children’s lives for decades to come.And on every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates or two parties.It will be a choice between two different paths for America.A choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.Ours is a fight to restore the values that built the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known.The values my grandfather defended as a soldier in Patton’s Army;the values that drove my grandmother to work on a bomber assembly line while he was gone.They knew they were part of something larger, a nation that triumphed over fascism and depression;a nation where the most innovative businesses turned out the world’s best products, and everyone shared in that pride and success, from the corner office to the factory floor.My grandparents were given the chance to go to college, buy their own--their--their own home, and fulfill the basic bargain at the heart of America’s story: the promise that hard work will pay off;that responsibility will be rewarded;that everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules, from Main Street to Wall Street to Washington, D.C.And I ran for President because I saw that basic bargain slipping away.I began my career helping people in the shadow of a shuttered steel mill, at a time when too many good jobs were starting to move overseas.And by 2008, we had seen nearly a decade in which families struggled with costs that kept rising, but paychecks that didn’t;folks racking up more and more debt just to make the mortgage or pay tuition;put gas in the car or food on the table.And when the house of cards collapsed in the Great Recession, millions of innocent Americans lost their jobs, their homes, their life savings, a tragedy from which we are still fighting to recover.Now, our friends down in Tampa, at the Republican convention, were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right.They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.And that’s because all they had to offer is the same prescription they’ve had for the last thirty years:
“Have a surplus? Try a tax cut.”
“Deficit too high? Try another.”
“Feel a cold coming on? Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and call us in the morning.”
Now, I’ve cut taxes for those who need it, middle-class families, small businesses.But I don’t believe that another round of tax breaks for millionaires will bring good jobs to our shores, or pay down our deficit.I don’t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow the economy, or help us compete with the scientists and engineers coming out of China.After all that we’ve been through, I don’t believe that rolling back regulations on Wall Street will help the small businesswoman expand, or the laid-off construction worker keep his home.We have been there, we’ve tried that, and we’re not going back.We are moving forward, America.I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy.I never have.You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear.You elected me to tell you the truth.And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades.It’ll require common effort, shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one.And by the way, those of us who carry on his party’s legacy should remember that not every problem can be remedied with another government program or dictate from Washington.But know this, America: Our problems can be solved.Our challenges can be met.The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place.And I’m asking you to choose that future.I’m asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country, goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security, and the deficit;real, achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity, and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation.That’s what we can do in the next four years, and that’s why I’m running for a second term as President of the United States.We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs.After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we’re getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best:
We’re making things again.I’ve met workers in Detroit and Toledo who feared they’d never build another American car.And today, they can’t build them fast enough, because we reinvented a dying auto industry that’s back on top of the world.I’ve worked with business leaders who are bringing jobs back to America, not because our workers make less pay, but because we make better products.Because we work harder and smarter than anyone else.I’ve signed trade agreements that are helping our companies sell more goods to millions of new customers, goods that are stamped with three proud words: Made in America.After a decade of decline, this country created over half a million manufacturing jobs in the last two and a half years.And now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.We can help big factories and small businesses double their exports, and if we choose this path, we can create a million new manufacturing jobs in the next four years.You can make that happen.You can choose that future.You can choose the path where we control more of our own energy.After thirty years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas.We’ve doubled our use of renewable energy, and thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines, and long-lasting batteries.In the last year alone, we cut oil imports by one million barrels a day, more than any administration in recent history.And today, the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades.So, now you have a choice-between a strategy that reverses this progress, or one that builds on it.We’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration in the last three years, and we’ll open more.But unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country’s energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.We’re offering a better path.We’re offering a better path, a future where we keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal;where farmers and scientists harness new biofuels to power our cars and trucks;where construction workers build homes and factories that waste less energy;where--where we develop a hundred year supply of natural gas that’s right beneath our feet.If you choose this path, we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone.And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet because climate change is not a hoax.More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke.They’re a threat to our children’s future.And in this election, you can do something about it.You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have.Education