2012年美国总统大选共和党竞选人罗姆尼败选演讲

第一篇：2012年美国总统大选共和党竞选人罗姆尼败选演讲

FULL TRANSCRIPT: Mitt Romney’s Concession Speech

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney delivered the following concession speech after losing the 2012 presidential election to President Obama.Thank you my friends so very much, thank you.I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory.His supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations.I wish all of them well but particularly the President, the First Lady and their daughters.This is a time of great challenges for America and I pray the President will be successful in guiding our nation.I want to thank Paul Ryan for all he has done for our campaign.And for our country, besides my wife Ann, Paul is the best choice I’ve ever made.And I trust that his intellect and his hard work and his commitment to principle will continue to contribute to the good of our nation.I also wanna thank Ann the love of my life.She would have been a wonderful first lady, she has been that and more to me to our family and to the many people she has touched with her compassion, and her care.I thank my sons for their tireless work on behalf of the campaign and thank their wives and children for taking up the slack as their husbands and dads have spent so many weeks away from home.I want to thank Matt Rhodes and the dedicated campaign team he lead.[applause] They have made an extraordinary effort not just for me but also for the country that we love.And to you here tonight, and to the team across the country, the volunteers, the fundraisers, the doners, the surrogates, I don’t believe that there has ever been an effort in our party that can compare with what you have done over these past years.Thank you so very much.[applause]

Thanks for all the hours of work, for the calls, for the speeches, for the appearances, for the resources and for the prayers you gave deeply from yourselves and performed magnificently and you inspired us and you humbled us.You’ve been the very best we could have imagined.The nation, as you know, is at a critical point.At a time like this we can’t risk partisan bickering and political posturing.Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the peoples work.And we citizens also have to rise to the occasion.We look to our teachers, our professors;we count on you not just to teach but to inspire our children with a passion for learning and discovery.We look to our pastors and priests and rabbis and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring principles upon which our society is built;honesty, charity, integrity and family.We look to our parents, for in the final analysis everything depends on the success of our homes.We look to job creators of all kinds, we’re counting on you to invest, to hire, to step forward.And we look to Democrats and Republicans in government at all kinds of levels to put the people before the politics.I believe in America.I believe in the people of America.[cheers and applause] And I ran for office because I’m concerned about America.This election is over but our principles endure.I believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and renewed greatness.Like so many of you, Paul and I have left everything on the field.We have given our all to this campaign.[applause] I so wish, I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction.But the nation chose another leader and so Ann and I join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation.Thank you and God Bless America.You guys are the best.Thank you so much.Thank you, thanks guys.”

第二篇：罗姆尼在2012年总统大选竞选总部发表败选演讲

罗姆尼发表败选演讲 祝贺奥巴马胜选(全文)2012年11月07日 14:18 来源：凤凰卫视

罗姆尼（美国共和党总统候选人）：我刚刚同总统通过话，祝贺他连任，也祝贺他的竞选团队取得成功。我祝贺总统、第一夫人和他们的女儿，这对于美国来说是一个胜利的时刻，我相信我们的总统将会成功地领导我们的国家。我也想感谢瑞安，感谢他在竞选之路上对我的帮助，并且感谢我们的国家。除了我的夫人安，(选择)瑞安是我做出的最好的决定，我感谢他所做出的努力工作和承诺，我们将会持续地为我们的国家做出贡献；同时我也感谢我一生的挚爱——安，我的妻子——安，她本来可以成为一个非常好的第一夫人，她对于我和我们的家人，以及她通过热情所感染的所有人来说，她都是非常重要的人物；我感谢我的儿子们，感谢他们的妻子和孩子们，感谢他们所做出的贡献，他们花了很多时间帮我筹备竞选，离家了很长时间；

