第一篇：奥巴马竞选宣言
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
February 10, 2007 | Springfield, Illinois
Let me begin by saying thanks to all of you who’ve traveled, from far and wide, to brave the cold today.We all made this journey for a reason.It’s humbling, but in my heart I know you didn’t come here just for me;you came here because you believe in what this country can be.In the face of war, you believe there can be peace.In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope.In the face of a politics that’s shut you out, that’s told you to settle, that’s divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what’s possible, building that more perfect union.That’s the journey we’re on today.But let me tell you how I came to be here.As most of you know, I am not a
native of this great state.I moved to Illinois over two decades ago.I was a young man then, just a year out of college;I knew no one in Chicago, was without money or family connections.But a group of churches had offered me a job as a community organizer for $13,000 a year.And I accepted the job, sight unseen, motivated then by a single, simple, powerful idea—that I might play a small part in building a better America.My work took me to some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods.I joined with pastor s and laypeople to deal with communities that had been ravaged by plant closings.I saw that the problems people faced weren’t simply local in nature— that the decision to close a steel mill was made by distant executives;that the lack of textbooks and computers in schools could be traced to the skewed priorities of politicians a thousand miles away;and that when a child turns to violence, there’s a hole in his heart no government alone can fill.It was in these neighborhoods that I received the best education I ever had, and where I learned the true meaning of my Christian faith.After three years of this work, I went to law school , because I wanted to understand how the law should work for those in need.I became a civil rights lawyer and taught constitutional law, and after a time, I came to understand that our cherished rights of liberty and equality depend on the active participation of an awakened electorate.It was with these ideas in mind that I arrived in this capital city as a State Senator.It was here, in Springfield, where I saw all that is America converge—farmers and teachers, businessmen and laborers, all of them with a story to tell, all of them seeking a seat at the table, all of them clamoring to be heard.I made lasting friendships here—friends that I see in the audience today.It was here we learned to disagree without being disagreeable— that it’s possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised;and that so long as we’re willing to listen to each other, we can assume the best in people instead of the worst.That’s why we were able to reform a death penalty system that was broken.That’s why we were able to give health insurance to children in need.That’s why we made the tax system more fair and just for working families, and that’s why we passed ethics reforms that the cynics said could never, ever be passed.It was here, in Springfield, where north, south, east, and west come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people—where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America.And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol , where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States.I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness —a certain audacity —to this announcement.I know I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington.But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed.And we should take heart , because we’ve changed this country before.In the face of tyranny , a band of patriots brought an empire to its knees.In the face of secession , we unified a nation and set the captives free.In the face of Depression , we put people back to work and lifted millions out of poverty.We welcomed immigrants to our shores, we opened railroads to the west, we landed a man on the moon, and we heard a King ’s call to let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done.Today we are called once more—and it is time for our generation to answer that call.For that is our unyielding faith —that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.That’s what Abraham Lincoln understood.He had his doubts.He had his defeats.He had his setbacks.But through his will and his words, he moved a nation and helped free a people.It is because of the millions who rallied to his cause that we are no longer divided, North and South, slave and free.It is because men and women of every race, from every walk of life , continued to march for freedom long after Lincoln was laid to rest , that today we have the chance to face the challenges of this millennium together, as one people— as Americans.All of us know what those challenges are today—a war with no end, a dependence on oil that threatens our future, schools where too many children aren’t learning, and families struggling paycheck to paycheck despite working as hard as they can.We know the challenges.We’ve heard them.We’ve talked about them for years.What’s stopped us from meeting these challenges is not the absence of sound policies and sensible plans.What’s stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics—the ease with which we’re distracted by the petty and trivial , our chronic avoidance of tough decisions , our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems.For the last six years we’ve been told that our mounting debts don’t matter, we’ve been told that the anxiety Americans feel about rising health care costs and stagnant wages are an illusion , we’ve been told that climate change is a hoax ，and that tough talk and an ill-conceived war can replace diplomacy, and strategy, and foresight.And when all else fails, when Katrina happens, or the death toll in Iraq mounts, we’ve been told that our crises are somebody else’s fault.We’re distracted from our real failures and told to blame the other party, or gay people, or immigrants.And as people have looked away in disillusionment and frustration , we know what’s filled the void.The cynics, and the lobbyists , and the special interests who’ve turned our government into a game only they can afford to play.They write the checks and you get stuck with the bills, they get the access while you get to write a letter, they think they own this government, but we’re here today to take it back.The time for that politics is over.It’s time to turn the page.We’ve made some progress already.I was proud to help lead the fight in Congress that led to the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate.But Washington has a long way to go.And it won’t be easy.That’s why we’ll have to set priorities.We’ll have to make hard choices.And although government will play a crucial role in bringing about the changes we need, more money and programs alone will not get us where we need to go.Each of us, in our own lives, will have to accept responsibility—for instilling an ethic of achievement in our