was the gateway to opportunity for me.It was the gateway for Michelle.It was the gateway for most of you.And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.For the first time in a generation, nearly every state has answered our call to raise their standards for teaching and learning.Some of the worst schools in the country have made real gains in math and reading.Millions of students are paying less for college today because we finally took on a system that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on banks and lenders.And now you have a choice.We can gut education, or we can decide that in the United States of America, no child should have her dreams deferred because of a crowded classroom or a crumbling school.No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don’t have the money.No company should have to look for workers overseas because they couldn’t find any with the right skills here at home.That’s not our future.That is not our future.A government has a role in this.But teachers must inspire;principals must lead;parents must instill a thirst for learning, and students, you’ve gotta do the work.And together, I promise you, we can out-educate and out-compete any nation on Earth.Help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers within ten years, and improve early childhood education.Help give two million workers the chance to learn skills at their community college that will lead directly to a job.Help us work with colleges and universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next ten years.We can meet that goal together.You can choose that future for America.That’s our future.You know, in a world of new threats and new challenges, you can choose leadership that has been tested and proven.Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq.We did.I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11.And we have.We’ve blunted the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over.A new tower rises above the New York skyline, Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama Bin Laden is dead.And tonight, we pay tribute to the Americans who still serve in harm’s way.We are forever in debt to a generation whose sacrifice has made this country safer and more respected.We will never forget you.And so long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known.When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.Around the world, we’ve strengthened old alliances and forged new coalitions to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.We’ve reasserted our power across the Pacific, and stood up to China on behalf of our workers.From Burma to Libya to South Sudan, we have advanced the rights and dignity of all human beings, men and women;Christians and Muslims and Jews.But for all the progress we’ve made, challenges remain.Terrorist plots must be disrupted.Europe’s crisis must be contained.Our commitment to Israel’s security must not waver, and neither must our pursuit of peace.The Iranian government must face a world that stays united against its nuclear ambitions.The historic change sweeping across the Arab World must be defined not by the iron fist of a dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people who are reaching for the same rights that we celebrate here today.So now we face a choice.My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy，but from all that we’ve seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost America so dearly.After all, you don’t call Russia our number one enemy, not Al Qaeda, Russia, unless you’re still stuck in a Cold War mind warp.You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.My opponent--my opponent said it was “tragic” to end the war in Iraq, and he won’t tell us how he’ll end the war in Afghanistan.Well I have, and I will.And while my opponent would spend more money on military hardware that our Joint Chiefs don’t even want, I will use the money we’re no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work rebuilding roads and bridges and schools and runways.Because after two wars that have cost us thousands of lives and over a trillion dollars, it’s time to do some nation-building right here at home.You can choose a future where we reduce our deficit without sticking it to the middle class.Independent experts say that my plan would cut our deficits by $4 trillion.And last summer, I worked with Republicans in Congress to cut billion in spending because those of us who believe government can be a force for good should work harder than anyone to reform it, so that it’s leaner, and more efficient, and more responsive to the American people.I want to reform the tax code so that it’s simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000, the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president;the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a whole lot of millionaires to boot.Now, I’m still eager to reach an agreement based on the principles of my bipartisan debt commission.No party has a monopoly on wisdom.No democracy works without compromise.I want to get this done, and we can get it done.But when Governor Romney
and his friends in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficits by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy, well, what’d Bill Clinton call it? You do the arithmetic, you do the math.I refuse to go along with that.And as long as I’m President, I never will.I refuse to ask middle class families to give up their deductions for owning a home or raising their kids just to pay for another millionaire’s tax cut.I refuse to ask students to pay more for college;or kick children out of Head Start programs, to eliminate health insurance for millions of Americans who are poor, and elderly, or disabled, all so those with the most can pay less.I’m not going along with that.And I will--I will never turn Medicare into a voucher.No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies.They should retire with the care and the dignity they have earned.Yes, we will reform and strengthen Medicare for the long haul, but we’ll do it by reducing the cost of health care, not by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more.And we will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it, not by turning it over to Wall Street.This is the choice we now face.This is what the election comes down to.Over and over, we have been told by our opponents that bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations are the only way;that since government can’t do everything, it should do almost nothing.
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