同时我也感谢我的竞选团队的成员，感谢你们一路以来的帮助。他们做出了卓越的贡献，不仅仅是为我，也为他们所热爱的国家。大家以及全国的志愿者，那些筹集资金的人，我相信没有你们的努力，我们不会在过去的一年有如此大的成就，谢谢你们！感谢你们为我准备演讲，为我拉票，为我提供了资源，你们做出了非常杰出的贡献，你们让我感到非常的谦卑，也让我充满感激。

我们国家处在非常关键的时刻，我们现在不能再进行政治方面的角斗，而是要为人们完成我们的工作；同时我们还要期待我们的教师，我们的科研人员，使我们的孩子能够接受卓越的教育。同时我们还指望各界的人士尊重他们的原则，重建我们的国家。我们也希望每个家庭的父母，能够成功地使我们的美国家庭能够重新站起来，我们也指望创造就业的各种企业和机构，使我们能够有更多的就业(机会)，重新向前进。同时我也感谢所有政界的人士，我相信美国，相信美国人，相信他们所做出的努力。

我之所以竞选总统，是因为我非常关心美国。投票也许结束了，但是我们的原则没有结束，这是基于我们国家的建国原则，我将会持续为我们的经济复苏而努力，就像很多人一样，我和瑞安已经全力以赴。

我非常非常希望我能够满足大家的期望，为我们的国家向着新的方向而努力，我希望大家能够为我们的国家，为我们新的总统所祈祷，非常感谢大家，愿上帝保佑大家，谢谢你们！

第三篇：2012年奥巴马和共和党罗姆尼总统竞选演讲视频和双语文本

美文赏析

2012年民主党奥巴马和共和党罗姆尼总统竞选演讲视频和双语文本

奥巴马总统竞选演讲视频和双语文本

Four years ago as I had the privilege to travel all across the country and meet Americans from all walks of life.I decided nobody else should have to endure the heartbreak of a broken health care system.No one in the wealthiest nation on earth should go because they get sick.Nobody should have to tell their daughters or sons the decisions they can and cannot make for themselves are constrained because of some politicians in Washington.四年前我有幸周游了全国，遇到了各行各业的人们。我下定了决心不让任何人由于医疗保健系统的不健全而心碎，不让这个世界上最富有的的国家的任何人因为疾病而穷困潦倒。不让任何人需要告诉自己的子女，他们能做什么，不能做什么，会由华盛顿的某些政客而左右。

And thanks to you, we’ve made a difference in people’s lives.Thanks to you.There are folks that I meet today who have gotten care and their cancer’s been caught.And they’ve got treatment.And they are living full lives and it happened because of you.感谢你们，人们的生活才有了更多不同。感谢你们，让今天的我遇到的很多人得到了关怀，得到了治疗。他们能够继续完整地生活，这些都离不开你们。

We've come too far to turn back now.We've got too much work to do to implement health care.We've got too much work to do to create good jobs.We've got too many teachers that we've got to hire.We've got too many schools that we've got to rebuild.We've got too many students who still need affordable higher education.我们已经经历了那么多，现在不该回头。要落实医疗改革，要创造就业机会，我们还有太多要做。有太多老师等着我们去征集，有太多学校需要我们去重建，有太多学生需要让他们负担得起的大学。

There's more homegrown energy to generate.There are more troops that we've got to bring home.There are more doors of opportunity we've got to open to anybody who is willing to work hard and walk through those doors.We've got to keep building an economy.Or no matter what you look like or where you come from, you can make it here if you try.And you can leave something behind for the next generation.That's what at stake right now in Colorado.That's why I'm running for President of the United States of 美文赏析

America.That's why I'm asking for your vote.有太多本土能源要去生产，有更多的军队需要回归祖国，有更多的机会之门需要我们去打开，让那些愿意努力工作的人们有机会成功。我们要继续发展经济。做到无论你是何种肤色，来自何方，只要你努力就可以成功。你就可以为下一代创造更好的条件。这是我们在科罗拉多州要争夺的。这是为什么我要竞选美国总统。这是为什么我希望你们投票给我。