children, for adapting to a more competitive economy, for strengthening our communities, and sharing some measure of sacrifice.So let us begin.Let us begin this hard work together.Let us transform this nation.Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age.Let’s set high standards for our schools and give them the resources they need to succeed.Let’s recruit a new army of teachers and give them better pay and more support in exchange for more accountability.Let’s make college more affordable, and let’s invest in scientific research, and let’s lay down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America.And as our economy changes, let’s be the generation that ensures our nation’s workers are sharing in our prosperity.Let’s protect the hard-earned benefits their companies have promised.Let’s make it possible for hardworking Americans to save for retirement.And let’s allow our unions and their organizers to lift up this country’s middle class again.Let’s be the generation that ends poverty in America.Every single person willing to work should be able to get job training that leads to a job, and earn a living wage that can pay the bills, and afford child care so their kids have a safe place to go when they work.Let’s do this.Let’s be the generation that finally tackles our health care crisis.We can control costs by focusing on prevention, by providing better treatment to the chronically ill , and using technology to cut the bureaucracy.Let’s be the generation that says right here, right now, that we will have universal health care
in America by the end of the next President’s first term.Let’s be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil.We can harness homegrown, alternative fuels like ethanol and spur the production of more fuel-efficient cars.We can set up a system for capping greenhouse gases.We can turn this crisis of global warming into a moment of opportunity for innovation, and job creation, and an incentive for businesses that will serve as a model for the world.Let’s be the generation that makes future generations proud of what we did here.Most of all, let’s be the generation that never forgets what happened on that September day and confront the terrorists with everything we’ve got.Politics doesn’t have to divide us on this anymore—we can work together to keep our country safe.I’ve worked with Republican Senator Dick Lugar to pass a law that will secure and destroy some of the world’s deadliest, unguarded weapons.We can work together to track terrorists down with a stronger military, we can tighten the net around their finances, and we can improve our intelligence capabilities.But let us also understand that ultimate victory against our enemies will come only by rebuilding our alliances and exporting those ideals that bring hope and opportunity to millions around the globe.But all of this cannot come to pass until we bring an end to this war in Iraq.Most of you know I opposed this war from the start.I thought it was a tragic mistake.Today we grieve for the families who have lost loved ones, the hearts that have been broken, and the young lives that could have been.America, it’s time to start bringing our troops home.It’s time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else’s civil war.That’s why I have a plan that will bring our combat troops home by March of 2008.Letting the Iraqis know that we will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunni and Shia to come to the table and find peace.Finally, there is one other thing that is not too late to get right about this war, and that is the homecoming of the men and women—our veteran s—who have sacrificed the most.Let us honor their valor by providing the care they need and rebuilding the military they love.Let us be the generation that begins this work.I know there are those who don’t believe we can do all these things.I understand the skepticism.After all, every four years, candidates from both parties make similar promises, and I expect this year will be no different.All of us running for President will travel around the country offering ten-point plans and making grand speeches;all of us will trumpet those qualities we believe make us uniquely qualified to lead the country.But too many times, after the election is over, and the confetti is swept away, all those promises fade from memory, and the lobbyists and the special interests move in, and people turn away, disappointed as before, left to struggle on their own.That is why this campaign can’t only be about me.It must be about us—it must be about what we can do together.This campaign must be the occasion, the vehicle, of your hopes, and your dreams.It will take your time, your energy, and your advice—to push us forward when we’re doing right, and to let us know when we’re not.This campaign has to be about reclaiming the meaning of citizenship, restoring our sense of common purpose, and realizing that few obstacles can withstand the power of millions of voices calling for change.By ourselves, this change will not happen.Divided, we are bound to fail.But the life of a tall, gangly , self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible.He tells us that there is power in words.He tells us that there is power in conviction.That beneath all the differences of race and region, faith and station, we are one people.He tells us that there is power in hope.As Lincoln organized the forces arrayed against slavery, he was heard to say: “Of strange, discordant , and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought to battle through.”
That is our purpose here today.That’s why I’m in this race.Not just to hold an office , but to gather with you to transform a nation.I want to win that next battle—for justice and opportunity.I want to win that next battle—for better schools, and better jobs, and health care for all.I want us to take up the unfinished business of perfecting our union, and building a better America.And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see, as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us;if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber , and slough off our
fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I’m ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you.Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth.
第二篇：奥巴马竞选宣言
Declaration of Candidacy 竞选宣言
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY February 10, 2007 | Springfield, Illinois Let me begin by saying thanks to all of you who’ve traveled, from far and wide, to brave the cold today.首先，请允许我对今天冒着严寒、远道而来的朋友们表示感谢。
