第一篇：08年美国总统大选胜选奥巴马演讲全文美国的变革
08年美国总统大选胜选奥巴马演讲全文美国的变革 Obama: 奥巴马：
Hello, Chicago.您好，芝加哥。
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.如果还有人仍在怀疑美国是否是一个一切皆有可能的国度的话，如果还有人仍在疑虑我们美国的缔造者的梦想是否还存在于我们这个时代的话，如果还有人仍在质疑我们民主的力量的话，今晚你就可以得到答案。
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 first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.这个答案早已经印在了到处悬挂在学校和教堂的竞选条幅上，人们随处可见；这些人们已经等待了三四个小时，对于他们当中的大多数，这是有生以来第一次经历这样的过程，因为他们坚信这一时刻注定与众不同，而这种不同便有可能源自他们所发出的声音。
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.这个答案出自这些人之口，无论是青年还是老年，穷人还是富人，民主党还是共和党，黑人还是白人，拉丁裔、亚裔还是美国本土人，同性恋者还是异性恋者，残疾人还是非残疾人——他们向世界发出了这样的信息——
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.我们从来不分红色之州和蓝色之州，我们永远都是美利坚合众国。
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about 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.这个答案告诉了那些一直以来充满焦虑、恐惧和怀疑的人们，我们可以将双手放在历史的转折点上，将它再次带向充满希望的美好明天
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.这一刻我们已经等待了太久，但是今晚，由于我们在这一决定性的时刻所作出的选择，美国便迎来了它崭新的一刻。
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.McCain.今天傍晚稍早的时候，我接到麦凯恩参议员一个特别亲切的电话。
Sen.McCain fought long and hard in this campaign.And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him;I congratulate Gov.Palin for all that they've achieved.And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.他在这场漫长而艰难的选举中一直努力着，而他为他所热爱的国家所付出的努力甚至更加艰辛而久远。可能我们当中的很多人甚至都无法想象，麦凯恩议员从何时便开始为我们的国家奉献自己，而我们却早已享受到了这位勇敢无私的领导者为国家所做出的贡献。对于他和佩林所付出的努力，我表示衷心的感谢，同时我也期待着，能够和他们一同努力，共同实现我们这几个月来所做出的承诺。
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 the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.我要感谢我的竞选伙伴，新当选的美国副总统乔·拜登，这一路走来，他始终遵循着自己内心深处的那个声音，他始终代表着那些和他一起在斯克兰顿街边长大，一起坐着火车回到故乡特拉华州的人们的声音。
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.如果没有过去这16年来挚友的支持，没有稳定的家庭和对生活的爱，没有我们国家的下一位第一夫人，米歇尔·奥巴马，今晚我将不可能站在这里。
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine.And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.马莉娅和萨莎，我也非常爱你们，你们肯定也沉浸在即将入住白宫的喜悦之中。
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight.I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.然而，我的外祖母已永远离开了我们，但我知道她也正和所有支持我的家人一样在看着我。我今晚非常想念他们，而且知道我欠他们的太多。
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me.I am grateful to them.我的妹妹玛雅，我的妹妹阿尔玛，我的所有其他的兄弟姐妹们，感谢你们给了我这么多的一切支持，我感谢他们。
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best--the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.和我的竞选顾问大卫-Plouffe，此次竞选的无名英雄，我认为，是他打造了美利坚合众国历史上最好的-最好的政治运动。
To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.我的首席策略师大卫——阿克塞尔罗德，在一个合作伙伴与我的每一步。
To 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.最佳运动队以往任何时候都聚集在历史上的政治你这一点，我永远感谢您什么牺牲得到工作要做。But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to.It belongs to you.It belongs to you.但最重要的是，我永远不会忘记这场胜利的所有者，胜利属于你们，胜利属于你们。
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.It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.我从来没有对可能的候选人，这个办公室。我们没有开始多少钱或许多签注。我们的运动是不能孵化的大厅华盛顿。它开始在后院得梅因和客厅的和谐与前面门廊的查尔斯顿。这是由工作男性和女性谁挖成小储蓄，他们不得不放弃5美元和10美元和20美元的事业。
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.它成长的力量的年轻人谁拒绝他们神话一代人的冷漠谁离开他们的家园和他们的家属就业提供一点工资和少睡觉。
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and 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 the Earth.它提请强度从不那么谁年轻人冒着严寒和酷暑敲门，门完美的陌生人，并从数以百万计的美国人谁自愿组织和证明，两个多世纪后，人民的政府由人民，为人民还没有灭亡的地球。
This is your victory.这是你们的胜利。
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election.And I know you didn't do it for me.我知道你们没有这样做只是为了赢得大选。我知道你没有做到这一点对我来说。
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.你这样做，是因为你明白任务的艰巨性是摆在面前。即使在我们庆祝今晚，我们知道，明天的挑战将是最大的我们的有生之年-两场战争，地球处于危险，最严重的金融危机的一个世纪。
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.即使我们今晚站在这里，我们知道有勇敢的美国人起床在沙漠伊拉克和阿富汗山区冒着生命危险为我们。
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.有父亲和母亲谁将躺在清醒后的孩子入睡和不知道他们会作抵押或支付其医生的法案或储存足够的孩子的大学教育。There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.有新能源利用，新的工作岗位要建立新的学校建设和威胁，以满足，联盟，以修理。
The road ahead will be long.Our climb will be steep.We may not get there in one year or even in one term.But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.未来的路还很长，而且我们正在艰难地攀登在陡峭的山坡之上。我们未必能够在一年或是在一个总统任期之内达到目标，但美国肯定可以。我们肯定可以达到目标，此前我从未有今天晚上的如此信心。
I promise you, we as a people will get there.我向你们承诺，我们肯定可以。