I still believe in you.And if you still believe in me, and if you're willing to stand with me, and knock on some doors with me, and make some phone calls with me, and talk to your neighbors and friends about what's at stake, we will win this election.We will finish what we started.And we'll remind the world why America is the greatest nation on earth.我依旧相信你们。如果你们依旧相信我，如果你们愿意支持我，和我一起去叩门拜访，和我一起打电话，告诉你的邻居和朋友们，我们在争取什么，那我们就能在这场竞选中获得胜利。我们就会像上次那样赢得最终胜利。

God bless you and God bless the United States of America.上帝护佑你，上帝护佑美利坚合众国。

美国共和党总统候选人罗姆尼正式竞选演讲视频和双语文本

I am proud to introduce to you the next president of the United States of America, Mitt Romney!我很荣幸地向大家介绍，美国的下一届总统，米特·罗姆尼！

Mr.Chairman and delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States.主席先生，各位代表，我接受你们授予我竞选美国总统的提名。

If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.如果你当初投票个奥巴马是感到无比兴奋，现在他真的做了总统，难道你不该感到更兴奋么？你应该明白，如果你对他感觉最好的是投票那天，那 美文赏析

他作为总统，做的工作一定是出了什么问题。

What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound.It doesn't take a special government commission to tell us what America needs.What America needs is jobs.Lots of jobs.And unlike the President, I have a plan to create 12 milion new jobs.今天我们国家不需要复杂或深奥。不需要什么特殊政府委员会来告诉我们美国需要什么。美国需要的是就业机会。大量的就业机会。不像奥巴马总统，我有个能创造一千两百万就业机会的计划。

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed.我其实希望奥巴马总统成功因为我希望美国成功。

By 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil, our coal, our gas, our nuclear and our renewables.到2020年，北美中会实现能源上的自给自足，通过充分利用我们现有的石油和煤炭，我们的天然气，核能源和可再生资源。

We will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements.And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.我们要让国际贸易对美国有利通过达成新的贸易协议，让在贸易中做手脚的国家得到严厉的惩处

I will begin my presidency with a jobs tour.President Obama began his presidency with an apology tour.America, he siad, had dictated to other nations.No, Mr.President, America has freed other nations from dictators.我会以“就业之旅”开始我的总统生涯。而当初奥巴马的总统生涯是一“道歉之旅”开始的。他说：美国独裁压制了其他国家。不，总统先生，是美国吧其他国家从独裁中解放了出来。

Every American was relieved the day President Obama gave the order, and Seal Tem Six took out Osama bin Laden.On another front, every American is less secure today because he has failed to slow Iran's nuclear threat.In his first TV interview as president, he said we should talk to Iran.We're still talking, and Iran's centrifuges are still spining.President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba.He abandoned our friends in Poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments.But he is eager to give Russia's President Putin the flexibility he desires, after the election.在奥巴马总统下令“美国海豹六队”行动，并击毙了拉登后，我们每个人都感到如释重负。但在另一方面，今天所有美国人的安全都受到了威胁，因为他没能阻止伊朗发展核武器。在他当选总统后的第一次电视采访中，他说我们应该和伊朗对话。对话仍在进行，伊朗的核分离器也仍在运转。奥 美文赏析

巴马总统一方面将一以色列这样的盟友弃于险境，另一方面却放宽对古巴卡斯特罗的制裁。他不但背弃了我们在波兰的朋友，不顾弹防御盟约的协定，反而还急于讨好俄罗斯总统普京，让他在当选后如愿得到期望的“灵活性”。

Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty, and Mr.Putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone.We will honor America's democratic ideals because a free world is a more peaceful world.This is the bipartisan foreign policy legacy of Truman and Reagan.And under my presidentcy we will return to it once again.如果我当政，我们会给盟友更多的忠诚，而让普京见识见识我们的骨气。我们会维护美国的民主理想，因为自由的世界是更和平的世界。这是从杜鲁门和里根时代沿袭下来的，两党都认可的外交政策。如果我当选，我们将回到这样的政策。