We all made this journey for a reason.It’s humbling, but in my heart I know you didn’t come here just for me;you came here because you believe in what this country can be.In the face of war, you believe there can be peace.In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope.In the face of a politics that’s shut you out, that’s told you to settle, that’s divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what’s possible, building that more perfect union.我们此行都为了一个目的。我感谢大家的热诚，在我心里，我知道你们并非仅仅为我而来，你们此行的原因更在于你们相信这个国家的未来。面对战争，你们相信和平将至。面对绝望，你们相信希望尚存。政治将你们拒之门外，让你们安于现状，长期彼此分隔，但你们相信我们作为一个民族，能够实现可能实现的一切，打造一个更加完美的联邦。
That’s the journey we’re on today.But let me tell you how I came to be here.As most of you know, I am not a native of this great state.I moved to Illinois over two decades ago.I was a young man then, just a year out of college;I knew no one in Chicago, was without money or family connections.But a group of churches had offered me a job as a community organizer for $13,000 a year.And I accepted the job, sight unseen, motivated then by a single, simple, powerful idea—that I might play a small part in building a better America.这就是今天我们此行的目的。我告诉你们我是如何来到这里的。你们大多数人都知道，我并不是伟大的伊利诺伊州土生土长的公民，我是在20多年前搬到这里的。那时的我还是个年轻人，刚从大学毕业一年；在芝加哥，我身无分文，举目无亲。但有几个教堂为我提供了一份社区组织者的工作，年薪1.3万美元。我毫不犹豫地接受了这份工作，因为我的心一直被一个简单且有力的想法激励着—我可以为建设一个更加美好的美国尽一份绵薄之力。
My work took me to some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods.I joined with pastor s and laypeople to deal with communities that had been ravaged by plant closings.I saw that the problems people faced weren’t simply local in nature— that the decision to close a steel mill was made by distant executives;that the lack of textbooks and computers in schools could be traced to the skewed priorities of politicians a thousand miles away;and that when a child turns to violence, there’s a hole in his heart no government alone can fill.这份工作使我有机会走访了芝加哥一些最贫困的社区。我和牧师及普通民众一起，帮助因工厂倒闭而备受蹂躏的社区。我发现人们所遇到的不仅仅是地区性的问题—关闭钢厂的决定是遥远的行政官员做出的；学校缺少课本和计算机可以追溯到千里之外政客们的施政不当；当一个孩子有暴力倾向时，他心灵的创口单靠政府永远无法弥补。
正是在这些社区里，我受到了有生以来最好的教育，也懂得了基督教信仰的真谛。
After three years of this work, I went to law school , because I wanted to understand how the law should work for those in need.I became a civil rights lawyer and taught constitutional law, and after a time, I came to understand that our cherished rights of liberty and equality depend on the active participation of an awakened electorate.It was with these ideas in mind that I arrived in this capital city as a State Senator.我在这个职位上一待就是三年，之后我去了（哈佛）法学院学习，因为我想要弄明白法律是如何为那些需要帮助的人提供服务的。我成了一名民权事务律师，并教授宪法课程。之后不久，我逐渐意识到我们所珍惜的自由与平等的权利依赖于全体选民的觉醒和积极参与。怀着这些想法，我来到了州首府，成为了一名州参议员。
It was here, in Springfield, where I saw all that is America converge—farmers and teachers, businessmen and laborers, all of them with a story to tell, all of them seeking a seat at the table, all of them clamoring to be heard.I made lasting friendships here—friends that I see in the audience today.正是在这里—斯普林菲尔德市，我眼见了美国所融汇的一切—农民和教师，商人和公司员工—所有人都有着各自的故事，所有人都希望获得一席之地，所有人都强烈期望自己的发言能够受到重视。我在这里获得了永恒的友谊—我看到许多朋友也在今天的听众当中。
It was here we learned to disagree without being disagreeable— that it’s possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised;and that so long as we’re willing to listen to each other, we can assume the best in people instead of the worst.正是在这里，我们学会了用和颜悦色的方式去对待意见不一—在坚持原则的情况下，达成共识；只要我们愿意倾听对方的意见，我们就能以人性的真善美而非假恶丑与人进行交往。
That’s why we were able to reform a death penalty system that was broken.That’s why we were able to give health insurance to children in need.That’s why we made the tax system more fair and just for working families, and that’s why we passed ethics reforms that the cynics said could never, ever be passed.这是为什么我们能够改革千疮百孔的死刑体制，为贫困儿童提供健康保险，并使得税收体制更为公平和公正，以有益于工薪阶层家庭的原因。这也是为什么我们通过了被那些愤世嫉俗者宣称永远不能通过的道德改革法案的原因。
It was here, in Springfield, where north, south, east, and west come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people—where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America.正是在这里，在斯普林菲尔德市，来自四面八方的人们汇集于此，让我忆起了美国人民的正统—我逐渐相信通过这种正统，我们能够建设一个更加充满希望的美国。
And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol , where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States.缘此，在古老的国会大厦下面，在林肯曾经呼吁分裂的议会团结一致的地方，在共同的希望和梦想仍然鲜活的地方，我今天站在你们面前宣布我将竞选美国总统。
I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness —a certain audacity —to this announcement.I know I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington.But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.我承认这一声明有一点自以为是—甚至有些狂妄。我知道我并未花费很多时间来研究华盛顿的施政方略，但我在那儿待的时间已经足够让我认识到华盛顿的施政方略必须要变革。
The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed.And we should take heart , because we’ve changed this country before.In the face of tyranny , a band of patriots brought an empire to its knees.In the face of secession , we unified a nation and set the captives free.In the face of Depression , we put people back to work and lifted millions out of poverty.We welcomed immigrants to our shores, we opened railroads to the west, we landed a man on the moon, and we heard a King ’s call to let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.我们奠基者们的天才之处在于他们设计了可变革的政体。我们应树立信心，因为我们曾对这个国家进行过变革。面对暴政，一大批爱国志士曾迫使一个帝国屈膝。面对分裂，我们团结整个国家，解放了黑奴。面对大萧条，我们让劳动者重回工作岗位，并使数百万人民脱离了贫困。我们欢迎外来移民，我们将铁路延伸至西部，我们将宇航员送上月球，我们还听到了马丁·路德·金的号召，让公平似水奔流、正义如泉喷涌。
Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done.Today we are called once more—and it is time for our generation to answer that call.For that is our unyielding faith —that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.每一次，新一代的美国人都会勇敢地承担并完成需要完成的工作。今天，我们再一次受到了感召—此时正是我们这一代做出回应的时刻。
That’s what Abraham Lincoln understood.He had his doubts.He had his defeats.那是我们永不动摇的信仰—虽然我们也会面临不可能，但热爱祖国的人民能够变革它。
He had his setbacks.But through his will and his words, he moved a nation and helped free a people.It is because of the millions who rallied to his cause that we are no longer divided, North and South, slave and free.It is because men and women of every race, from every walk of life , continued to march for freedom long after Lincoln was laid to rest , that today we have the chance to face the challenges of this millennium together, as one people— as Americans.这就是亚伯拉罕·林肯的信念。他有自己的疑虑、失败，亦曾遭遇挫折。但通过他的意志和语言，他推动了整个国家的前进，并协助我们解放了一个民族。正是因为数百万人支持他的事业，所以我们不再分裂，不论南方还是北方，奴隶抑或自由人。正是因为各个种族、各行各业的人们在林肯故去后继续为争取自由而长久地奋斗，今天我们才有机会作为一个民族—美国人民来共同面对新千年的挑战。
All of us know what those challenges are today—a war with no end, a dependence on oil that threatens our future, schools where too many children aren’t learning, and families struggling paycheck to paycheck despite working as hard as they can.We know the challenges.We’ve heard them.We’ve talked about them for years.我们都知道今天所面临的挑战是什么—一场无休止的战争，对石油的依赖威胁着我们的未来，许多儿童不在学校好好读书，许多家庭努力挣扎着赚取工资以支付各种账单。我们已听说并知晓挑战所在，而且我们多年来一直在谈论这些挑战。
What’s stopped us from meeting these challenges is not the absence of sound policies and sensible plans.What’s stopped us is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics—the ease with which we’re distracted by the petty and trivial , our chronic avoidance of tough decisions , our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems.阻止我们应对这些挑战的不是因为缺乏合理的政策与可行的方案，而是领导无方，“狭隘”政治—我们被那些繁文缛节分散了注意力，我们长期以来对艰难抉择的逃避，我们期望轻易地获得政治筹码，而没有挽起袖子好好工作，更没有达成工作共识来解决重大问题。