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 the government can't solve every problem.当然，这一过程肯定还会出现挫折，甚至是不成功的开始。我作为总统所做出的决策，肯定也会有许多人并不赞同。我们知道政府并不能解决所有问题。
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 to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years--block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.但我也会向你们诚恳地交待我们所面临的挑战。我会认真听从你们的建议，尤其是意见不一致的时候。总之，我邀请你们加入到国家再建的工作之中。221年来，我们的国家就是这样一砖一瓦，一点一滴地建造起来的。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.我们开始于21个月前深冬，不会结束在今年的这个秋天的夜晚结束。
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.这仅仅是胜利而不是我们所寻求的变化。这是唯一的机会，我们做出的改变。并能不会发生，如果我们回到这样的。
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.它不能发生没有你，没有一种新的精神服务，新的牺牲精神。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.因此，让我们拿出一个新的爱国主义精神，责任感，在我们每个人都决心在球场和努力，并期待后，不仅自己，而且对方。
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.让我们记住，如果这个金融危机告诉我们什么，那就是我们不能有一个蓬勃发展的同时华尔街主街受到影响。
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.在这个国家，我们的兴衰，作为一个民族，作为一个人。让我们抵制诱惑，回到属于同一党派和鸡毛蒜皮的小事和不成熟有毒害我们的政治这么久。
Let's 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 and individual liberty and national unity.让我们铭记，是这个州的人第一次将共和党的旗帜扛进了白宫，(共和党)是一个将价值观建立在自信、个人自由以及国家团结基础上的政党。
Those are values that 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.我们所有人都信奉这一价值。民主党今晚获得了巨大的胜利，但我们未来将用谦卑和决心来弥补竞选过程中产生的裂痕。
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.正如林肯所说，我们不是敌人，而是朋友。我们决不能成为敌人，尽管目前的情绪有些紧张，但决不能容许它使我们之间的亲密情感纽带破裂。
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices.I need your help.And I will be your president, too.对于那些支持我的美国人，以及那些没有将选票投给我的人，我倾听到了你们的声音，我需要得到你们的帮助，而我也同样是你们的总统。
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 the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.和所有观看今晚从超出了我们的海岸，来自议会和宫殿，那些谁是围着收音机中被遗忘的角落的世界，我们的故事是独特的，但我们的命运是共同的，新的曙光美国领导在手。
To those--to those who would tear the 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.那些-那些谁将世界撕裂了：我们将打败你。这些谁寻求和平与安全的：我们支持你。对于所有那些疑惑美国的灯塔是否还会继续明亮燃烧的人，今夜我们将再次证明，我们国家的力量并不是来源来我们的胳膊的臂力，也不是来源于我们的财富，而是源自于我们理念的持久力量。这些理念包括：民主、自由、机会以及坚贞不屈的希望。
That's the true genius of America: that America can change.Our union can be perfected.What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.这是真正的天才合众国：美国会发生变化。我们的工会可以完善。我们已经取得了让我们希望我们能够而且必须实现的明天。This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.But one that's on my mind tonight's 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.这次选举有许多优势，许多故事，会被告知几代人。但是，这在我脑海今晚的约一个女人谁投她的选票在亚特兰大。她就像数以百万计的其他人谁站在线，使他们的声音在这次选举中除一件事：尼克松安库珀是106岁。
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.她出生的一代刚刚过去的奴役;当时有没有汽车在道路上或飞机在天空中;当有人能像她一样不参加表决的原因有两个-因为她是一名女子，由于她的颜色皮肤。
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.今晚，我想所有的，她在整个看到她在美国的世纪-在心痛和希望;的斗争和取得的;的时候，我们被告知，我们不能，和人民谁压上与美国的信条：是我们能够做到。
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.Yes we can.当时妇女的声音被压制和他们的希望被驳回，她活着看到他们站起来，说出并达成的选票。是我们能够做到。
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, a new sense of common purpose.Yes we can.当有绝望中的尘埃和抑郁一碗全国的土地，她看到一个民族征服恐惧本身的新政，新的就业机会，一个新的共同使命感。是我们能够做到。
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.当炸弹落在我们的港口和暴政威胁世界，她在那里目睹了一代产生的伟大和民主是保存。是我们能够做到。
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.她在那里的巴士蒙哥马利，软管在英国伯明翰，桥梁塞尔玛和传教士从亚特兰大谁告诉人民，“我们克服。”是我们能够做到。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.一名男子降落在月球上，墙上下来在柏林，世界是连接我们自己的科学和想象力。
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.今年，在这次选举中，她谈到她的手指到屏幕上，她和演员投票，因为106年后，在美国，通过最好的时候和最黑暗的时间，她知道怎样可以改变美国。
Yes we can.是我们能够做到。
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，我们来到迄今。我们已经看到这么多。但有这么多事情要做。因此，今夜，让我们反问一下我们自己，如果我们的孩子能够活到下个世纪；如果我的女儿能够幸运地活得像安-尼克森-库珀那样长，他们将会看到什么样的变化？我们那时将会取得什么样的进步？
This is our chance to answer that call.This is our moment.这是我们来回答问题的机会，这是我们的时刻。
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 doubts 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.这是我们的时代，要使我们的人民重新工作并将机会留给我们的子孙；重新恢复繁荣并促进和平；回归我们的美国梦想并重申一个基本事实--在众人之中，我们也是其中一个；当我们呼吸，当我们充满希望的时候，我们遭遇冷嘲热讽和质疑，那些人认为我们无法做到。我们将用一句话来做出回应：不，我们可以！
Thank you.God bless you.And may God bless the United States of America.谢谢您。上帝保佑你。愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。