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet.My promise is to help you and your family.Now is the moment when we can stand up and say: “I'm an American.I make my destiny.And we deserve better!My children deserve better!My family deseves better!My country deseves better!” 奥巴马总统承诺的是要减慢海平面上升，并拯救世界。而我的承诺是帮助你和你的家庭。是时候站出来说：“我是个美国人，应该由我主宰自己的命运，我们应该过的更好！我们的孩子应该过的更好！我的家庭应该过的更好！我们的国家也应该更好！”

Today the time has come for us to put the disappointments of the last four years behind us.To put aside the divisiveness and the recriminations.To forgive about what might have been and to look ahead to what can be.Now is the time to restore the Promise of America.今天是时候让我们抛掉过去四年的失望。是时候把分歧与指控放在一边。是时候忘记原本可能发生的事，而向前展望可能发生的故事。是时候重置美国带给人们的希望。

If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to life our eyes to a better future.That future is our destiny.That future is out there.It is waiting for us.Our children deserves it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it.And with your help, we will deliver it.Let us begin that future for America tonight!如果我当选美国总统，我将全心全力恢复我们心中的美国，让我们能看到更美好的未来。我们的未来就是我们的命运。这样的未来就在眼前。等我们去实现。我们的孩子值得拥有它，我们国家的走向取决于它，世界的和 美文赏析

平与自由也需要它。在你们的帮助下，我们就能实现它。让我们今晚就开始为拥有这样的未来努力吧！

Thank you so very much!May god bless you!My God bless the American people!And may God bless The United States of America.非常感谢大家！上帝保佑你们！上帝保佑美国人民！上帝保佑美利坚合众国！

美国第一夫人做民主党大会开幕演说

First lady Michelle Obama opened the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday with a deeply personal speech showing how the economic struggles of average workers and her own parents shaped the policies of her husband, capping a night that began with sharp attacks on the GOP.周二，美国第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马(Michelle Obama)以一篇非常个人化的演说拉开了民主党全国代表大会(Democratic National Convention)的序幕。她在演说中谈到了工薪阶层及其父母所遭遇的经济困境是如何影响其丈夫的决策的。这篇演说为这个以尖锐抨击共和党开场的夜晚画上了句号。Her nationally televised address was a portrait of the U.S.economy from the view of working people, including the first lady's father, a city water plant worker with multiple sclerosis.Mrs.Obama used the story of her father, and of Mr.Obama's bank-worker grandmother, to explain the president's support for equal-pay laws, his signature health-insurance law and student loans.米歇尔这篇在全美范围内被电视转播的演讲从劳工阶层的视角对美国经济进行了一番描述。演讲中提到了她的父亲，一位在市自来水厂工作且患有多发性硬化症的普通工人。米歇尔用其父亲以及奥巴马身为银行员工的外祖母的故事来解释奥巴马支持同工同酬法案、极具其个人风格的医疗保险法案以及反对提高助学贷款利率的原因。

Mrs.Obama didn't mention Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, or his party.But her story drew an implicit comparison to Mr.Romney's life of greater privilege.Her speech tried to explain Mr.Obama's governing impulses but did not dwell on tougher questions of his policies at a time of tepid job creation and growing federal debt.米歇尔在演讲中没有提到共和党及其总统候选人罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)，但她讲述的故事无形中同罗姆尼极为优越的生活形成了对比。米歇尔的演说试图解释奥巴马国家政策的种种依据，但她的演说没有具体回应在眼下就业增长乏力、联邦债务增加之际对奥巴马的政策所提出的那些尖锐的问题。

'In the end, for Barack, these issues aren't political─they're personal.Because 美文赏析

Barack knows what it means when a family struggles,' Mrs.Obama said.米歇尔说，对于奥巴马而言，这些最终都不是政治问题，而是个人问题。因为他知道一个家庭挣扎度日意味着什么。

