第一篇：奥巴马胜选演讲全文(美国的变革时代已到来)
美国的变革时代已到来：奥巴马胜选演讲全文
国际在线11月5日电／11月4日晚，奥巴马在芝加哥发表激情演讲，称如果现在仍然有人怀疑在美国是不是真的任何事情都可能发生，怀疑我们开国之父们的梦想是否还留存在这片土地上，怀疑美国民主的力量，今夜，就是你的答案。以下是中文翻译稿全文
芝加哥的公民们，大家好！
如果现在仍然有人怀疑在美国是不是真的任何事情都可能发生，怀疑我们开国之父们的梦想是否还留存在这片土地上，怀疑美国民主的力量，今夜，就是你的答案。
在这个国家的学校和教堂中人们曾焦急地等待着答案，一些人甚至从未像今天一样——等待了3～4个小时，但是他们知道这一时刻非同一般，他们的声音也同样非同一般。
在美国的土地上，无论是年轻人还是老人；穷人还是富人；无论是共和党人还是民主党人；无论是黑人、白人、西班牙裔、亚裔、美国原住民、同性恋、异性恋、残疾人还是非残疾人都发出同一种信息，我并非孤身一人。我们是，而且永远都是美利坚合众国！这一天我们等得太久了，但是今晚，因为我们在这场竞选中、在这个地点、在此时此刻所做的一切，改变已经降临美国。
在今天晚上，我很荣幸地接到了麦凯恩参议员打来的电话。麦凯恩参议员在这场竞选中进行了长久、艰难的努力。而且，为这个他热爱的国家，他奋斗了更久、付出了更多的努力。他为美国做出了超乎我们大多数人想象的牺牲，因为这个无畏无私的领导人所付出的努力，我们才有了更好的生活。我对他表示祝贺，也对佩林州长所取得的成果表示祝贺。同时，我也期待着能在接下来的几个月内，和他们共同努力履行对这个国家的诺言。
我想感谢我在这个旅程中的搭档，一个全心全意参加竞选的男人，一个为同他一起在斯克蓝顿(宾夕法尼亚东北部城市)街道长大、一起坐火车到特拉华州的人们发言的男人，美国未来的副总统，乔·拜登。
在过去的16年里如果没有朋友们的支持和鼓励，那么我今晚将不会站在这里……我的家庭的支持、关爱，美国的下一位第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马，还有萨沙和玛丽雅，我对你们的爱甚至超出你们的想象，你们将得到新的爸爸，和你们一起到新的白宫。
我却再也不能陪伴我的外祖母了，但我知道她一直在守望着我们。我也十分想念我的家人和亲戚，我知道自己亏欠他们太多，太多。我要感谢马娅，阿尔玛，以及我所有的兄弟姐妹，感谢你们对我无私的支持，对此我深表感激。还有，感谢我的竞选经理大卫·普劳夫。还有那些在竞选活动中的无名英雄们，他们表现的很棒，是他们给美国带来了一场最完美的大选，我想，这在美国历史上是绝无仅有的。还有我的首席战略师大卫·阿克塞尔罗德。他是我的伙伴，在我竞选的每个阶段都给我极大的帮助，为我打造了美国大选史上最棒的竞选团队。是你让这一切发生了，我将永远对你为这一切做出的牺牲心存感激。但是最重要的，我将永远无法忘记这场胜利真正的主人，这属于你们，这属于你们。
我曾经是最不可能赢得白宫的候选人。在刚开始的时候，我们没有多少钱，也没有多少支持者，我们的竞选不是从华盛顿的大厅开始的，而是开始于艾奥瓦州得梅因的后院、康科德的客厅、查尔斯顿的前厅。是辛勤劳作的男人、女人捐给了我们他们微薄的积蓄，5块钱、10块钱、20块钱。我们从年轻人那里得到了力量，他们拒绝服从同龄人冷漠的神话。为了工作，他们离开了自己的家乡，并与亲人分别，可是他们拿很少的报酬，甚至连睡觉的时间也少的可怜。
那些并不年轻的志愿者却拥有一颗火热的心，为了大选他们在寒风中敲开善良的陌生人家的门，这就是为什么两个世纪以来，我们人类，我们的政府没有从地球上消亡的原因。
我想说，这同样也是你们的胜利！我知道，你们不仅仅是为了赢得一个大选，也不仅仅是为了我。
你们这样做，是因为知道我们面前任务的艰难。即使我们今晚在这里欢庆，我们仍然知道明天将会带来我们平生最大的挑战——两场战争，一个处于危险边缘的星球、一个世纪来最严重的金融危机。
即使我们今夜站在这里，我们依然知道，勇敢的美国人在伊拉克的荒地上、在阿富汗的山林中醒来，为了我们，赌上自己的生命。
在孩子们熟睡后依然醒着的父亲母亲在担心，他们怎样才能还清医生的账单，攒够足够的钱供孩子的大学教育。
新的能源要去开发，新的工作岗位要去创造，新的学校要去建造，新的威胁要去面对，新的盟友关系要去修复。
前面的路会很长。我们的攀岩会很陡峭。我们甚至不会在一年、一个任期内达到这个目标。但是，美国，我从未比今夜更加相信，我们会达到这个目标。
我承诺，作为一个人，我们会达到这个目标。
以后我们还会面对挫折和谎言，我成为总统以后，也许有人无法认同我的每一项政策和方针。并且我们也知道政府并非能解决一切问题。但是我会忠诚地和你们并肩奋斗，共同面对挑战。我依然会倾听你们的声音，尤其是我们之间存在分歧的时候。最重要的是，我会真诚地邀请你参与国家的重建，就像美国建国221年以来的历史那样——靠我们的双手把国家建设地更为强大。
我们从21个月以前的冬天开始了奋斗的征程，但是我们的努力不会在这个秋天的夜晚结束。这次胜利并不会改变我们的探索之路，这对于我们来说是一个难得的机遇，我们决不能后退。我们不会退缩，因为我们拥有旺盛的精力和无畏牺牲的精神。
让我们重振爱国主义精神，承担起自己的责任，我们将努力奋斗，互帮互助。让我们牢记金融危机给美国带来的伤痛，我们再也不会让华尔街繁荣的同时，让别的街受罪。在这个国家里，我们与祖国的命运紧密相连。让我们自觉抵制党派争端和过于污秽的政治斗争。
让我们牢记在这条街道上高举共和党旗帜入主白宫的那个人(林肯)，是他宣扬了独立和自主的精神，完成了国家的统一。
这些价值观应该得到继承和发扬，今晚民主党取得了胜利，我们必须保持谦虚的心态，并下定决心完成后面的征程。就像很久以前，林肯对一个比现在分裂得更严重的民族所说的那样，我们不是敌人，是朋友。虽然热情已经被冲淡，我们的友爱纽带没有破裂。
同时，对于我没有赢得支持的民众，我或许没有得到你们的投票，但是我听到了你们的声音。我需要你们的帮助。我也会是你们的总统。
对于那些在另外一个海岸，从国会到王宫、到在被世界遗忘的角落摆弄收音机、关注美国今夜的人们，我们的故事并非只有一个，但是目标是共同的，美国领导力的新的黎明已经到来。
对于那些破坏世界的人，我们会打败你。对那些寻找和平和安全的人，我们支持你。对那些怀疑美国的灯塔是否还在闪耀的人，今夜我们再次证明，美国真正的力量不是来自武器的威力，也不是来自财富的多寡，而是来自我们的信念的持久的力量：民主、自由、机会和永不放弃的希望。
这才是真正的美国：美国应该变化，我们的社会应该更完美。我们已经取得的成果给了我们明天取得更大成果的希望。
这次大选有很多首创和许多故事，这些故事将代代相传。但今天晚上我脑子里能想起来的就是一个女人，她刚刚在亚特兰大城投了票。她跟成千上万在这次大选中排队发出自己声音的人一样，唯有一点例外：安·尼克松·库珀已经106岁高龄了。她出生在奴隶制刚刚废除后的那一代，那时路上没有汽车，天上没有飞机。像她那样的人仍不能投票，这因为两个方面的原因：一是她是女性；二是因为她的肤色。
可今晚，我想她看透了一个世纪的美国——头疼与希望；挣扎与发展。有人告诉我们，美国不行了，可美国人的自信却回答：不，我们行！她曾经生活在女性发不出声音、希望破灭的时代，可她却活着看到女性们站起来，发出自己的声音，并且投下自己的票。是的，我们行！
当饥饿来到，衰退发生时，她看到了这个国家是如何以新政，新工作，和全新的共同目标来战胜恐惧的。当炸弹落到我们的港口，独裁者威胁世界的时候，她亲眼见证了一代人的崛起和民主得以挽救。是的，我们行！她去蒙哥马利搭乘公共汽车，她去伯明翰面对水龙头，她去塞尔玛占桥……她听来自亚特兰大的牧师告诉大家：―我们能打破种族障碍‖，没错，我们行！
一个人踏上了月球，一堵墙在柏林倒下，这个世界因科学和想像而相连。
今年，在这次大选中，她投下了自己的一票。因为在美国生活了106个年头，经历了最好的时光与最难的岁月，所以她知道美国一定能改变。是的，我们行！
美国已经经历了太多，我们看够了太多，但我们还得做更多的事。今晚，让我们问自己：如果我们的孩子们要活着看到新世纪，如果我们的女儿们能像安·尼克松这样活到106岁，我们应该有哪些进步？我们应该回答这个问题，这是我们的时代。
现在是我们一起开始工作，为我们的孩子打开机遇之门，恢复我们的繁荣，促进和平，重回美国梦，恢复基本信任，以及其它许多事的时候了。我们应该团结如一人。我们应该坚定地回应那些说我们不行的人，我们将以无穷的力量来回应他们，然后说：是的，我们行！
感谢大家，上帝保佑你们，上帝保佑美利坚！
奥巴马获选演讲全文（中英）
Change Has Come To America
美国的变革
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible;who still wonders if the dream of our founders is a live in our time;who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.如果,还有人质疑美国到底是不是一个一切皆有可能的国度;我们国父那一带的梦想现在是否仍然鲜活;民主的力量是否依然健在,今晚的结果就是最好的答案。