For the last six years we’ve been told that our mounting debts don’t matter, we’ve been told that the anxiety Americans feel about rising health care costs and stagnant wages are an illusion , we’ve been told that climate change is a hoax , and that tough talk and an ill-conceived war can replace diplomacy, and strategy, and foresight.And when all else fails, when Katrina happens, or the death toll in Iraq mounts, we’ve been told that our crises are somebody else’s fault.We’re distracted from our real failures and told to blame the other party, or gay people, or immigrants.在过去的6年中，我们不断地被告知越积越多的债务并不要紧，美国人对于日益上涨的医疗卫生费用和工资停滞的状况感到焦虑只是一个错觉，气候变化只是个愚弄人的玩笑，强硬的言辞和考虑欠周的战争可以用来代替民主、战略和远见卓识。当经历所有其他的失败后，当卡特里娜飓风来临时，抑或当伊拉克战场上士兵的死亡人数不断增加时，我们被告知我们的危机源自其他人的错误。我们没有意识到自己真正的失败，却被告知应该责备另一个党派或是同性恋者或是移民。
We’ve made some progress already.I was proud to help lead the fight in Congress that led to the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate.我们已经取得了一些进步。我非常自豪能协助引领这场国会内部的辩论—这场辩论导致了自水门事件以来最为彻底的道德改革。
But Washington has a long way to go.And it won’t be easy.That’s why we’ll have to set priorities.We’ll have to make hard choices.And although government will play a crucial role in bringing about the changes we need, more money and programs alone will not get us where we need to go.Each of us, in our own lives, will have to accept responsibility—for instilling an ethic of achievement in our children, for adapting to a more competitive economy, for strengthening our communities, and sharing some measure of sacrifice.So let us begin.Let us begin this hard work together.Let us transform this nation.但华盛顿仍有很长的一段路要走，而且这条路并不容易走下去。因此，我们不得不确定轻重缓急，不得不做出艰难的抉择。虽然政府会发挥关键作用，带来我们需要的变革，但仅凭金钱和方案的增加并不能保证让我们获得预想的结果。我们每个人在自己的生活中，都须承担责任—向我们的子女逐渐灌输一种追求成功的观念，去适应更具竞争力的经济，让社区变得更加美好，还有学会做出某种程度的牺牲。那么，让我们就此开始行动吧。让我们一起并肩战斗，开始这项艰难的工作。让我们来实现整个国家的变革。
Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age.Let’s set high standards for our schools and give them the resources they need to succeed.Let’s recruit a new army of teachers and give them better pay and more support in exchange for more accountability.Let’s make college more affordable, and let’s invest in scientific research, and let’s lay down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America.让我们成为在数字化时代重塑我们的经济，使之具有竞争力的一代。让我们高标准要求学校，并给予助其成功所需要的一切资源。让我们招募新的师资力量，给予他们更高的工资、更多的支持，以此来激发他们更强的责任心。让我们使孩子能够上得起大学，让我们在科研方面进行投资，让我们在全美国的各个城市和乡村中心铺设宽带线路。
And as our economy changes, let’s be the generation that ensures our nation’s workers are sharing in our prosperity.Let’s protect the hard-earned benefits their companies have promised.Let’s make it possible for hardworking Americans to save for retirement.And let’s allow our unions and their organizers to lift up this country’s middle class again.随着我们经济的变革，让我们成为确保美国劳动者能够分享到经济繁荣成果的一代，让我们保护公司承诺给员工的辛苦所得，让我们使美国劳苦大众能够为其退休进行储蓄成为可能，让我们允许工会及其组织者再次振兴国家的中产阶级。
Let’s be the generation that ends poverty in America.Every single person willing to work should be able to get job training that leads to a job, and earn a living wage that can pay the bills, and afford child care so their kids have a safe place to go when they work.Let’s do this.让我们成为根除美国贫困状况的一代。每个想要工作的人都应该能够通过职业培训而获得一份工作，赚取足够的工资以支付各种开销，为孩子提供良好的照顾从而在他们上班时可以让孩子待在安全的地方。让我们做好这些事。
Let’s be the generation that finally tackles our health care crisis.We can control costs by focusing on prevention, by providing better treatment to the chronically ill , and using technology to cut the bureaucracy.Let’s be the generation that says right here, right now, that we will have universal health care in America by the end of the next President’s first term.让我们成为最终解决医保危机的一代。通过注重预防，为慢性病患者提供更好的医疗服务，运用技术手段减少行政开支，我们可以控制相关的费用。让我们成为此时此地宣告到下届总统首个任期结束时普享医保的一代。
Let’s be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil.We can harness homegrown, alternative fuels like ethanol and spur the production of more fuel-efficient cars.We can set up a system for capping greenhouse gases.We can turn this crisis of global warming into a moment of opportunity for innovation, and job creation, and an incentive for businesses that will serve as a model for the world.Let’s be the generation that makes future generations proud of what we did here.让我们成为使美国最终摆脱石油暴政的一代。我们可以利用国产的和乙醇之类的可替代燃料，鼓励生产更多的节能汽车。我们可以建立一套控制温室气体排放的体制。我们可以将全球变暖的危机变成创新的机会，增加就业，刺激商业，给全世界树立一个榜样。让我们成为后世子孙为我们今天于此的所作所为而感到自豪的一代。
Most of all, let’s be the generation that never forgets what happened on that September day and confront the terrorists with everything we’ve got.Politics doesn’t have to divide us on this anymore—we can work together to keep our country safe.I’ve worked with Republican Senator Dick Lugar to pass a law that will secure and destroy some of the world’s deadliest, unguarded weapons.We can work together to track terrorists down with a stronger military, we can tighten the net around their finances, and we can improve our intelligence capabilities.But let us also understand that ultimate victory against our enemies will come only by rebuilding our alliances and exporting those ideals that bring hope and opportunity to millions around the globe.最为重要的是，让我们成为永远牢记“9·11”事件、尽一切努力与恐怖分子作斗争的一代。政治分歧不应使我们再在这些问题上存在分歧。我们可以通过共同行动来保卫国家的安全。我已与共和党参议员迪克·卢格一道通过了一项法案，确保销毁世界上某些最具致命性和难以预防的武器。我们能够团结一致，依靠一支更加强大的武装力量抓捕恐怖分子，能够加强网络以断绝他们的资金渠道，提高我们情报机关的能力。但我们也应明白对抗敌人的最终胜利，只能来自于重建我们的联盟，将那些价值观念输出到国外，为世界上数百万的人们带去希望和机遇。
But all of this cannot come to pass until we bring an end to this war in Iraq.Most of you know I opposed this war from the start.I thought it was a tragic mistake.Today we grieve for the families who have lost loved ones, the hearts that have been broken, and the young lives that could have been.America, it’s time to start bringing our troops home.It’s time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else’s civil war.That’s why I have a plan that will bring our combat troops home by March of 2008.Letting the Iraqis know that we will not be there forever is our last, best hope to pressure the Sunni and Shia to come to the table and find peace.但只有我们结束伊拉克战争，所有的这一切才可能得以实现。你们中的大多数人都知道，我从一开始就反对这场战争。我认为这是一个悲剧性的错误。今天，我们为那些失去亲人的家庭，无数心碎的人们以及那些消逝的年轻生命而感到悲痛。美国人民，撤回我们的军队的时候到了，承认牺牲再多美国人的生命也无法解决由别国内战所引起的政治分歧的时候到了。这就是为什么我构思了一个在2008年3月撤回我们作战部队计划的原因。让伊拉克人民知道，我们不可能永远驻扎在那里，这是我们迫使逊尼和什叶两派回到谈判桌前磋商寻求和平解决途径的最后也是最美好的希望。