Her address capped an opening night to the party's three-day convention that was crafted to make a special appeal to women and Latino voters, two critical parts of the Obama coalition.It included a prime-time address by Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, seen as a rising Democratic star.米歇尔的演说为开幕当晚的活动画上了句号。此次为期三天的民主党全国代表大会经过设计希望吸引女性和拉丁选民。这两大群体是奥巴马选民基础的重要组成。会议期间，圣安东尼奥市长朱利安•卡斯特罗(Julian Castro)将在黄金时段发表演说。外界认为卡斯特罗是民主党内一颗冉冉上升的政治明星。

Ahead of Mrs.Obama's speech, Republicans continued to press the argument that Mr.Obama's leadership of the U.S.economy has fallen short.They seized on the president's comment during an interview Monday with a Colorado TV station that he deserved an 'incomplete'' grade on his performance.在米歇尔发表演说前，共和党人还在坚持这样一种论调，即奥巴马对经济的领导并不成功。他们抓住奥巴马周一接受科罗拉多州一家电视台采访时的讲话，说就他的工作表现而言，确实该得一个“未完成”的评分。

'Four years into a presidency and it's incomplete? The president is asking people just to be patient with him?' Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said on CBS.共和党副总统候选人莱恩(Paul Ryan)在哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)的节目上说，当了四年总统，工作还是“未完成”？奥巴马是叫选民对他再耐心一点吗？

In making the comment, Mr.Obama had said that many of his goals, such as making college more affordable and boosting clean energy, required more time.奥巴马在接受科罗拉多州电视台采访时曾表示，他需要更多时间去实现他的目标，比如让更多的人上得起大学以及推进清洁能源的使用。The Republican criticism built on arguments the party laid out in its own convention last week in Tampa.Members of the party argued that Mr.Obama had made few concrete achievements to show he deserved a second term.共和党提出的批评建立在该党上周于坦帕召开的全国代表大会所列出的观点之上。共和党代表认为，奥巴马没有取得多少具体成就，无法证明他值得连任。

In the convention hall in Charlotte, Democratic delegates echoed the feisty rhetoric on stage with loud cheers as one speaker after the next took the stage to defend Mr.Obama's record in the White House and assail his rivals.美文赏析

在夏洛特的会议厅里，民主党代表在舞台上高喊着强有力的口号并大声欢呼。与此同时，登上舞台的一个个演讲人都在捍卫奥巴马入主白宫以来所取得的政绩，并抨击他的对手。

Mrs.Obama speech built on one of her husband's greatest advantages with voters, who have a sense that he understands their problems.Other speakers emphasized progress in the economy since Mr.Obama took office;she related to families who are still struggling.米歇尔的演讲构筑在奥巴马争取选民的一个最大优势之上，即选民认为奥巴马理解他们面临的问题。其他发言人强调奥巴马上台以来美国经济所取得的成就，米歇尔则对那些仍在苦苦挣扎的家庭表现出感同身受。She told the story of her father, whose illness made it hard to get out of bed to get to his job at the city water plant, but who rarely missed a day of work.She and her brother mostly paid for college with loans and grants, she said.米歇尔讲述了她父亲的故事。疾病令她的父亲难以下床到市自来水厂工作，但她的父亲很少请病假。米歇尔和她的弟弟主要是靠贷款和助学金支付大学学费的。

She said Mr.Obama had grown up with many of the same sort of challenges: His grandmother woke at dawn to catch the bus to her job as a secretary at a community bank, only to see men no more qualified pass by her.米歇尔说，奥巴马的成长过程也曾面临很多类似的挑战：他的外祖母是一家社区银行的秘书，每天天刚亮就得起床搭巴士去上班，然而结果是资历不如她的男同事都在她之前获得了升职。

Mrs.Obama said the stories explained husband's record on the auto industry, health care and taxes.米歇尔说，这些故事解释了奥巴马此前在汽车行业、医疗保健和税收等问题上所采取政策的原因。