It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen;by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different;that their voice could be that difference.这个答案,出自浩荡长龙般的队伍,从学校和教堂间不断蔓延,这在我们的国家是前所未有的;这个答案,出自那些为之等待了许久的人,对于他们中的许多人,这也许是他们生命中的第一次,因为他们认为,这一次将会是不同的。然而,他们的声音正是这不同。
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.无论长与幼,贫或富,民主亦或共和,黑人,白人,拉丁民族,亚裔,援助民,同性恋者,非同性恋者,残疾人,正常人,他们共同给出了这个答案,并将这个讯息传达给全世界的人民:我们之间从未有过红州或兰州的区别,我们现在是,将来也一直会是,美利坚合众国。
It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.正是这个答案,使得那些长久以来被影响,对我们的国家到底能有什么样的建树,产生愤懑,恐惧或怀疑的人,再一次将手掠过历史的苍穹,又一次朝向了希望,这希望将带给我们更好的明天。
It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.这个过程是漫长的,而今晚,正是因为我们这些日子来的不懈努力,在一次的大选中,在这个决定性的时刻,变革降临的美国。
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain.He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.我刚刚接到麦肯恩议员宽厚的电话问候。为了这一次的大选中,他的战斗是漫长而艰难的,而在为他所深爱的国家,他的战斗甚至更加漫长,更加的艰难。他对于美国的牺牲,我们中的许多人是无法想象的,我们的生活也因为这位勇敢而无私的领导者而蒸蒸日上。我祝贺他与佩林的成就,也期待着与他们携手,在未来的几个月中,再一次刷新这个国家的誓言。
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.我想感谢我的助手。他发自内心去拼搏,说出了那些与他一同在斯克兰顿大街上成长,坐火车回到德拉维尔的家乡的男男女女们的心声。他就是美国的副总统,乔拜顿。
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House.And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandm other is watching, along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.我十六年来最好的朋友,我的家庭,我一生的最爱,我们国家下一届的第一夫人,米歇尔奥巴马,如果没有他们坚定不移的支持,今晚我不会有机会站在这里。萨沙,玛丽亚,我是如此的爱你们,而你们也赢得了我们新的宠物,他会合我们一起入住白宫。而我的祖母,虽然她现在已经离开了我们,但我知道她一定再看着我们,和我得家人一起,造就了现在的我。今晚,我很想念他们,我也知道,我对他们的亏欠是无法衡量的。
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics – you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.我们竞选经理人戴维·普洛夫,我们首席战略分析师戴维.阿克塞尔罗德,还有我们世上最优秀的竞选团队,正是你们是这一切发生,而我,将会永远感激你们为此所作出的巨大牺牲。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.但最重要的,我永远铭记,这一次胜利的真正的主人,正是你们。
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements.Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.曾经,我绝不可能是这个办公室最有希望的竞选人。我们开始的时候,没有资金,没有赞许。我们的竞选并非在华盛顿大楼中酝酿出来,而是开始于德梅因酒店的后院,康科德酒店的卧室,还有查尔斯顿酒店的前台。
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause.It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy;who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep;from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers;from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth.This is your victory.还有那些工薪阶层的男男女女们,正是他们从自己微薄的收入出挤出5元,10元,20元,从而导致了这样的结果。我们的力量还来源于那些年轻人,他们拒绝父辈漠然的陈规,背井离乡奔赴那些收入微薄,寝食难安的工作;还有那些青少年,他们冲破严寒,酷暑,敲开一扇扇完全陌生的门;还有数以百万计的美国人,他们志愿的,有组织的,并证明了,两个多世纪过去了,一个民有,民治,民享的政府依然存在在这个地球上。而这,就是你们的胜利。
I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college.There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created;new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.我知道,你们这样做并非为赢得一个选举而行,而我也知道,你们并非为我而动。你们之所以这样做,是因为你们懂得这个使命对于今后的巨大意义。因此,即使今晚我们欢庆,而明天,我知道,将会带来我们一生中最艰巨的挑战。两个战争,一个危机中的星球,本世纪最严重的经济危机。即使,今晚我们在这里,我知道,同时,有我们勇敢的美国人,在伊拉克的沙漠中醒来,在阿富汗的群山中为了我们的生活而出生入死;有许许多多的父亲母亲,在孩子熟睡之后依然无法入眠,他们为如何偿还贷款,医疗费用,如何为孩子筹钱上大学而思索着。我们要蓄积新的力量,创造新的工作,建设新的学校,面对危机,重新结盟。
The road ahead will be long.Our climb will be steep.We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.I promise you – we as a people will get there.前方的道路是漫长的,我们的前进也将是艰难的。可能我们无法在一年或更多界中达成那个目标,然而,美国,我从未有过像今晚这样如此充满希望的相信我们一定能过达成目标。我向你们发誓,我们作为一个民族,一定会实现我们的目标。
There will be setbacks and false starts.There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can’t solve every problem.But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.挫折,失误都会发生。也会有一些人必然会反对我作为总统所作出的每一个决定,每一个政策。正如我们所知道的,政府无法解决所有的问题。但是,我会永远诚实的告知你们我们所面临的挑战。当我们意见不统一的时候,我会认真听取你们的意见。而最重要的,我邀请你们加入到我的工作中来。
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night.This victory alone is not the change we seek – it is only the chance for us to make that change.And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It cannot happen without you.21个月之前的那个深冬所发生的事情,不会在这个秋夜终结。我们所追求的也并非是一个胜利,而是一次机会,一个让我们能够去改变的机会。如果我们仅仅回归到一切原来的样子,我们所追求的改变是不可能发生的。没有你们,这些也不可能发生。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism;of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not onlyourselves, but each other.Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation;as one people.让我们来呼唤一种新的爱国精神:一种服务和责任意识,让我们中的每一人都下定决心,努力投入到每一件事情中去,刻苦工作,不仅仅关心,还要去关心身边的每一个人。让我们大家都记住,如果这次经济危机教导了我们,那将是,当缅因街(代表普通民众的金融活动)遭受打击的同时,我们的华尔街(代表国际金融中心)也不会繁荣。在这个国家,无论繁荣亦或萧条,我们都作为一个国家,一个民族,共同面对。