Finally, there is one other thing that is not too late to get right about this war, and that is the homecoming of the men and women—our veteran s—who have sacrificed the most.Let us honor their valor by providing the care they need and rebuilding the military they love.Let us be the generation that begins this work.I know there are those who don’t believe we can do all these things.I understand the skepticism.After all, every four years, candidates from both parties make similar promises, and I expect this year will be no different.All of us running for President will travel around the country offering ten-point plans and making grand speeches;all of us will trumpet those qualities we believe make us uniquely qualified to lead the country.But too many times, after the election is over, and the confetti is swept away, all those promises fade from memory, and the lobbyists and the special interests move in, and people turn away, disappointed as before, left to struggle on their own.That is why this campaign can’t only be about me.It must be about us—it must be about what we can do together.This campaign must be the occasion, the vehicle, of your hopes, and your dreams.It will take your time, your energy, and your advice—to push us forward when we’re doing right, and to let us know when we’re not.This campaign has to be about reclaiming the meaning of citizenship, restoring our sense of common purpose, and realizing that few obstacles can withstand the power of millions of voices calling for change.By ourselves, this change will not happen.Divided, we are bound to fail.But the life of a tall, gangly , self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible.He tells us that there is power in words.He tells us that there is power in conviction.That beneath all the differences of race and region, faith and station, we are one people.He tells us that there is power in hope.As Lincoln organized the forces arrayed against slavery, he was heard to say: “Of strange, discordant , and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought to battle through.” That is our purpose here today.That’s why I’m in this race.Not just to hold an office , but to gather with you to transform a nation.I want to win that next battle—for justice and opportunity.I want to win that next battle—for better schools, and better jobs, and health care for all.I want us to take up the unfinished business of perfecting our union, and building a better America.And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see, as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us;if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber , and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I’m ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you.Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth.当人们在幻灭和挫败中把目光移向别处，我们知道是什么填补了空白。那些愤世嫉俗者、说客还有那些特殊利益集团，把美国的政治变成了一场只有他们才能玩得起的游戏。他们能大笔一挥，开出支票来解决问题，而你却要为他们埋单；他们享有特权获得各种资源，而你却需要写申请信。他们认为政府归他们所有，而我们今天在这里要把它夺回来。这种政治的时代现已一去不复返，历史该翻开新的一页了。
第三篇：奥巴马竞选演讲
奥巴马竞选演讲音频
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，奥巴马竞选演讲。
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 beaconstill 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：***、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 casther ballot in Atlanta.She's a lot like the millions of others whostood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for onething: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 yearsold.这次选举有许多优势，许多故事，会被告知几代人，演讲稿《奥巴马竞选演讲》。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***威胁世界，她在那里目睹了一代产生的伟大和***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。
第四篇：奥巴马竞选演讲稿
Hello，Chicago！
芝加哥，你好！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.假如还有人不相信美国是一个不存在不可能的地方，还有人怀疑开国之父们的梦想依然在影响着我们这个时代，还有人质疑美利坚民主的力量，那么，他们的疑惑在今夜得到了解答。It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen;by people who waited three hours and four hours，many for the very first time in their lives，because they believed that this time must be different;that their voice could be that difference.在学校和教堂外面，人们排起了长长的队伍，人数之多在美国历史上前所未有。为了投上自己的一票，他们可以等待三个小时、四个小时。许多人是一生中第一次参加投票，因为他们坚信这一次必须有所变革，而他们的声音将举足轻重。
It's the answer spoken by young and old，rich and poor，Democrat and Republican，black，white，Latino，Asian，Native American，gay，straight，disabled and not disabled — Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of red states and blue states;we are，and always will be，the United States of America.无论民主党人还是共和党人，无论黑人还是白人，无论拉美裔还是亚裔，无论同性恋者还是异性恋者，无论残疾人还是健康人，他们向全世界发出了同一个信息：我们从来不属于共和党的“红州”或者民主党的“蓝州”，我们属于美利坚合众国，现在如此，永远如此！
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical，and fearful，and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.在如此漫长的时期内，曾经有如此众多的人们对我们说：对于我们的成功，我们应该淡漠，应该害怕，应该不相信。但是，历史之轮如今已在我们手中，历史之轮将又一次在我们手中驶向美好未来。
It's been a long time coming，but tonight，because of what we did on this day，in this election，at this defining moment，change has come to America.通往今夜的道路很漫长，但今夜终于来临。特殊的一天，特殊的一次大选，特殊的决定性时刻，美国迎来了变革。
I just received a very gracious call from Sen.McCain.He fought long and hard in this campaign，and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine，and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him and Gov.Palin for all they have achieved，and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.我接到了麦凯恩参议员一个非常大度的电话。在这次竞选中，他作出了持久而艰巨的努力。为了这个他热爱的国家，他作出的努力更持久、更艰巨。他为美利坚做出的牺牲，超出了我们绝大多数人的想象。他是一位勇敢无私的领袖，正因为有了象他这样的服务，我们才生活得更好。我对麦凯恩参议员以及佩林州长的成绩表示祝贺。同时，我也期待着在未来与他们一起为振兴国家而共同努力。
I want to thank my partner in this journey，a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware，the vice-president-elect of the United States，Joe Biden.我要感谢我的竞选搭档，一位全身心投入的男人——当选副总统乔•拜登。为了与他一起在斯克兰顿街道长大的人们，为了曾与他一起坐那趟回特拉华州火车的人们，他全心全意地竟选，他要为这些普通百姓代言。
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 and the love of my life，our nation's next first lady，Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia，I love you both so much，and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.And while she's no longer with us，I know my grandmother is watching，along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight，and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.我要感谢下一位第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马。她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最爱。没有她在过去16年来的坚定支持，我就不可能今晚站在这里。我要感谢萨沙和玛丽雅，我太爱你们两个了，你们将有一条新的小狗，它将与我们一起入住白宫。我还要感谢已去世的外婆，我知道此刻
她与其它亲人一起造就了今天的我。今夜我思念他们，我知道他们对我的恩情比山高，比海深。
To my campaign manager，David Plouffe;my chief strategist，David Axelrod;and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics — you made this happen，and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.我要感谢我的竞选经理大卫•普鲁夫，感谢首席策划师大卫•阿克塞罗德以及整个竞选团队，他们是政治史上最优秀的竞选团队。你们成就了今夜，我永远感谢你们为今夜所作出的牺牲。
But above all，I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to you.但最重要的是，我将永远不会忘记这场胜利真正归功于谁---是你们！
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.We didn't start with much money or many endorsements.Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington — it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.我曾经是最没有可能的候选人。起初，我们的资金不多，赞助人也不多。我们的竞选并非始于华盛顿的华丽大厅，而是起于德莫奈地区某家的后院、康科德地区的某家客厅、查尔斯顿地区的某家前廊。It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause.It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy;who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep;from the not-so-young people