第二篇：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！
第三篇：2012美国总统大选奥巴马纽约演讲2
For Immediate Release May 14, 2012
Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event
New York, New York
4:40 P.M.EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you!(Applause.)Well, it is wonderful to be with all of you.There are a couple of special acknowledgements I want to make.First of all, I just want to thank Ricky Martin for being here today.(Applause.)Those of you who haven’t caught “Evita” yet, go out there.I’m sure there’s still tickets available.(Laughter.)But you know that he’s going to be spectacular in it.And I’m so grateful for him stepping out and being willing to support me in this way.I want to thank Donald and Shelley Rubin for not only making this extraordinary event possible, but all that they’ve done for the civic life of New York.Please give them a big round of applause.(Applause.)I want to thank Raj Goyale, who helped to put this together.And he’s got two beautiful daughters, one of whom he’s still holding like this, and it’s--(laughter)--it reminds me of when Malia and Sasha were like this, and now they're like this.(Laughter.)But I want to thank Raj for this.Your outstanding Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman is in the house, so please give him a big round of applause as well.(Applause.)So we’ve been busy.(Laughter.)We’ve got a few things to do here.I’m here to ask for your help, but I’m also here because your country needs your help.When we ran four years ago I think we all understood that the campaign wasn’t just about me.It was about the commitment we made to each other to make sure that this country lived up to the meaning its creed.The idea that all of us, if we worked, if we tried, we could make it here in America--regardless of what we look like, where we came from, who we loved, what our surnames were;the notion that those basic values of responsibility and hard work, of giving back, that that’s what built this country and we built it together.And we felt like we had lost some of those core values.When I was first elected, we were looking backwards at a decade of manufacturing moving overseas and the middle class struggling with flat wages and flat incomes, even though the cost of everything from college to health care had been skyrocketing.We had seen recklessness by some on Wall Street, almost bringing the economy to its knees.An auto industry that was on the verge of collapse.A foreign policy that had not gained us the kind of respect that we needed in the world, and had cost us over a trillion dollars.And so we understood we had a lot of work to do.And the month that I took office we were losing 800,000 jobs that month, and we had already lost 4 million, and we’d lose another 3 million after that.And so these have been tough times.It’s been tough times for the country, tough times for a lot of families all across America.But the good news is the American people have proven to be tougher.And so for all the challenges that we’ve gone through, we have seen families across America willing to cut back on things they didn’t need, to make sure that they were looking after their kids and doing the things that they did needed to do.There were some people who had to go back and retrain because the industries that they were in were no longer operating at that same capacity.We’ve seen businesses that had to scale back but did everything they could to keep their workers.And because of all these individuals efforts and, frankly, some tough but good decisions that we made early on, we’re weathering this storm and we’ve seen the country start to come back.Four million jobs created over the last two years alone.Just in the last six months, over a million jobs.The auto industry all the way back, so that GM is now once again the biggest carmaker in the world and producing better cars, because we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars so that by the middle of the next decade everybody is going to be getting 55 miles a gallon, and that will save the average family about $8,000.And we’ll be taking a whole bunch of carbon out of the atmosphere so that we can make sure that all these wonderful kids who are in attendance are inheriting a planet that hasn’t been wrecked because we didn't take the proper decisions.