Convention planners also presented an array of speakers aimed at pressing the party's advantage among women and Hispanic voters.Opening the Democratic convention in his role as chairman, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke Spanish from the stage.'Si se puede!' he called out, Spanish for 'Yes, it can be done.' 大会组织者同时安排了多位演讲人上台发言，此举旨在强化民主党在妇女和拉美裔选民中的优势。作为民主党全国代表大会主席的洛杉矶市长维拉戈沙(Antonio Villaraigosa)给大会开幕。他在舞台上用西班牙语说：是的，可以做到(Si se puede)。

While Mrs.Obama stirred clear of partisan jabs, other Democrats delivered sharp attacks at the Republican ticket.'Mitt Romney quite simply doesn't get it,' Mr.Castro said, suggesting he was out of touch with everyday economic 美文赏析

struggles.'He just has no idea how good he's had it.' 虽然米歇尔在演说中没有挑起党派之争，但其他民主党人则猛烈抨击共和党总统候选人。卡斯特罗说，罗姆尼根本不了解民情。他不知道自己的生活有多么优越。卡斯特罗此话暗指罗姆尼和民众脱节，不了解普罗大众在经济上每天面临的挣扎。

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第四篇：2012年美国总统大选民主党竞选人奥巴马获胜演讲

Election 2012: Text Of President Obama’s Victory Speech

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 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 turn out at rallies and crowded out along a rope-line 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 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.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 where 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 health care 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 all the 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 seize this future together.Because we are not as divided as our politics suggest.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.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]

第五篇：美国总统大选：奥巴马罗姆尼最后一场辩论(视频+完整文本)

Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate

BOB SCHIEFFER: Good evening from the campus of Lynn University here in Boca Raton, Florida.This is the fourth and last debate of the 2012 campaign, brought to you by the Commission on Presidential Debates.This one’s on foreign policy.I’m Bob Schieffer of CBS News.The questions are mine, and I have not shared them with the candidates or their aides.The audience has taken a vow of silence — no applause, no reaction of any kind except right now when we welcome President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.(Sustained cheers, applause.)Gentlemen, your campaigns have agreed to certain rules and they are simple.They have asked me to divide the evening into segments.I’ll pose a question at the beginning of each segment.You will each have two minutes to respond, and then we will have a general discussion until we move to the next segment.Tonight’s debate, as both of your know, comes on the 50th anniversary of the night that President Kennedy told the world that the Soviet Union had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba — perhaps the closest we’ve ever come to nuclear war.And it is a sobering reminder that every president faces at some point an unexpected threat to our national security from abroad.So let’s begin.The first segment is the challenge of a changing Middle East and the new face of terrorism.I’m going to put this into two segments, so you’ll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject.The first question, and it concerns Libya, the controversy over what happened there continues.Four Americans are dead, including an American ambassador.Questions remain.What happened? What caused it? Was it spontaneous? Was it an intelligence failure? Was it a policy failure? Was there an attempt to mislead people about what really happened? Governor Romney, you said this was an example of an American policy in the Middle East that is unraveling before our very eyes.I’d like to hear each of you give your thoughts on that.Governor Romney, you won the toss.You go first.MITT ROMNEY: Thank you, Bob, and thank you for agreeing to moderate this debate this evening.Thank you to Lynn University for welcoming us here, and Mr.President, it’s good to be with you again.We were together at a humorous event a little earlier, and it’s nice to maybe be funny this time not on purpose.We’ll see what happens.(Laughter.)