strangers;from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized，and proved that more than two centuries later，a government of the people，by the people and for the people has not perished from this earth.This is your victory.这些劳动大众从自己的微薄积蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元，拿来捐助我们的事业。现在的年轻人曾被认为是冷漠的一代，但正是这些年轻人壮大了我们的声势。他们离开自己的家庭和亲人，拿着很少的报酬，起早摸黑地助选。上了年纪的人也顶着严寒酷暑，敲开陌生人的家门助选。无数的美国人自愿地组织起来，证明了在两百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。I know you didn't do this just to win an election，and I know you didn't do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.For even as we celebrate tonight，we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars，a planet in peril，the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight，we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage，or pay their doctor's bills，or save enough for college.There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created;new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.我知道你们这样做并不只是为了赢得一场大选，更不是为了我个人。你们这样做，是因为你们明白未来的任务有多么艰巨。今晚我们在欢庆，明天我们就将面对一生之中最为严峻的挑战－－两场战争、一个充满危险的星球，还有百年一遇的金融危机。今晚我们站在这里庆祝，但我们知道
为了我们，他们醒来后面对的是一个有生命危险的世界。这些士兵的父母会在孩子熟睡后仍难以入眠，他们担忧的是如何偿还月供，如何支付医药费，如何存够今后孩子的大学费用。我们需要开发新能源，创造新的就业机会；修建新的学校；我们还要迎接挑战和威胁，并修复与盟国的关系。The road ahead will be long.Our climb will be steep.We may not get there in one year，or even one term，but America — I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.I promise you: We as a people will get there.前方的道路还很漫长，任务很艰巨。一年之内，甚至一届任期之内，我们可能都无法完成这些任务。但我从未像今晚这样对美国满怀希望，我相信我们会实现这个目标。我向你们承诺－－我们美利坚民族将实现这一目标！There will be setbacks and false starts.There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president，and we know that government can't solve every problem.But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.I will listen to you，especially when we disagree.And，above all，I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block，brick by brick，callused hand by callused hand.我们会遇到挫折，会出师不利，会有许多人不认同我得某一项决定或政策。我们知道政府并不能解决所有问题，我会向你们坦陈我们所面临的困难。我会聆听你们的意见，尤其是在我们意见不同的时候。最重要的是，我会请求你们一起参与重建这个国家。用自己的双手，从一砖一瓦做起，这是美国立国221年以来的前进方式，也是惟一的方式。What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night.This victory alone is not the
— it is only the chance for us to make that change.And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It cannot happen without you.21个月前那个隆冬所开始的一切绝不应在今天这个秋夜结束。我们所寻求的变革并不只是赢得大选，这只是给变革提供了一个机会。假如我们仍然按照现有方式行事，就没有变革。没有你们，就没有变革。So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism;of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves，but each other.Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything，it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.In this country，we rise or fall as one nation — as one people.让我们发扬新的爱国精神，树立新的服务意识和责任感；让我们每个人下定决心，更加努力地工作，彼此关爱；让我们牢记这场金融危机带来的教训：不能允许商业街挣扎的同时却让华尔街繁荣。在这个国家，我们属于同一民族，我们患难与共。Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House — a party founded on the values of self-reliance，individual liberty and national unity.Those are values we all share，and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight，we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.党派政治，琐碎狭隘，不成熟，长期以来这些东西荼毒了我们的政治。让我们牢记，当来自伊利诺伊州的一名男子首次将共和党的大旗扛进白宫时，伴随着他的是自强自立、个人自由、国家统
这也是我们所有人都珍视的理念。虽然民主党今晚大胜，但我们态度谦卑，并决心弥合阻碍我们进步的分歧。As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours，“We are not enemies，but friends...Though passion may have strained，it must not break our bonds of affection.” And，to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn，I may not have won your vote，but I hear your voices，I need your help，and I will be your president，too.当年，林肯面对的是一个比目前分歧更深更大的国家。他说：“我们不是敌人，而是朋友……虽然激情可能褪去，但是我们的感情纽带不会割断。”对于那些现在并不支持我的美国人，我想说，虽然我没有赢得你们的选票，但我听到了你们的声音，我需要你们的帮助，我也将是你们的总统。And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores，from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world — our stories are singular，but our destiny is shared，and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.To those who would tear this world down: We will defeat you.To those who seek peace and security: We support you.And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight，we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth，but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy，liberty，opportunity and unyielding hope.对于关注今夜结果的国际人士，不管他们是在国会、皇宫关注，还是在荒僻地带收听电台，我们的态度是：我们美国人的经历各有不同，但我们的命运相同，新的美国领袖诞生了。那些想要毁灭这个世界的人们，我们必将击败你们。那些追求和平和安全的人们，我们支持你们。那些怀疑
今天晚上我们已再次证明：美国的真正力量来源并非军事威力或财富规模，而是我们理想的恒久力量：民主、自由、机会和不屈的希望。For that is the true genius of America — that America can change.Our union can be perfected.And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.这才是美国真正的精髓－－美国能够变革。我们的联邦会不断完善。我们已经取得的成就，将为我们将来能够并且必须取得的成就增添了希望。This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election，except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.这次大选创造了多项“第一”，诞生了很多将流芳后世的故事，但今晚令我最为难忘的却是一位在亚特兰大投票的妇女：安妮•库波尔。她和无数排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别，除了一点：她高龄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.在她出生的那个时代，黑奴制刚刚结束。那时路上没有汽车，天上没有飞机。当时像她这样的人由于两个原因不能投票－－一第一因为她是女性，第二个原因是她的肤色。And tonight，I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope;the struggle and the progress;the times we were told that we can't and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes，we can.心痛和希望，挣扎和进步，那些我们被告知我们办不到的年代，以及我们现在这个年代。现在，我们坚信美国式信念——是的，我们能！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.妇女曾经没有发言权，她们曾经希望破灭。但安妮活到了今天，看到了妇女们站了起来，她们发表自己的见解，有了选举权。是的，我们能。When there was despair in the Dust Bowl and depression across the land，she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal，new jobs and a new sense of common purpose.Yes，we can.上世纪三十年代，大萧条横扫美国大地，一片绝望。她看到了美国以新政、新的就业机会以及崭新的共同追求战胜了恐慌。是的，我们能。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.二战时期，炸弹降临我们的海港上空，全世界受到独裁专制的威胁，她见证了美国一代人的伟大崛起，他们拯救了民主。是的，我们能。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.她看到了蒙哥马利通了公共汽车、伯明翰接上了水管、塞尔马建了桥。来自亚特兰大的一位传教士告诉人们：我们能！。是的，我们能。A man touched down on the moon，a wall came down in Berlin，a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year，in this election，she touched her finger to a screen and cast her vote，because，through the best of times and the darkest of hours，she knows how America can change.Yes，we can.人类登上了月球、柏林墙倒下了，科学和想像把世界连了一块。今年，在这次选举中，安妮的手指轻触电子屏幕，投下自己的一票。她在美国生活了106年，其间有最美好的时光，也有最黑暗的时刻，她知道美国能够变革。是的，我们能。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? 美利坚，我们已经一路走来，我们已经看到了那么多变化，但我们仍有很多事情要做。今夜，让我们问自己这样一个问题：假如我们的孩子能够活到下一个世纪；假如我们的女儿有幸与安妮一样长寿，她们将会看到怎样的改变？我们又取得了怎样的进步？This is our chance to answer that call.This is our moment.This is our time — to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many，we are one;that while we breathe，we hope，and where we are met with cynicism，and doubt，and those who tell us that we can't，we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes，we can.现在，我们有了回答这个问题的机会。这是我们的时刻，我们的时代。让我们的人民重新就业，为我们的孩子打开机会的大门；恢复繁荣，促进和平；让美国梦重放光芒，再证这一重要的真理，那就是：团结一致，众志成城；一息尚存，希望就在；倘若有人嘲讽我们不能，怀疑我们能，那
么我们就以这一永恒信条回应，因为它凝聚了整个民族的精神——是的，我们能！Thank you，God bless you，and may God bless the United States of America.谢谢大家！愿主保佑你们，保佑美利坚合众国。
第五篇：奥巴马竞选演讲稿
奥巴马竞选演讲稿
2008年11月07日 星期五 下午 10:
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Hello, Chicago!