(Applause.)We’ve doubled our production of clean energy, even as our oil production is higher and our imports of oil from other countries are lower.We ended the war in Iraq as promised, and we’re now winding down the war in Afghanistan.(Applause.)And so we’ve done a lot over these last three and a half years to make sure that the country was able to manage through this crisis that we have not seen in our lifetimes before.But we--I did not just run and you didn't just support me just to get back to the status quo.And we know that there are still families out there that are having a tough time, people whose homes are still underwater.We still know that there are too many children all across America who don't have the kind of opportunities that we want them to have and that America needs them to have.And so we now come to this point, this election where the American people are going to have a choice, and this choice is going to be as important as any choice that we’ve made in a very long time;in some ways, more important than 2008--because we’ve got a very clear contrast this time.John McCain believed in climate change and believed in immigration reform.On some issues, there was a sense of independence.What we’ve got this time out is a candidate who said he’d basically rubber-stamp a Republican Congress who wants us to go backwards and not forwards on a whole range of issues.They’ve got an economic theory that basically says the only way to grow the economy is to slash everybody’s taxes further, especially the wealthiest Americans, to dismantle government in so many
ways.And that somehow, if everybody--the most powerful in our society are left to do whatever it is that they want, that somehow we’re going to be better off.And we’ve just got a completely different vision about how America has succeeded.And it’s rooted in fact and it’s rooted in history.(Laughter.)It’s based on what we’ve seen, because the ideas that they're putting forward have been tried.We tried them between 2000 and 2008, and it resulted in the most sluggish job growth that we’ve ever seen, resulted in all kinds of phony financial profits and debt, and resulted in the worst financial crisis and economic crisis we’ve seen since the 1930s.So we--it’s not as if they're offering any new ideas.They're basically saying you’re on your own, and when everybody is on their own, somehow we’re better off.And we’ve got a contrasting vision that says we are stronger together;that America was built together;that all of us have responsibilities;that we thrive in a free market where risk takers and innovators are rewarded for taking a bet, taking a chance.But we also understand that we grew because we made a decision at some point we were going to have public schools where every kid--immigrants who showed up here in New York City fleeing wars in Europe, that they could come here and suddenly go into a public school and learn, and end up winning Nobel prizes and starting Fortune 500 companies.That was how we built this country.We built this country around the idea that everybody should have access to a great college education.And so, as a consequence, we set up--President Lincoln, the first Republican President, set up land grant colleges all across this country, where the kid of a farmer could suddenly go and learn something new, and all of us would become more productive because of it.This country was built because together we built the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Interstate Highway System.That's how we sent a man to the moon, that's how the Internet was invented--because we did these things together.My grandfather went to college on the GI Bill because we understood that that would help make everybody rich.We didn't do those things just because it was good for one group or one individual.We did it because we understood that when everybody has got a shot, no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, we all do better.And that's what’s at stake in this