This is obviously an area of great concern to the entire world and to America in particular, which is to see a — a complete change in the — the — the structure and the — the environment in the Middle East.With the Arab Spring came a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation and opportunity for greater participation on the part of women and — and public life and in economic life in the Middle East.But instead we’ve seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events.Of course, we see in Syria 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there.We see in — in — in Libya an attack apparently by — well, I think we know now by terrorists of some kind against — against our people there, four people dead.Our hearts and minds go to them.Mali has been taken over, the northern part of Mali, by al-Qaida-type individuals.We have in — in Egypt a Muslim Brotherhood president.And so what we’re seeing is a — a — a pretty dramatic reversal in the kind of hopes we had for that region.Of course, the greatest threat of all is Iran, four years closer to a nuclear weapon.And — and we’re going to have to recognize that we have to do as the president has done.I congratulate him on — on taking out Osama bin Laden and going after the leadership in al-Qaida.But we can’t kill our way out of this mess.We’re — we’re going to have to put in place a very comprehensive and robust strategy to help the — the world of Islam and — and other parts of the world reject this radical violent extremism which is — it’s really not on the run.It’s certainly not hiding.This is a group that is now involved in 10 or 12 countries, and it presents an enormous threat to our friends, to the world, to America long term, and we must have a comprehensive strategy to help reject this kind of extremism.MR.SCHIEFFER: Mr.President.PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, my first job as commander in chief, Bob, is to keep the American people safe, and that’s what we’ve done over the last four years.We ended the war in Iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11.And as a consequence, al-Qaida’s core leadership has been decimated.In addition, we’re now able to transition out of Afghanistan in a responsible way, making sure that Afghans take responsibility for their own security, and that allows us also to rebuild alliances and make friends around the world to combat future threats.Now, with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, we did everything we could to secure those Americans who were still in harm’s way;number two, that we would investigate exactly what happened;and number three, most importantly, that we would go after those who killed Americans, and we would bring them to justice, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.But I think it’s important to step back and think about what happened in Libya.Now, keep in mind that I and Americans took leadership in organizing an international coalition that made sure that we were able to — without putting troops on the ground, at the cost of less than what we spent in two weeks in Iraq — liberate a country that had been under the yoke of dictatorship for 40 years, got rid of a despot who had killed Americans.And as a consequence, despite this tragedy, you had tens of thousands of Libyans after the events in Benghazi marching and saying, America’s our friend.We stand with them.Now that represents the opportunity we have to take advantage of.And you know, Governor Romney, I’m glad that you agree that we have been successful in going after al-Qaida, but I have to tell you that, you know, your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map and is not designed to keep Americans safe or to build on the opportunities that exist in the Middle East.MR.ROMNEY: Well, my strategy’s pretty straightforward, which is to go after the bad guys, to make sure we do our very best to interrupt them, to — to kill them, to take them out of the picture.But my strategy is broader than — than that.That’s — that’s important, of course, but the key that we’re going to have to pursue is a — is a pathway to — to get the Muslim world to be able to reject extremism on its own.We don’t want another Iraq.We don’t want another Afghanistan.That’s not the right course for us.The right course for us is to make sure that we go after the — the people who are leaders of these various anti-American groups and these — these jihadists, but also help the Muslim world.And how we do that? A group of Arab scholars came together, organized by the U.N., to look at how we can help the — the world reject these — these terrorists.And the answer they came up was this.One, more economic development.We should key our foreign aid, our direct foreign investment and that of our friends — we should coordinate it to make sure that we — we push back and give them more economic development.Number two, better education.Number three, gender equality.Number four, the rule of law.We have to help these nations create civil societies.But what’s been happening over the last couple years as we watched this tumult in the Middle East, this rising tide of chaos occur, you see al-Qaida rushing in, you see other jihadist groups rushing in.And — and they’re throughout many nations of the Middle East.It’s wonderful that Libya seems to be making some progress, despite this terrible tragedy, but next door, of course, we have Egypt.Libya’s 6 million population, Egypt 80 million population.We want — we want to make sure that we’re seeing progress throughout the Middle East.With Mali now having North Mali taken over by al-Qaida, with Syria having Assad continuing to — or to kill — to murder his own people, this is a region in tumult.And of course Iran on the path to a nuclear weapon.We’ve got real gaps in the region.