芝加哥，你好！
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.假如还有人不相信美国是一个不存在不可能的地方，还有人怀疑开国之父们的梦想依然在影响着我们这个时代，还有人质疑美利坚民主的力量，那么，他们的疑惑在今夜得到了解答。
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen;by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different;that their voice could be that difference.在学校和教堂外面，人们排起了长长的队伍，人数之多在美国历史上前所未有。为了投上自己的一票，他们可以等待三个小时、四个小时。许多人是一生中第一次参加投票，因为他们坚信这一次必须有所变革，而他们的声音将举足轻重。
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled — Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of red states and blue states;we are, and always will be, the United States of America.所有的人，无论年轻人还是老年人，无论穷人还是富人，无论民主党人还是共和党人，无论黑人还是白人，无论拉美裔还是亚裔,无论同性恋者还是异性恋者，无论残疾人还是健康人，他们向全世界发出了同一个信息：我们从来不属于共和党的“红州”或者民主党的“蓝州”，我们属于美利坚合众国，现在如此，永远如此！
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.在如此漫长的时期内，曾经有如此众多的人们对我们说：对于我们的成功，我们应该淡漠，应该害怕，应该不相信。但是，历史之轮如今已在我们手中，历史之轮将又一次在我们手中驶向美好未来。
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.通往今夜的道路很漫长，但今夜终于来临。特殊的一天，特殊的一次大选，特殊的决定性时刻，美国迎来了变革。
I just received a very gracious call from Sen.McCain.He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves.He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him and Gov.Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward 网址：写入您公司的网址电话：写入您公司电话
to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.刚才，我接到了麦凯恩参议员一个非常大度的电话。在这次竞选中，他作出了持久而艰巨的努力。为了这个他热爱的国家，他作出的努力更持久、更艰巨。他为美利坚做出的牺牲，超出了我们绝大多数人的想象。他是一位勇敢无私的领袖，正因为有了象他这样的服务，我们才生活得更好。我对麦凯恩参议员以及佩林州长的成绩表示祝贺。同时，我也期待着在未来与他们一起为振兴国家而共同努力。
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the vice-president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.我要感谢我的竞选搭档，一位全身心投入的男人——当选副总统乔•拜登。为了与他一起在斯克兰顿街道长大的人们，为了曾与他一起坐那趟回特拉华州火车的人们，他全心全意地竟选，他要为这些普通百姓代言。
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 and the love of my life, our nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am.I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.我要感谢下一位第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马。她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最爱。没有她在过去16年来的坚定支持，我就不可能今晚站在这里。我要感谢萨沙和玛丽雅，我太爱你们两个了，你们将有一条新的小狗，它将与我们一起入住白宫。我还要感谢已去世的外婆，我知道此刻她正在天上看着我。她与其它亲人一起造就了今天的我。今夜我思念他们，我知道他们对我的恩情比山高，比海深。
To my campaign manager, David Plouffe;my chief strategist, David Axelrod;and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics — you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.我要感谢我的竞选经理大卫•普鲁夫，感谢首席策划师大卫•阿克塞罗德以及整个竞选团队，他们是政治史上最优秀的竞选团队。你们成就了今夜，我永远感谢你们为今夜所作出的牺牲。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to you.但最重要的是，我将永远不会忘记这场胜利真正归功于谁---是你们！
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.We didn't start with much money or many endorsements.Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington — it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.我曾经是最没有可能的候选人。起初，我们的资金不多，赞助人也不多。我们的竞选并非始于华盛顿的华丽大厅，而是起于德莫奈地区某家的后院、康科德地区的某家客厅、查尔斯顿地区的某家前廊。
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause.It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy;who left their homes and their 网址：写入您公司的网址电话：写入您公司电话
families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep;from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers;from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this earth.This is your victory.这些劳动大众从自己的微薄积蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元，拿来捐助我们的事业。现在的年轻人曾被认为是冷漠的一代，但正是这些年轻人壮大了我们的声势。他们离开自己的家庭和亲人，拿着很少的报酬，起早摸黑地助选。上了年纪的人也顶着严寒酷暑，敲开陌生人的家门助选。无数的美国人自愿地组织起来，证明了在两百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。
I know you didn't do this just to win an election, and I know you didn't do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college.There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created;new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.我知道你们这样做并不只是为了赢得一场大选，更不是为了我个人。你们这样做，是因为你们明白未来的任务有多么艰巨。今晚我们在欢庆，明天我们就将面对一生之中最为严峻的挑战－－两场战争、一个充满危险的星球，还有百年一遇的金融危机。今晚我们站在这里庆祝，但我们知道在伊拉克的沙漠里，在阿富汗的群山中，那些勇敢的美国人正在那里。为了我们，他们醒来后面对的是一个有生命危险的世界。这些士兵的父母会在孩子熟睡后仍难以入眠，他们担忧的是如何偿还月供，如何支付医药费，如何存够今后孩子的大学费用。我们需要开发新能源，创造新的就业机会；修建新的学校；我们还要迎接挑战和威胁，并修复与盟国的关系。
The road ahead will be long.Our climb will be steep.We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America — I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.I promise you: We as a people will get there.前方的道路还很漫长，任务很艰巨。一年之内，甚至一届任期之内，我们可能都无法完成这些任务。但我从未像今晚这样对美国满怀希望，我相信我们会实现这个目标。我向你们承诺－－我们美利坚民族将实现这一目标！
There will be setbacks and false starts.There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem.But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.And, above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, callused hand by callused hand.我们会遇到挫折，会出师不利，会有许多人不认同我得某一项决定或政策。我们知道政府并不能解决所有问题，我会向你们坦陈我们所面临的困难。我会聆听你们的意见，尤其是网址：写入您公司的网址电话：写入您公司电话