election.Those are the contrasting visions.And we know which direction this country needs to go in.This is a country that needs to invest in clean energy because we don't need to be subsidizing big oil companies to the tune of $4 billion a year.We need to double down on solar and wind and biofuels that are going to help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and clean up our environment.We know that it’s important for us to make sure that young people are able to afford to go to college--everybody, not just some.We know that we have to invest in science and technology and stem cell research, and all the things that can help lead to amazing medical and scientific breakthroughs.We know that we’ve got to rebuild this country, which is why I want to spend half of the money that we’re saving on wars we’re no longer fighting to build our roads and our bridges and our airports.And we also know that if we’re going to restore a sense of middle-class security, that we’ve got to make sure that we’re rewarding businesses that are investing here in the United States, not businesses that are shipping jobs overseas.We know these things.And we can do it.And we can do it in a balanced way.And one of the big arguments we’re going to have over the next four or five months is, how do we pay for stuff? And I happen to believe that it makes sense for us to make these investments, to make sure that Social Security and Medicare are still there for the next generation;to make sure that we’re not kicking poor kids and people with disabilities, and seniors who don’t have any other means off of Medicaid just to balance our budgets.I think that I can afford to pay a little bit more and, frankly, some of the people in this room can afford to pay a little bit more, so that we can bring down our debts in a responsible way--cutting out waste, cutting out programs that don’t work anymore, but also making sure that everybody is paying their fair share.And at root, so much of this has to do with a belief that not only are we all in this together, but all of us are equal in terms of dignity and in terms of respect, and everybody deserves a shot.(Applause.)So part of what we’ve been spending a lot of time doing is just making sure that those ideals that we profess are made real.The first bill I signed, the Lilly Ledbetter Act--a simple proposition--equal pay for equal work.I don’t want my daughters treated differently than my sons.(Applause.)That’s the reason why we’re fighting for comprehensive immigration reform--because I believe that a child who’s here, raised with our kids, playing with our kids, has as much talent as our kids, the notion that somehow they would not have the capacity, the ability to proclaim themselves Americans and to fulfill their American Dream--that’s not who we are and that’s not what we’re about.(Applause.)The announcement I made last week about my views on marriage equality--same principle.The basic idea--I want everybody treated fairly in this country.We have never gone wrong when we expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody.That doesn’t weaken families;that strengthens families.(Applause.)It’s the right thing to do.On each and every one of these issues there is a fundamental difference between the candidates.And when we passed health care reform, we did it because a country this wealthy, we shouldn’t have 30 million people without health insurance.That’s not an efficient way to go.We shouldn’t have people showing up at emergency rooms that we end up having to pay for indirectly because we couldn’t give them preventive care.I don’t want women being charged more than men for their ailments.That’s not right.I want to make sure that seniors who have been paying into Medicare, that they’ve got Medicare that they can count on in their Golden Years.(Applause.)And we’ve got to make some changes, but we’re not going to voucherize that program.It’s been said that this election is going to be about values, and I absolutely agree.It’s about the economic values we have, about the values that I believe are what makes America so special--the idea that everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of rules.So everything we do--from Wall Street reform, making sure that banks aren’t taking risks with other people’s money that taxpayers may have to end up bailing out later, to repealing DOMA--(applause)--to getting the DREAM Act passed, to investing in our schools, to rebuilding manufacturing in