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity.Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, ―We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.‖ And to those Americans whose supportI have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices,I need your help, and I will be your President too.让我们抵制住退步的诱惑,不再回到那些限制我们的政治多年的党派分歧,小里小气和不过成熟中去。让我们记住,正是我们的一个国民,第一次将共和党的大旗带到白宫中,而这个党派建立在,依靠自我,个人自由,国家统一的信念上。这些信念是我们所共有的,而今晚,民主党赢得了这一次的胜利,我们的胜利带着一定程度的谦卑和坚定不移的决心,要弥合阻碍我们前进的分歧。―我们是朋友而非敌人......即使目前我们的情绪有些紧张,但我们之间的情感纽带无论如何也不会断裂。而对于那些我尚未得到支持的美国人民,我也许无法赢得你们的选票,但是我倾听你们的心声,需要你们的帮助,而我也将会是你们的总统。
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you.To those who seek peace and security – we support you.And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.而对于所有关注今晚的人们,无论是滨海之外,还是国会,圣殿中,或是在世界上某个被遗忘的角落中围聚在收音机旁的人们,我们的故事是不同的,而我们的命运却是血脉相连的,一个美国领导时代的黎明在即。对于那些伺机毁灭世界的人,我们终将战胜你们。对那些追求和平安全的人们,我们永远支持你们。对于那些疑惑美国的灯塔是否依然明亮的人们,今晚,我们再次证明了我们国家真正的力量,并非来源于军事或金钱,而是来源于我们所崇拜的典范源源不绝的力量:民主,自由,机遇和永不磨灭的希望。
For that is the true genius of America – that America can change.Our union can be perfected.And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.因为,那才是美国真正卓越的天赋---美国可以改变。我们的联邦可以更加完美。而我们现在所达成的一切可以给予我们希望,这希望促使我们去实现一切未来可能达成的也必须达成的目标。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.But one that’s on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing – Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.此次的大选中有许多的第一次,也有许多将被代代相传的故事。而今晚在我脑中的故事是关于一位在亚特兰大投出选票的妇女。她如同数以百万的人民一样,排着队,试图让她们的声音留在这一次的大选中。而唯一不同的事,安.尼克森.库伯,已经是106岁高龄了。
She was born just a generation past slavery;a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons – because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.她生于废奴后的一代,那个时代,街上没有汽车,空中也没有飞机。像她这样的人民无法投票主要有两个原因,其一,她是女性,其二,因为她的肤色。
And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America – the heartache and the hope;the struggle and the progress;the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.At a time when women’s voices were silenced and theirhopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach forthe ballot.Yes we can.而今晚,我想到了,整个世纪,她在美国所经历的一切,心碎,希望;挣扎,前进;在我们被告知―不能‖的时代,我们的人民继续带着美国的信条亲近:是的,我们能。曾经,当妇女无法发出声音,希望被忽视,她一直看着她们站起身来,发出声音,得到投票权。是的,我们可以。
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose.Yes we can.当沙尘吹来绝望,大萧条笼罩全国的时候,她看到了一个国家战胜了自身的恐惧,罗斯福新政,新的工作机会,对于大众目标的全新理解。是的,我们可以。
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved.Yes we can.当炸弹降临我们的海航,暴政威胁全世界的时候,她见证了一个造就伟大的时代,而民主也被保留了下来。是的,我们可以。
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that ―We Shall Overcome.‖ Yes we can.她在蒙哥马利的公交车上(一个黑人女裁缝,因为在亚拉巴马州蒙哥马利市的城市公交车 上拒绝向一名白人男子让座,该事件最终神话般引发了美国50-60年代的黑人民权运动),在蒙哥马里的,希尔马的桥梁上,一个亚特兰大的牧师(martin luther king)告诉我们:我们会渡过难关。是的,我们可以
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes we can.人类登陆月球,柏林墙轰然倒下,世界因我们的科技与想象被连接起来。而今年,在此次大选中,她用手指触摸屏幕,投出了宝贵的一票,因为,美国经过了106个春夏秋冬,走过最好的时光,挨过最黑暗的岁月,她知道美国可以变化。是的,我们可以。
America, we have come so far.We have seen so much.But there is so much more to do.So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century;if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
美国,我们已经走得这么远了,见得这么多了。然而,我们还要更多的事情要去完成。所以,今晚,让我们问自己-如果我们的孩子能够活着见到下个世纪;如果我们的女儿能幸运的和安.尼克森.库伯一样长寿,他们将会看到何种变化?他们将取得何种成就?
This is our chance to answer that call.This is our moment.This is our time– to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth – that out of many, we are one;that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
Yes We Can.Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.现在,我们有机会来回答着召唤。这是我们的时刻,我们的时代,人们重新回到工作中去,打开紧闭的门户,给我们的孩子工作的机会;重建繁荣,推动和平因素的产生;再造美国梦,去验证我们最基础的现实:我们是芸芸众生中的一个,当我们呼吸,我们心存希望,当我们遭遇嘲讽与质疑,对于那些告诉我们我们不能的人,我们要用那象征着人民的灵魂的信条来回应他们:
是的,我们可以。谢谢你们,愿主保佑你们,愿主保佑美利坚合众国。
任何一段演讲都是夸大,乃至滥情的。而真正好的演讲,在我看来,正是将人们本已经稀缺同时却冗余于无谓中的情感从新整合催发,乃至爆发出巨大的震动,曾经澎湃却早已落寞的心再一次被煽动,即使这样的煽动是别有目的。
作为一个非美国人,我如此认真的翻译了这篇文章,我自己都觉得有狗拿耗子的嫌疑。一边翻一我一边思索,我们国家四方大脸,谈吐不凡的中央领导人们,什么时候才能如此平易近人说一些其实无关痛痒,但又振奋人心的话呢?