在我们意见不同的时候。最重要的是，我会请求你们一起参与重建这个国家。用自己的双手，从一砖一瓦做起，这是美国立国221年以来的前进方式，也是惟一的方式。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night.This victory alone is not the change we seek — it is only the chance for us to make that change.And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It cannot happen without you.21个月前那个隆冬所开始的一切绝不应在今天这个秋夜结束。我们所寻求的变革并不只是赢得大选，这只是给变革提供了一个机会。假如我们仍然按照现有方式行事，就没有变革。没有你们，就没有变革。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism;of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other.Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street
suffers.In this country, we rise or fall as one nation — as one people.让我们发扬新的爱国精神，树立新的服务意识和责任感；让我们每个人下定决心，更加努力地工作，彼此关爱；让我们牢记这场金融危机带来的教训：不能允许商业街挣扎的同时却让华尔街繁荣。在这个国家，我们属于同一民族，我们患难与共。
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House — a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty and national unity.Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.党派政治，琐碎狭隘，不成熟，长期以来这些东西荼毒了我们的政治。让我们牢记，当来自伊利诺伊州的一名男子首次将共和党的大旗扛进白宫时，伴随着他的是自强自立、个人自由、国家统一的共和党建党理念。这也是我们所有人都珍视的理念。虽然民主党今晚大胜，但我们态度谦卑，并决心弥合阻碍我们进步的分歧。
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends...Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” And, to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too.当年,林肯面对的是一个比目前分歧更深更大的国家。他说：“我们不是敌人，而是朋友„„虽然激情可能褪去，但是我们的感情纽带不会割断。”对于那些现在并不支持我的美国人，我想说，虽然我没有赢得你们的选票，但我听到了你们的声音，我需要你们的帮助，我也将是你们的总统。
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world — our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.To those who would tear this world down: We will defeat you.To those who seek peace and security: We support you.And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight, we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our 网址：写入您公司的网址电话：写入您公司电话
arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.对于关注今夜结果的国际人士，不管他们是在国会、皇宫关注，还是在荒僻地带收听电台，我们的态度是：我们美国人的经历各有不同，但我们的命运相同，新的美国领袖诞生了。那些想要毁灭这个世界的人们，我们必将击败你们。那些追求和平和安全的人们，我们支持你们。那些怀疑美国这盏灯塔是否依然明亮的人们，今天晚上我们已再次证明：美国的真正力量来源并非军事威力或财富规模，而是我们理想的恒久力量：民主、自由、机会和不屈的希望。
For that is the true genius of America — that America can change.Our union can be perfected.And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.这才是美国真正的精髓－－美国能够变革。我们的联邦会不断完善。我们已经取得的成就，将为我们将来能够并且必须取得的成就增添了希望。
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations.But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta.She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.这次大选创造了多项“第一”，诞生了很多将流芳后世的故事，但今晚令我最为难忘的却是一位在亚特兰大投票的妇女：安妮•库波尔。她和无数排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别，除了一点：她高龄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.在她出生的那个时代，黑奴制刚刚结束。那时路上没有汽车，天上没有飞机。当时像她这样的人由于两个原因不能投票－－一第一因为她是女性，第二个原因是她的肤色。
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope;the struggle and the progress;the times we were told that we can't and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.今天晚上，我想到了安妮在美国过去一百年间的种种经历：心痛和希望，挣扎和进步，那些我们被告知我们办不到的年代，以及我们现在这个年代。现在，我们坚信美国式信念──是的，我们能！
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.妇女曾经没有发言权，她们曾经希望破灭。但安妮活到了今天，看到了妇女们站了起来，她们发表自己的见解，有了选举权。是的，我们能。
When there was despair in the Dust Bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose.Yes, we can.上世纪三十年代，大萧条横扫美国大地，一片绝望。她看到了美国以新政、新的就业机会以及崭新的共同追求战胜了恐慌。是的，我们能。
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.网址：写入您公司的网址电话：写入您公司电话
二战时期，炸弹降临我们的海港上空，全世界受到独裁专制的威胁，她见证了美国一代人的伟大崛起，他们拯救了民主。是的，我们能。
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.她看到了蒙哥马利通了公共汽车、伯明翰接上了水管、塞尔马建了桥。来自亚特兰大的一位传教士告诉人们：我们能！。是的，我们能。
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes, we can.人类登上了月球、柏林墙倒下了，科学和想像把世界连了一块。今年，在这次选举中，安妮的手指轻触电子屏幕，投下自己的一票。她在美国生活了106年，其间有最美好的时光，也有最黑暗的时刻，她知道美国能够变革。是的，我们能。
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?
美利坚，我们已经一路走来，我们已经看到了那么多变化，但我们仍有很多事情要做。今夜，让我们问自己这样一个问题：假如我们的孩子能够活到下一个世纪；假如我们的女儿有幸与安妮一样长寿，她们将会看到怎样的改变？我们又取得了怎样的进步？
This is our chance to answer that call.This is our moment.This is our time — to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace;to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many, we are one;that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.现在，我们有了回答这个问题的机会。这是我们的时刻，我们的时代。让我们的人民重新就业，为我们的孩子打开机会的大门；恢复繁荣，促进和平；让美国梦重放光芒，再证这一重要的真理，那就是：团结一致，众志成城；一息尚存，希望就在；倘若有人嘲讽我们不能，怀疑我们能，那么我们就以这一永恒信条回应，因为它凝聚了整个民族的精神——是的，我们能！
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.谢谢大家！愿主保佑你们，保佑美利坚合众国。
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