America--all of these things are designed to make sure that we’re restoring middle-class security for all those folks out there that are struggling for their small portion of the American Dream.And the good news is I think the American people are on our side on this.When you ask them specifically about all these issues, they ultimately choose the vision that I’m presenting over the one that the other side is presenting.The only thing that’s holding us back is the fact that things are still tough out there.There are still too many people without work, and there are still too many people who are struggling to get by even if they’ve got work.And what’s also going to make this a very close race is the fact that you’ve got special interests and these super PACs that are spending money on negative ads in unprecedented ways.And their message is going to be very simple: You’re frustrated, you’re dissatisfied, and it’s Obama’s fault.You can boil down the message.(Laughter.)We were traveling around trying to prevent a doubling of student loan rates, and the Republicans said, he’s trying to distract from the economy.Well, now, the last I checked, making sure our kids got a good education and weren’t loaded down with debt, that had something to do with our economy.But what they really meant was, this distracts from our basic argument that you’re frustrated and it’s Obama’s fault.(Laughter.)And they will spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to drill that home.But I’m not worried.And the reason I’m not worried is because of you--because I believe that if we are getting our message out effectively, if we are describing not only what we’ve done over the last three and half years;not only the 2.5 million young people who have health insurance who wouldn’t otherwise have it because they can stay on their parents’ plan;not just everything that we’ve done to make sure that we’re changing the rules on things like people being able to visit their loved ones in hospitals;not just everything that we’ve done in terms of restoring the auto industry--but when we describe what we plan to do for the future, if we can get that message out effectively, I believe we’ll win.But more importantly, the country will win.But I’m going to need all of you.This is going to be a tough race.It is going to be a tight race.Nobody should be taking this for granted, especially when I come to New York sometimes people go around and say, I don't know anybody who is not supporting you, Barack.(Laughter.)I say, you live in Manhattan, man.(Laughter.)This is going to be a challenging race.But we can win as long as all of you are activated, as long as all of you are motivated, as long as you’re doing everything you can--not just making phone calls, not just raising money, but I want folks out hitting the streets, knocking on doors, talking to your family, talking to your friends.In 2008, a lot of people were skeptical, but we showed them that when ordinary folks are motivated, they can't be stopped.When they decide it’s time for change to happen, change happens.And that's going to happen this time as well.I used to say in 2008, I’m not a perfect man and I’m not going to be a perfect President, but I’d always tell you what I thought, I always would tell you where I stood, and I’d work every single day--every day I
would wake up thinking about how I could make your lives better and making sure that every kid out there has the same kind of amazing possibilities that Malia and Sasha have.And that promise I’ve kept.So I still believe in you.I hope you still believe in me.And if you do, I’m absolutely positive we’re going to win this election.(Applause.)Thank you, everybody.God bless you.God bless America.END 5:01 P.M.EDT
第四篇：2012年美国大选奥巴马胜选演讲(英语版)
Transcript of Obama’s Reelection Speech
(Cheers, applause.)