这篇演讲中,有很多很值得注意的点,比如说,gay and straight,比如说对于没有投给奥巴马的选民,他在那一段说,i will be your president too。这是胜利者的宣言,而这个宣言要表现得不仅是一个胜利的宽宏和饱含深情,也还有他的地位以及无可限量的权利。这都是现实,都是这篇演讲中所传达出来的信息。奥巴马的上台已经带来了足够大的转变,但也不一定会改变美国强硬的态度。强者的改变通常是在方式,而非目的。
不过这位总统实在是太会说了,举了一个106岁老大娘的例子,就把美国的历史,白人黑人,男人女人,种种热点问题都旁敲侧击的指明了奋斗的方向。果真,龙蛇混杂的家庭背景造就了一个八面玲珑的牛奶巧克力政府。
这篇演讲前半部分不用看了,主要是一些感谢cctv,mtv,美特斯邦威之类的套话,后半部分其实也不是十分的有实质性的内容,就如同所有的胜利感言一样。如果你正和我一样,迷茫,无助,看见蔫了的咸菜都能想起自己漂泊不定的未来甚至哭上一鼻子的话,美国精神里那种盲目向前,也许此时正是一剂良药。
第二篇：2012奥巴马胜选演讲全文
奥巴马2012年胜选演讲---最美好的一切属于未来
Thank you.Thank you.Thank you so much.Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny to perfect our union moves forward.(Applause)
非常感谢你们。今夜，在当年的殖民地赢得了决定自己命运的权利200多年以后，让美利坚合众国更加完美的任务又向前推进了一步。
It moves forward because of you.It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that triumphs over war a depression.The spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope.The belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams we are an American family and we will rise and fall together as one nation, and as one people.这一进程是因为你们而向前推进的，因为你们再次确认了那种使美国胜利克服了战争和萧条的精神，那种使美国摆脱绝望的深渊并走向希望的最高点的精神，以及那种虽然我们每个人都在追求自己的个人梦想、但我们同属一个美国大家庭、并作为一个国家和民族共同进退的信仰。
Tonight in this election you the American people reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come.(Applause)今夜，在此次选举中，你们这些美国人民提醒我们，虽然我们的道路一直艰难，虽然我们的旅程一直漫长，但我们已经让自己振作起来，我们已经发起反击，我们在自己内心深处知道，对美利坚合众国来说，最美好一切属于未来。
I want to thank every American who participated in this election.Whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time;by the way we have to fix that.(Applause)Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone.Whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard and you made a difference.我想感谢所有参加此次选举的美国人，无论你是首次参加选举还是为投票曾长时间排队等候。顺便说一句，我们需要解决这些问题。无论你是到投票站投票还是发传真投票，无论你选的是奥巴马还是罗姆尼，你都让别人听到了自己的声音，你都让美国因你而不同。
I just spoke Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Congressman Ryan on a hard fought campaign.We may have battled fiercely, but it is only because we love this country deeply and we care so much about its future.From George and Lenore, to their son Mitt – the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through their public service and that is a legacy that we honor and applaud tonight.我要对罗姆尼州长说几句话，我对他和保罗•莱恩在这次竞争激烈的选举中的表现表示祝贺。我们可能争夺得很激烈，但这仅仅是因为我们深爱着这个国家以及我们如 此强烈地关心着它的未来。从乔治到勒诺到他们的儿子米特，罗姆尼家族选择了通过公共服务来回报美国，那是一种我们今夜表示敬重和赞许的遗产。
In the weeks ahead I also look forward to sitting down with Gov.Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.I want to thank my friend and partner of the last four years, Americas “happy warrior” the best Vice President anybody could ever hope for;Joe Biden.(Applause)我期待着今后 几周能与罗姆尼州长坐下来讨论一下我们可以从何处着手一起努力将美国推向前进。我想对
我在过去四年中的朋友和伙伴表示感谢。他就是美国的快乐战士、无出其右的最佳副总统乔•拜登。
And I wouldn't be the man today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago;let me say this publicly Michelle I have never loved you more.I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you too as our nation's first lady.Sasha and Malia, before our very eyes you're growing up to become two smart, beautiful young women just like your mom.(Applause)And I am so proud of you guys;but I will say for now one dog is probably enough.如 果不是那位20年前同意嫁给我的女性，我不会成为今天的我。请让我公开说出下面这段话：米切尔，我对你的爱无以复加，我无比骄傲地看到其他美国人也爱上了 你这位我们国家的第一夫人。萨沙和玛利亚，在我们所有人的见证下你们正成长为两个坚强、聪明和美丽的年轻女性，就像你们的妈妈一样。我十分以你们为荣。不过我要说的是，眼下家里养一条狗或许已经够了。
To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics.The best.The best ever.Some of you were new this time around and some of you have been at my side since the very beginning, but all of you are family, no matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the history we made together and you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful president.Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley, you lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful for everything that you have done and all the incredible work that you've put in.在这个有史以来的最佳竞选团队和有史以来的最佳志愿者队伍中，你们有些人是这次新加入进来 的，有些人则是一开始就在我身边。但你们所有人都属于一个大家庭。无论你的工作是什么，无论你从哪里来，你们都将获得我们共同创造的历史记忆，你们都将被 一位充满感激之情的总统终生感激。感谢你们始终充满信心，无论是在高峰还是在低谷。你们鼓舞着我走完整个选举过程，我对你们所做的每件事、你们所做的每项 不可思议的工作将一直充满感激。
I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly, and that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics are nothing more than a contest of egos, or the domain of special interests, but if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along the rope line at a high school gym, or saw folks working late at a campaign office at some tiny county far away from home, you'll discover something else.我知道政治角力有时会显得小家子气甚至愚蠢。它为愤世嫉俗者提供了足够的口实，他们告诉我们政治不过是自 负者之间的竞争，是特殊利益集团的地盘。但如果你曾经有机会与参加我们集会的那些人以及高中体育馆内挤在隔离绳外的那些人攀谈，或者看到那些在远离家乡的 偏远小县的竞选办公室内加班工作的人，你会发现一些别的东西。
You'll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who's working his way through college and wants to make sure that every child has that same opportunity.You'll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who is going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift.You'll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who's working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job, or a roof over their head when they come home.你将从一位年轻的活动现场组织者的声音里听到他的决心，他边在大学里学习边 从事助选工作，他希望确
保每个孩子都能拥有同样的机会。你将从一位志愿者的声音里听到她的骄傲，她挨门动员选民是因为她哥哥终因当地一家汽车制造厂增加了 一个班次而有了工作。你将从一对军人夫妇的声音里听到深深的爱国情怀。他们深夜时还在接听选举电话，以确保那些曾经为这个国家作战的人不会返回家园时还要 为得到一份工作或栖身之所而苦苦争斗。
That's why we do this, that's what politics can be, that's why elections matter.It's not small, it's big, it's important.Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated.We have our own opinions, each of us has deeply held beliefs and when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, it stirs up controversy.That won't change after tonight and it shouldn't.These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty and we can never forget that as we speak people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter, the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.正因为如此，我们要进行选举。这是政治所能够实现的。正因为如此，选举很重要。这不是小事，而是大事，是至关重要的事。在一个有三亿人口的国家实行民主制 度可能嘈杂不堪、一团混乱、情况复杂。我们有自己的观点。我们每个人都有自己深信的信仰。当我们经历艰难时期，当我们作为一个国家做出重大决定时，这必然 会激发热情，也必然会引发争议.今晚过后，这都不会改变，也不应该改变。我们进行的这些争论恰恰体现了我们的自由。我们永远不应忘记，就在我们讲话之际，遥远国度的人们现在正冒着生命危险，仅仅是为了获得一个能够对重要问题进行争论、像我们今天这样投票的机会。
But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America's future;we want our kids to grow up in a country where they access to the best schools and the best teachers.(Applause)A country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation.With all the new jobs and new businesses that follow.不过，尽管我们存在这样那样的分歧，我们大多数人都对美国的未来有着某些共同的希望。我们希望我们的孩子成长的国家能够让他们上最好的学校、接受最好老师的教导。一个无愧于全球技术、探索和创新领袖光辉历史的国家，倘能如此，各种好工作和新企业将随之而来。
We want our children to live in America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality.That isn't weakened by the destructive power of a warming planet.(Applause)We want to pass on a country that is safe, and respected, and admired around the world.A nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this world has ever known.But also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war that will shape a peace that is built on freedom and dignity for every human being.我 们希望我们的孩子能够生活在一个没有债务之累、没有不公之苦、没有全球变暖带来的破坏之虞的美国。我们希望留给后代一个安全、受到全球尊重和赞赏的国家，一个由全球有史以来最强大的军事力量和最好的部队保卫的国家，一个满怀信心走过战争、在人人享有自由和尊严的承诺之上构建和平的国家。
We believe in a generous America.In a compassionate America.In a tolerant America, open to the dreams of an immigrant’s daughter who studies in our schools and pledges to our flag.To the young boy from the South Side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the street corner.TO the furniture workers child in North Carolina who wants to become a doctor or a scientist, and engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a president.That's the future we hope for, that’s the vision we share.That’s where we need to go.Forward.That's where we
need to go.我 们坚信一个慷慨的美国、一个富有同情心的美国、一个宽容的美国。美国向一位移民的女儿的梦想打开了大门，让她有机会在我们的学校学习、对着我们的国旗宣 誓；美国向芝加哥南部地区的一个小男孩打开了大门，让有机会他看到一个最近街角以外的远大人生；美国向北卡罗来纳州的一位家具工人的孩子打开了大门，让他 有机会实现自己当医生或科学家、工程师或企业家、外交官甚至是总统的梦想，这是我们希望的未来。这是我们共同的愿景。这是我们奔赴的方向，向前的方向。这 是我们需要实现的目标。
Now we will disagree, sometimes fiercely about how to get there – as it has for more than two centuries progress will come in fits and starts it's not always a straight line, it's not always a smooth path.By itself the recognition we have common hopes and dreams won't end all the gridlock, or solve all our problems or substitute for all the painstaking work for building our consensus or making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward.But that common bond is where we must begin.Our economy is recovering.A decade of war is ending.A long campaign is now over.And whether I earned your vote or not I have listened to you, I have learned from you and you've made me a better president and with your stories and your struggles I return to the White House more determined and more inspired about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.(Applause)
现在，我们对如何实现这一目标存在分歧，有时分歧还很严重。正如两个多世纪以来一样，进展的取得将是断断续续，并非总是一条直线，并非总是一帆风顺。承认我们拥有共同的希望和梦想，仅凭这一点不会结束所有的僵局，或解决我们所有的问题，或代替推动这个国家向前所需的达成共识和做出艰难让步的辛苦努力。不过，这一共同的纽带是我们必须开始的地方。我们的经济正在好转。长达10年的战争即将结束。一场漫长的竞选现已落幕。无论我是否赢得了你们的选票，我一直在倾听你们的故事，向你们学习，是你们使我成 为一位更好的总统。听过你们的故事和困难经历，我在重返白宫时对今后需要做的工作和未来将怀着比以往更坚定的决心和更大的热情。
Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual.You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours.And in the coming weeks and months I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together;reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil.We've got more work to do!今晚你们 把票投给了行动，而不是像以往投给了政治。你们选举我们来专注于你们的工作，而不是我们的工作。在未来的几周和几个月内，我将期待与两党领袖接触并合作，以便面对我们团结一致才能解决的问题。减少赤字，改革税法，修改移民制度，摆脱对外国石油的依赖。我们还很更多工作要做。
But that doesn't mean your work is done.The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.America has never been 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 is the principle we were founded on.但这并不意味着你们的工作就此结束。民主国家公民的角色并不随着投票完结而结束。美国看重的从来都不是能够为我们个人做些什么，而是我们团结一致通过自治这一艰难、令人倍感挫折但必要的工作能够实现什么。这正是我们的立国之本。
This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich.We have the most powerful military in history but that's not what makes us strong.Our university, our culture, are all the envy of the world but that's what
keeps the world coming to our shores.What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth, the belief that our destiny is shared, that this country only works when we except certain obligations to one another and the future generations so that the freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights and among those are love, and charity, and duty, and patriotism.That's what makes America great.*cheers* 美国的财富多于世界上任何其他国家，但真正让我们富有的并非金钱；我们拥有有史以来最强大的军力，但真正让我们充满力量的并非军队；我们的大学和文化为全世界所艳羡，但美国真正吸引各国人踏上这片土地的魅力也不在于此。真 正让美国与众不同的，是将这个地球上最多元化的国家的人民团结到一起的那些纽带。是我们共命运的信念，是只有当我们肩负某些对彼此以及对后代的责任美国才 能走下去的信念，是无数的美国人前赴后继为之奋斗的自由──它既赋予了我们权利，也给我们带来了责任；是爱、慈善、义务和爱国。正是这些让美国变得伟大。
I am hopeful tonight because I've seen the spirit at work in America.I have seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors, and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job.I've seen it in the soldiers who reenlist after losing a limb and in those SEALS that charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their back.今 晚，我满怀希望，因为我已经看到美国精神正在得以发扬。我看到有些家族企业，所有者宁可减少自己的薪酬也不愿让邻居丢掉工作；我看到有些工人宁愿缩减自己 的工时也不愿看到朋友没有活干；我看到有些士兵在失去一条腿或胳膊之后又选择再次入伍；我看到海豹突击队员不避危险冲上楼梯、冲入黑暗，因为他们知道有一个兄弟在做他的后盾。
I've seen it on the shores of New Jersey and New York where leaders from every party and level of government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm.(Cheers, applause.)And I saw it just the other day in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter whose long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care.(Cheers, applause.)I had an opportunity to not just talk to the father but meet this incredible daughter of his.And when he spoke to the crowd, listening to that father's story, every parent in that room had tears in their eyes because we knew that little girl could be our own.And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright.That's who we are.That's the country I'm so proud to lead as your president.(Cheers, applause.)在新泽西和纽约的海岸，我也看到了美国精神。每一个政党和各级政府的领导者都捐弃分歧，为在骇人风暴过后的废墟上重 建社区各尽己力。就在不久前的一天，在俄亥俄的门托，我看到一位父亲在讲述他8岁女儿的故事。这个女孩与白血病进行了长期的斗争，如果不是因为几个月前通 过的医改法案，保险公司就会停止支付医疗费用，他们的家庭就将失去一切。我曾有机会与这位父亲攀谈，不仅如此，我还见到了他的女儿，这个 非常了不起的小姑娘。当这位父亲向倾听他的故事的人讲述时，每一位在场的父母的眼里都含着泪水，因为我们知道，我们自己的孩子也有可能遇到这种状况。而且 我知道，每一位美国人都希望这位小女孩的未来能像所有人的未来一样光明。这就是美国人，这就是美国，我为自己能够成为这个国家的总统、带领这个国家前行感 到无比光荣。
And tonight, despite all the hardship we've been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I've never been more hopeful about our future.(Cheers, applause.)I have never been more hopeful about America.And I ask you to sustain that hope.I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the road blocks that stand in our path.I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.今晚，尽管我们遭遇了很多困难，尽管华盛顿有诸多不尽人意之处，我仍从未像现在这样对未来充满希望。我从未像现在这样对美国 充满希望。我请大家也保持这样的希望。我所说的并非盲目的乐观主义，不是那种看不到眼前的任务有多么艰巨、看不到前行的路上有什么样的障碍的希望；我所说 的并非作壁上观或是临战退缩的一厢情愿的理想主义。
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.我一直相信，所谓希望就是我们内心倔强地坚持的力量，相信不管有多少相反的证据，都要相信有更好的东西在等着我们，只要我们有勇气不断前行、不懈工作、不停战斗。
America, I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunities and new security for the middle class.I believe we can keep the promise of our founding, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love(ph).It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight.(Cheers, applause.)You can make it here in America if you're willing to try.国民们，我相信我们有能力在已经取得的进步的基础上再进一步，继续为了给中产阶级创造新的工作、新的机遇、新的保障而战斗。我相信我们有能力信守开国者们许 下的诺言，信守这样一种理念，那就是不管你是谁，不管你来自哪里，不管你长相如何，不管你爱着哪个地方，你所需要做的就是努力工作。不管你的肤色是黑是 白，不管你是拉美裔、亚裔还是美国原住民，不管你年轻还是年老，富有还是贫穷，身体健全或是残障，同性恋还是异性恋，只要你愿意努力，就能够在美国大有作为。
I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggest.We are not as cynical as the pendants believe.We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states, we are and forever will be the United States of America and together with your help and Gods grace we will continue to journey forward and remind the world what it is to live in the greatest nation on earth.我相信我们有能力共同握住这样的未来，因为美国人民并不像政界那么严重分歧。美国人民不像某些饱学之士所认为的那样愤世嫉俗。美国的抱负并不是每一个美国人的抱负的简单加总，美国也不是红州和蓝州的简单联合。我们是美利坚合众国，我们将永远是美利坚合众国。有你们的帮助，有上帝的仁慈，我们将继续携手前行，让全世界知道我们生活在全球最伟大的国度的原因到底是什么。
Thank you America.God bless us.God bless these United States.(Applause)谢谢你，国民们，上帝保佑你们，上帝保佑美国。
第三篇：奥巴马胜选演讲全文
奥巴马胜选演讲全文(中英文对照)
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The text of Barack Obama's victory speech in full
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible;who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time;who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen;by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different;that their voice could be that difference.It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain.He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House.And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics – you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements.Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause.It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy;who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep;from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers;from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth.This is your victory.I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college.There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created;new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.（中文）