AUDIENCE MEMBERS:(Chanting.)Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you.Thank you.Thank you so much.(Sustained cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)I want to thank every American who participated in this election.(Cheers, applause.)Whether you voted for the very first time —(cheers)— or waited in line for a very long time —(cheers)— by the way, we have to fix that.(Cheers, applause.)Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone —(cheers, applause)— whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard and you made a difference.(Cheers, applause.)
I just spoke with Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hard-fought campaign.(Cheers, applause.)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 honor and applaud tonight.(Cheers, applause.)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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)
And I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago.(Cheers, applause.)Let me say this publicly.Michelle, I have never loved you more.(Cheers, applause.)I have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you, too, as our nation’s first lady.(Cheers, applause.)
Sasha and Malia —(cheers, applause)— before our very eyes, you’re growing up to become two strong, smart, beautiful young women, just like your mom.(Cheers, applause.)And I am so proud of you guys.But I will say that for now, one dog’s probably enough.(Laughter.)
To the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics —(cheers, applause)— the best — the best ever —(cheers, applause)— some of you were new this time around, and some of you have been at my side since the very
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beginning.(Cheers, applause.)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.(Cheers, applause.)And you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful president.Thank you for believing all the way —(cheers, applause)— to every hill, to every valley.(Cheers, applause.)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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.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 every child has that same opportunity.(Cheers, applause.)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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, 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, 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 —(cheers, 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 —(cheers, applause)— a country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation —(scattered cheers, applause)— with all of the good jobs and new businesses that follow.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.(Cheers, applause.)
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 —(cheers, applause)— 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.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 —(cheers, applause)— to the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner —(cheers, applause)— 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.2 / 4
That’s the —(cheers, applause)— that’s the future we hope for.(Cheers, applause.)That’s the vision we share.That’s where we need to go — forward.(Cheers, applause.)That’s where we need to go.(Cheers, applause.)
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.But that common bond is where we must begin.Our economy is recovering.A decade of war is ending.(Cheers, applause.)A long campaign is now over.(Cheers, applause.)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.(Cheers, applause.)
Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual.(Cheers, applause.)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 out tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil.We’ve got more work to do.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)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 —(cheers, applause)— 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.(Cheers, applause.)
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 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 there was a buddy behind them watching their back.(Cheers, applause.)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.3 / 4
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.)
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.AUDIENCE MEMBER: We got your back, Mr.President!
PRESIDENT OBAMA: 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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)You can make it here in America if you’re willing to try.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)
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.(Cheers, applause.)Thank you, America.(Cheers, applause.)God bless you.God bless these United States.(Cheers, applause.)
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第五篇：美国总统大选特普朗胜选演讲
美国总统大选特普朗胜选演讲
I’ve just received a call from secretary Clinton.She congratulated us.It’s about us.On our victory, and I congratulated her and her family on a very ,very hard-fought campaign.I mean she fought very hard.Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.I mean that very sincerely.Now it is time for America to bind the wounds of division, have to get together, to all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.It is time.I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all of Americans, and this is so important to me.For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country.As I’ve said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement, made up of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family.我刚从克林顿国务卿那儿接到一个电话。他祝贺我们获胜。这是关于我们的事。
在如此艰难漫长的竞选中，我非常感谢她和她的整个家族。她是一个战士。希拉里工作时间很长，一直非常努力。她对整个国家做出了贡献，我们欠她一个感谢。
我是认真的。现在我觉得美国人应该弥补裂痕，重新团结在一起。全美所有的共和党人、民主党人、自由党人，现在正是我们一起团结人民的时候。
是时候了!我向这片国土上的每位公民承诺，我将成为全美国人的总统，这对我而言十分重要。
过去那些没有选择支持我的人们，很少的一部分人们，我将成为你们的引导、你们的帮手，这样我们就可以一起努力，团结起我们伟大的国家。
就像我一开始说的，我们不只是在做一场选举，我们举行了一场不可思议、伟大的运动，真是上百万努力工作、热爱祖国的男性女性们为了拥有一个更好、更光明的未来和家庭而一起构造的。
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