美国是否暗藏一切皆有可能的巨大潜力？美国是否已经实现开国者锻造的美国梦？民主信仰是否具有强大力量？如果还有人对此报以怀疑，那么今晚这里发生的一切就是答案。
学校旁、教堂边，无数人都在排队投票，这一情景我们已经多年未见；3个小时、4个小时，他们为此而等候良久，这是很多同胞有生以来的第一次。因为他们相信，这一次，将不同以往；这一次，因为他们的呼声而有所不同。
无论老少贫富，无论共和党抑或民主党，不管是黑皮肤、白种人、拉丁后裔、亚裔子孙还是本土美国人；无论性向如何，不管健康抑或残疾，所有的美国人民都向全世界传递出这样一条信息：我们从来都不是红蓝阵营的政治堆砌，我们是，而且永远是，美利坚合众国。长期以来，很多人缺乏信心，对自己所能取得的成就畏首畏尾、疑心重重。如今，我们走在历史的长河里，挺起胸膛，勾勒出美好明天的光辉画卷。
此情此景，等待尤长。然而，就在今晚，在这个大选的日子，在这个具有历史性意义的时刻，由于你们的付出，美国终于迎来了变革。
刚刚，我接到了麦凯恩参议员礼貌得体的祝贺电话。为了此次竞选，他奋战良久、竭尽所能；为了他所深爱的美国，他曾作出了更长久、更努力的奉献。麦凯恩参议员为美国所作出的牺牲是大部分人难以想象的，他这种英勇无私的奉献改善了我们的生活。对于麦凯恩参议员和佩林州长所取得的成就，我对他们致以祝贺。在接下来的几个月里，以重振美国为目标，我期待着与他们的合作。
在此，我想感谢一路陪伴我的竞选搭档，他就是我们即将上任的副总统，乔·拜登。为了让美国广大的工人阶层发出自己的声音，他毫无私心地全身心投入竞选，因为他和那些宾夕法尼亚州斯克兰顿城街头的人们一样，出生平凡，一切白手起家。
如果没有米歇尔·奥巴马，这一准美国第一夫人的坚定支持，今晚，我就不会站在这儿了。我们相伴走过了16个春秋，她是我们整个家庭的顶梁柱，我一生的挚爱。还有，萨沙和玛利亚，我爱你们，你们姊妹俩终于可以带着你们的新宠物狗入主白宫了。我知道，就像我的其他已故亲属一样，外祖母一定也在某处注视着我，虽然她已经不在人世。是他们造就了今天的我。今晚我很想念他们，我对他们的亏欠无以计量。
我想对我的竞选经理大卫·普劳夫、首席战略师大卫·阿克塞尔罗德以及我们这个史上最佳的竞选团队说，是你们让这一切成为了现实，对于你们为此所做的牺牲和付出我永远感怀在心。
然而，有一点是最重要的，那就是我永远都不会忘记，真正拥有这个胜利的是你们，你们所有人！对于入主白宫，我从来都不是最热候选人。竞选伊始，我们的资金并不充裕，获得的支持也不多。我们的竞选班子并非始于华府，而是一路从艾奥瓦州的得梅因酒店后院、辗转北卡罗莱纳州的康克酒店客房，后来会首在西弗吉尼亚州查尔斯顿酒店的主厅……
我们的胜利来自于广大工薪阶级，正是他们从仅有的微薄存款里掏出5美元、10美元或者20美元来支持我们的竞选。我们的力量来自于摘下冷漠面罩的年轻一代，来自于夜以继日奋力工作以维持生计的下层百姓，来自于冒着严寒酷暑、户户敲门宣传的团队中流砥柱，更来自于成千上万的大选志愿者。他们用出色的奉献精神和组织能力证明了一个民有、民治、民享的政府在两百年后仍然保持着生命力。这就是你们的胜利！
我明白，你们所做的这些，并不仅仅是为了赢得这次竞选，也不单单只是为了我本人。你们之所以这么做，是因为你们懂得前方任务的艰巨。即使我们今晚沉浸于庆祝的喜悦之中，我们也深知明天将会面临的将是我们这辈子最为艰巨的挑战：两场战争、濒临危险的地球和百年一遇的金融危机；即使今晚我们安然站在此处，我们也深知那些深陷伊拉克沙漠和阿富汗山区的英勇美国战士，是为了我们而冒着生命危险。还有那些孩子早已熟睡、自己却辗转反侧的人父人母，他们夜不能寐，想着如何还清房贷、如何支付医药费以及给孩子存下大学经费。我们要掌握新能源，创造就业岗位，建造新校舍，正视存在的威胁，并修复与盟友的关系。
第四篇：2012美国总统大选奥巴马胜选演讲(演讲稿)
Thank you.Thank you.Thank you so much.谢谢，非常感谢。
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.200多年前，美国第一个殖民地掌握了自己的命运，开始了这个国家的前进之旅。It moves forward because of you.It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family, and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.美国的前进都是因为你们。因为你们不断重申那种帮助我们在过去战胜了战事及经济颓势的精神。这种精神将我们的国家拖出绝望的深渊，将其推向希望的彼岸。我们始终相信：每一个人都可以追求自己的梦想；美国是一个大家庭；团结起来我们就能胜利，分裂只能导致我们失败。
Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come.今夜，在这场选举中，你们提醒我们：尽管我们的道路漫长而艰巨，但是我们已经重塑信心，予以反击。我们在内心中深深的知道最棒的美国将要来临。
I want to thank every American who participated in this election.Whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time – by the way, we have to fix that whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone, whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard and you made a difference.我想感谢每一位参与选举的美国民众。不管你是从第一天就投票了，还是一直等待了很长的时间才投的票（当然了，我们要解决这个排队投票的问题）；不管你是自己去投票点投的票，还是打电话投的票；不管你是投了给我，还是投给罗姆尼；你的声音都被大家听到了，并且你对我们国家做出了某些改变。
I just spoke with Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign.We may have battled fiercely, but it's only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future.From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through public service.And that is a legacy that we honour and applaud tonight.In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.刚刚我跟罗姆尼通了电话，我祝贺他和保罗在这个艰苦卓绝的战役中所取得的胜利。我们这场战役十分激烈，但是这正是因为我们深爱着这个国家，并且我们十分在意它的未来。罗姆尼的整个家庭，孙子辈，孩子辈，都通过公共服务在支持着美国。我们应该在今晚对这种精神表示尊敬和赞扬。未来这几周我也希望和罗姆尼一起来讨论怎样使我们的国家不断前进。
I want to thank my friend and partner of the last four years, America's happy warrior, the best vice-president anybody could ever hope for, Joe Biden.我要感谢我过去四年的朋友和搭档——美国的快乐战士、美国历史上最好的副总统：乔-拜登。
And I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago.Let me say this publicly.Michelle, I have never loved you more.I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you too as our nation's first lady.当然，如果没有20年前跟我结婚的妻子，今天我就不会站在这里。我要跟大家说，米歇尔，我比以前更加爱你，我更加自豪，因为我看到全国人民也十分热爱你这位第一夫人，我感到十分自豪。
Sasha and Maliato every hill, to every valley.You lifted me up the whole day, and I will always be grateful for everything that you've done and all the incredible work that you've put in.你们都是我的家人。不管你们做了什么，不管你们来自哪里，你们一定会记得今天晚上我们所创的历史。你们会一直记得有一个总统，他一直心怀感激。谢谢你们一路以来对我的相信，不管我们路上遇到的是山峦还是低谷，是你们让我坚持了下来。你们所做的一切我都心怀感激，并将永远鸣谢。
I know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly.And that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests.But if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along a rope line in a high school gym or – or saw folks working late at a campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you'll discover something else.我知道政治竞选有时候看起来可能很琐碎，甚至愚蠢。不少批评家借此攻击政治不过是利益集团冲突或是用来自我炫耀。但要是你们真有机会，去和参加竞选集会的人们聊一聊，去和
体育场排队投票的选民聊一聊，或是亲眼看一看那些远离家人彻夜工作的志愿者们，你们的印象定会有所改观。
You'll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organiser who's working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity.You'll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who's going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift.一个大学生竞选活动组织者，话语满是坚韧决心，他付出艰辛努力读完大学，而现在希望每一个孩子都能享有和他一样的机会。一名志愿者，言辞中藏不住骄傲，她挨家挨户助选拉票只因哥哥终于找到工作，附近的汽车厂增加了班次给了他机会。
You'll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who's working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home.一名军嫂谈话中洋溢着爱国之情，她为助选打电话直到深夜，只是为了确保那些曾经为国家抛头颅撒洒血的军人回家之后，无需再为一份工作，一个住处，再次走上―战场‖。That's why we do this.That's what politics can be.That's why elections matter.It's not small, it's big.It's important.Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated.We have our own opinions.Each of us has deeply held beliefs.And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy.That won't change after tonight.And it shouldn't.These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty, and we can never forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter – the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.这才是我们行动的理由。这才是政治的真谛。这才是大选如此重要的原因。选举绝不渺小，它至关重要，举足轻重。在一个拥有3亿国民的国家，民主有时候会有些吵闹、混乱和繁复。只因我们每个人都有自己的主张，都有深信的信仰。当我们经历艰难时刻，当我们要作为一个国家做出重大决定，自然会有争议，会有情感的表达。这不会在一夜之间改变，也不应改变。这些争论正是我们自由的明证。我们绝不应忘记，就在此时此刻，在遥远的国度无数人正为这―争论‖的权利舍身赴险，他们想要的正是像我们这样投票的权利。But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America's future.尽管我们有许多不同，但我们中的大多数对美国的未来却有着共同的期望。
We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers – a country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation – with all of the good jobs and new businesses that follow.我们期望在这个国家，孩子们能上最好的学校，有最好的老师，我们期望这个国家能继承她的光荣传统，在技术和创新领域培养世界范围的领导者。而这些将伴随着好工作，新生意。We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened up by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.我们绝不希望孩子们未来生活在一个受困于债务、不平等以及气候变暖的美国。
We want to pass on a country that's safe and respected and admired around the world, a nation that is defended by the strongest military on Earth and the best troops this – this world has ever known – but also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war to shape a peace that is built on the promise of freedom and dignity for every human being.我们希望传承的是一个安全而备受尊重的美国。这个国家拥有世界上有史以来最强大的军事力量，但同样也有信心为这个战乱时代带来和平，许诺为每一个人带去自由和尊严。We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant America open to the dreams of an immigrant's daughter who studies in our schools and pledges to our flag – to the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner – to the furniture worker's child in North Carolina who wants to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a president.我们相信美国应该是一个慷慨、富有同情心而包容的国家，欢迎每一个心怀梦想的移民。不管是在我们的学校接受教育对我们的国旗宣誓效忠的移民儿女，还是梦想改变自己命运的街头男孩，亦或是希望成为医生、科学家、企业家、外交官或者美国总统的木匠家孩子。That's the – that's the future we hope for.That's the vision we share.That's where we need to go – forward.That's where we need to go.这才是我们想要的未来。这才是我们共同的愿景。这才是我们前进的方向。
Now, we will disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get there.As it has for more than two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts.It's not always a straight line.It's not always a smooth path.By itself, the recognition that we have common hopes and dreams won't end all the gridlock, resolve all our problems or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus and making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward.然而关于如何完成这段旅程我们时常产生分歧，甚至会激烈冲突。正如两百年来的历史，这一过程并非一蹴而就，更不是一帆风顺。怀有共同的希望和梦想并不能解决全部问题和僵局，也不能代替国家前进所需要的艰苦工作——建立共识，作出妥协。
But that common bond is where we must begin.Our economy is recovering.A decade of war is ending.A long campaign is now over.And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you.I have learned from you.And you've made me a better president.And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.但是这些共识是我们的起点。经济正在逐渐恢复，十年战争也正要告一段落，漫长的竞选也将走到终点。不管你是否曾投票与我，我都愿意聆听你们的声音。我从你们身上受益良多，是你们让我成为更好的总统。正是因为你们奋斗和故事，我才能满怀对未来工作的坚定决心和振奋之情，重回白宫。
Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual.You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours.今晚不同与往常，你们并不是为政治而投票，你们是在为改革与实际行动而投票。你们的选票意味着给予机会让政府为你们的工作岗位而服务，而非为政府自身服务。
And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together – reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil.We've got more work to do.而在未来的日子里，我期待着与两党领袖共同应对挑战，解决难题——努力减少赤字，改革税收制度，完善移民政策，减轻对石油进口的依赖……还有许多难题在我们面前。But that doesn't mean your work is done.The role of citizens in our democracy does not end with your vote.America's never been 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 the principle we were founded on.但你们的职责也还未完成。在美国民主制度之下，身为一个公民的职责并不单纯意味着为选举而投票。而对此，公民职责并不在于―美国能为我做什么‖，而是在于―我能为美国做什么‖，在于如何齐心协力战胜困难和挫折，服务自我。这也正是美国的思想根基。
This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich.We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not what makes us strong.Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth, the belief that our destiny is shared – that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, so that the freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism.That's what makes America great.美国是全球拥有最多财富的国家，但这并不是美国人民富有的真正原因。我们拥有最强大的军队，但这并不是我们强壮的真正原因。我们拥有最优秀的高等教育和文化成果，但这并不是吸引世界各国人民涌向美国的真正原因。美国之所以与众不同，是因为能够包容多元化的纽带将我们联系在一起，是因为我们相信彼此拥有共同的命运，是因为我们相信，只有为他人付出，互相帮助才能实现国家的进步，才能为后代创造更美好的未来。前人曾为自由奋斗甚至是献出生命，而只有责任与权利的结合，只有爱、宽容、责任感及爱国之情能使我们更好地实现、维护这份来之不易的自由。这才是美国的伟大之处。
I am hopeful tonight because I have seen this spirit at work in America.I've seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbours and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job.I've seen it in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb and in those Seals who charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew there was a buddy behind them watching their back.I've seen it on the shores of New Jersey and New York, where leaders from every party and level of
government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm.在今晚，我的内心充满希望，因为我见证了美国的这一种精神。我看到商人们宁可给自己减薪也绝不解雇员工，我看到工人们宁可减短工时也绝不让同事下岗。还有那些在战事中接受截肢后仍然坚持延长服役的士兵们，还有那些因拥有同伴的支持而义无反顾冲向黑暗与危险的海豹突击队战士们，还有那些放下成见与分歧为桑迪飓风救灾重建而忙碌在东海岸的领袖们——我在他们身上看到了美国的精神。
And I saw it just the other day in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his eight-year-old daughter whose long battle with leukaemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for healthcare reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care.I had an opportunity to not just talk to the father but meet this incredible daughter of his.And when he spoke to the crowd, listening to that father's story, every parent in that room had tears in their eyes because we knew that little girl could be our own.And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright.That's who we are.That's the country I'm so proud to lead as your president.不仅如此，我还记得俄亥俄州一位为了给8岁女儿治疗白血病而倾尽所有的父亲，全赖医疗改革使得他能够获得医疗保险的援助。我曾经与这位父亲交谈，还有幸去看望了这位8岁的小女孩。当这位父亲向人们叙述着与病魔斗争的故事，已为人父母的在场观众都湿了眼眶——因为我们都知道，他的女儿也可能是我们自己的女儿。而我确信，每位父母都真心祝福着这个小女孩能够拥有明媚的未来，美国因此而自豪。而作为美国总统，我为这个国家自豪。And tonight, despite all the hardship we've been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I've never been more hopeful about our future.I have never been more hopeful about America.And I ask you to sustain that hope.尽管我们历尽艰辛，尽管我们的政府并不完美，但此时此刻，对于未来，对于美国，我的内心却从未如此充满希冀——而在此我请求你们坚守住这份希冀。
I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the road blocks that stand in our path.I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.这一份希冀并不是盲目乐观，并不是无视艰难，并不是逃避责任。我也并不想鼓吹过度的理想主义，并不是鼓励无动于衷或是一味逃避。我一向坚信，只有守住这份希望，美国才能有勇气向前迈进，全力奋斗。
America, I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunities and new security for the middle class.I believe we can keep the promise of our founding, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love.It doesn't matter whether you're black or
white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight.You can make it here in America if you're willing to try.我坚信，美国能够继续巩固自我，争取更多的工作岗位和机遇，让中产阶级的生活状况得到改善。我坚信，我们能够延续伟大的前人们的承诺——无论你是谁，无论你来自哪里，无论你拥有什么肤色，只要努力奋斗便能够实现自我，无论你是黑人或是白人、西班牙裔、亚裔或是印第安人，无论年少或年长，无论贫穷或富有，无论健全或残疾，无论是同性恋或是非同性恋——只要你愿意去尝试，你就能够实现自我。
I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests.We're not as cynical as the pundits believe.We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states.We are, and forever will be, the United States of America.我坚信，美国人民仍然把握着自己的未来，即使政见分歧严重，我们仍然拥有共同的心愿，我们并没有在冷嘲热讽中失去希望。美国并不只是个人雄心壮志的简单总和，美国并不只是民主党和共和党两个阵营的简单总和。我们现在是，并将在未来永远都是美利坚合众国。And together, with your help and God's grace, we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth.Thank you, America.God bless you.God bless these United States.而在此，在你们的辛勤付出之下，我们将继续前行并告诉世界为何美利坚合众国是最伟大的国家。感谢你们！
第五篇：奥巴马2012胜选演讲英文全文
“Thank you.Thank you.Thank you so much.Tonight more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.It moves forward because of you.It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the heights of hope.The belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.Tonight in this election, you, the American people, remind us while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that the united states of America – the best is yet to come.[cheering] I want to thank every American who participated in this election [CHEERING] Whether you voted for the very first time or waiting in line for a very long time.By the way, we need to fix that.Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone.Whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you mad your voice heard.And you made a difference.I just got off the phone with Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign.[CHEERING] We may have fought fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply.And we care so stronly about its future.From George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to Americans through public service.And that is a legacy that we honor and applaud tonight.[CHEERING] In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.[CHEERING] I want to thank my friend and partner for the last four years, America’s happy warrior, the best vice president anybody could ever hope for: Joe Biden.I want to thank my friend and partner of the last 4 years, America’s happy warrior, the best Vice President anyone could ever hope for: Joe Biden.And I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me twenty years ago.Let say this publicly, Michelle I have never loved you more.I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you too as our nation’s first lady.Sasha and Malia before our very eyes you are growing up to become two strong smart beautiful young women, just like your mom.And im so proud of you guys.But I will say that for now one dog is probably enough.To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics.The best.The best ever.Some of you were this time around.Some of you were new this time around and some of you have been at my side since the very beginning but all of you are family.No matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the history we made together and you will have the life long appreciation of a grateful president.Thank you for believing all the way, through every hill, through every valley.[applause] You lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful for everything that you’ve done and all the incredible work that you’ve put in.[applause] I know that political campaigns can sometime seem small, even silly, and that provides plenty of fodder for the synics who tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special interests.But if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turn out at rallies and crowded out along a ropline in a high school gym or saw folks working late at a campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you’ll discover something else;you’ll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who is working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same opportunity.[applause] You’ll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who is going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift.[applause] You’ll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who is working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country every has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home.[applause] That’s why we do this.That’s what politics can be.That’s why elections matter.It’s not small, it’s big.It’s important.Democracy in a nation of 300-million can be noisy and messy and complicated.We have our own opinions, each of us has deeply held beliefs.And when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country;it necisarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy.That won’t change after tonight and it shouldn’t.These arguments we have are a mark of our liberty.We can never forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter [applause] The chance to cast their ballots like we did today.But despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America’s future.We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers.[applause] A country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation;with all the good jobs and new businesses that follow.A country that lives up to its legacy as a global leader in technology, discovery and innovation.With all the good jobs and businesses that follow, to live in America that isn’t burdened by debt, that isn’t weakened by inequality.That isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.We want to pass on a country that is saved and respected and admired around the world.A nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this world has ever known.But also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war to shape a peace.That is built on the promise of dignity of every human being.We believe in a generous America, in a compassionate America, in a tolerant America, open to the dreams of an immigrants daughter that studies in our schools and pledges to our flag.To the young boy on the south side of Chicago, who sees a light beyond the nearest street corner.To the furniture workers child in North Carolina who wants to become a engineer or a scientist.And engineer or an entrepreneur.A diplomat or even a president, that’s the future we hope for.That’s the vision we share, that’s where we need to go.Forward.That’s where we need to go.Now we will disagree sometimes fiercely on how to get there, as it has for more then two centuries, progress will come in fits and starts, it’s not always a straight line or a smooth path.By itself a recognition of our common hopes and dreams won’t end the gridlock.Or solve all our problems or substitute for the hard work of building consensus.And making the difficult compromises needed to move the country forward but that common bond is where we must begin.Our economy is recovering, our decade of war is ending.A long campaign is now over.[applause] And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you.I have learned from you and you have made me a better President.With your stories and your struggles, I returned to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead [applause] Tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual.You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours.And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together: reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil, we’ve got more work to do.But that doesn’t mean your work is done.The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.America’s never been about what could 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 the principle we were founded on.This country has more wealth than any nation, but that’s not what makes us rich.We have the most powerful military in history but that’s not what makes us strong.Our university, our culture, are all the envy of the world but that’s not what keeps the world coming to our shores.What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth, the belief that our destiny is shared, that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and the future generations so that the freedom so many Americans have fought for and died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love, and charity, and duty and patriotism.That’s what makes America great.I am hopeful tonight because I have seen that spirit at work in America.I’ve seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors, and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job.I’ve seen it in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb, and in those SEALS who charged up the stairs into darkness and danger because they knew their was a buddy behind them watching their back.I’ve seen it on the shores of New Jersey and New York where leaders from every party and level of government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm.And I saw it just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio wehre a father told the story of his eight-year-old daughter who’s long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything had it not been for healthc are reform passing just a few months before.The insurance company was about to stop paying for her care I had an opportunity to not just talk to the father but meet this incredible daughter of his, and when he spoke to the crowd listening to that father’ story, every parent in that room had tears in their eyes because we knew that little girl could be our own.And I know that every American wants her future to be just as bright.That’s who we are.That’s the country I’m so proud to lead as your president.And tonight, despite all the hardship we’ve been through, despite al lthe frustrations of Washington, I’ve never been more hopeful about our future I’ve never been more hopeful about America.And I ask you to sustain that hope.I’m not talking about blind optimism.The kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the road blocks that stand in our path.I’m not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside of us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching to keep working, to keep fighting.America, I believe we can build on the progress we made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class I believe we can keep the promise of our founder.The idea that if you’re willing to work hard, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white or Hispanic or asian, or native American, or young or old, or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it.I believe we can sieze this future together.Because we are not as divided as our politics suggest.We’re not as cynical as the pundents believe.We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions.And we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states.We are and forever will be the United States of America.With your help and God’s grace, we will continue our journey forward.And remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.Thank you, America.God bless you.God bless these United States.” [CHEERING]
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