奥巴马的演讲词

奥巴马的演讲词 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.Its 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.Its 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.Its 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.Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and hes fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nations promise in the months ahead.I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my bestfriend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nations next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the White House. And while shes no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what youve sacrificed to get it done.But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didnt start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.I know you didnt do this just to win an election and I know you didnt 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 theyll make the mortgage, or pay their doctors 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.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.There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government cant 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 its been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.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, its 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.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 thedivides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, We are not enemies, but friends.though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. And to those Americans whose 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.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 Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our 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.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.This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one thats on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. Shes 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.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 couldnt vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.And tonight, I think about all that shes seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we cant, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.At a time when womens 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.When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she sawa nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.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.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.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.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?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 cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.谢谢，很感谢大家。拜登副总统、首席大法官先生、国会议员们、尊敬的各位嘉宾、亲爱的公民们。每一次我们集会庆贺总统就职全部是在见证美国宪法的持久力量。我们全部是在肯定美国民主的承诺。我们重申，将这个国家紧密联络在一起的不是我们的肤色，也不是我们信仰的教条，更不是我们名字的“我们认为下述真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。造物主给予她们若干不可剥夺的权利，包含生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。”今天，我们继续着这一未竟的征程，架起这些理念和我们时代现实之间的桥梁。因为历史告诉我们，即便这些真理是不言而喻的，它们也历来不会自动生效。因为即使自由是上帝给予的礼品，但仍需要世间的子民去捍卫。1776年，美国的爱国先驱们不是只为了推翻国王的暴政而战，也不是为赢得少数人的特权，建立暴民的统治。先驱们留给我们一个共和国，一个民有、民治、民享的政府。她们委托每一代美国人捍卫我们的建国信条。在过去的200多年里，我们做到了。从奴役的血腥枷锁和刀剑的血光厮杀中我们知道了，建立在自由和平等标准之上的联邦不能永远维持半奴隶和半自由的状态。我们赢得了新生，誓言共同前进。我们共同努力，建立起当代的经济体系。架设铁路和高速公路，加速了旅行和商业交流。建立学校和大学，培训我们的工人。我们一起发觉，自由市场的繁荣只能建立在保障竞争和公平竞争的标准之上。我们共同决定让这个伟大的国家远离危险，保护她的人民不受生命威胁和不幸的侵扰。一路走来，我们从未放弃对集权的质疑。我们一样不屈服于这一谎言：一切的社会弊端全部能够只靠政府来处理。我们对主动向上和奋发进取的赞扬，我们对努力工作和个人责任的坚持，这些全部是美国精神的基础要义。我们也了解，时代在改变，我们一样需要变革。对建国精神的忠诚，需要我们担负起新的责任，迎接新的挑战。保护我们的个人自由，最终需要全部人的共同努力。因为美国人不能再独力迎接当今世界的挑战，正如美国士兵们不能再像先辈一样，用步枪和民兵同敌人作战。一个人无法培训全部的数学和科学老师，我们需要她们为了未来去教育孩子们。一个人无法建设道路、铺设网络、建立试验室来为我国带来新的工作岗位和商业机会。现在，和以往任何时候相比，我们全部更需要团结合作。作为一个国家，一个民族团结起来。这一代美国人经历了危机的考验，经济危机坚定了我们的决心，证实了我们的恢复力。长达十年的战争正在结束，经济的复苏已经开始。美国的可能性是无限的，因为我们拥有当今没有边界的世界所需要的全部品质：年轻和活力、多样性和开放、无穷的冒险精神和创造的天赋才能。我亲爱的同胞们，我们正是为此刻而生，我们更要在此刻团结一致，抓住当下的机会。因为我们，美国人民，清楚假如只有不停萎缩的少数人群体取得成功，而大多数人不能成功，我们的国家就无法成功。我们相信，美国的繁荣必需建立在不停上升的中产阶级的宽广臂膀之上，我们知道美国的繁荣只有这么才能实现。只有当每个人全部能找到工作中的自立和自豪时才能实现。只有当老实劳动取得的薪水足够让家庭摆脱困苦的悬崖时才能实现。我们忠诚于我们的事业，确保让一个出生于最贫穷环境中的小女孩全部能知道，她有同其它全部人一样的成功机会。因为她是一个美国人，她是自由的、平等的。她的自由平等不但由上帝来见证，更由我们亲手保护。我们知道，我们已然陈旧的程序不足以满足时代的需要。我们必需应用新理念和新技术重塑我们的政府，改善我们的税法，改革我们的学校，让我们的公民拥有她们所需要的技能，愈加努力地工作，学更多的知识，向更高处发展。这意味着变革，我们的目标是：国家能够奖励每个美国人的努力和果断。这是现在需要的。这将给我们的信条给予真正的意义。我们，人民，依然认为，每个公民全部应该取得基础的安全和尊严。我们必需做出艰苦抉择，降低医疗成本，缩减赤字规模。但我们拒绝在照料建设国家的这一代和投资马上建设国家的下一代间做出选择。因为我们记得过去的教训：老年人的夕阳时光在贫困中度过，家有残障儿童的父母无处求援。我们相信，在这个国家，自由不只是那些幸运儿的专属，或说幸福只属于少数人。我们知道，不论我们怎样负责任地生活，我们任何人在任何时候全部可能面临失业、突发疾病或住房被可怕的飓风摧毁的风险。我们经过医疗保险、联邦医疗补助计划、社会保障项目向每个人做出承诺，这些不会让我们的发明力衰竭，而是会让我们更强大。这些不会让我们成为充满不劳而获者的国度，这些让我们勇于负担风险，让国家伟大。我们，人民，依然相信，我们作为美国人的义务不只是对我们自己而言，还包含对子孙后代。我们将应对气候改变的威胁，认识到不采取方法应对气候改变就是对我们的孩子和后代的背叛。部分人可能仍在否定科学界的压倒性判定，但没有些人能够避免熊熊火灾、严重旱灾、更强力风暴带来的灾难性打击。通向可再生能源利用的道路是漫长的，有时是困难的。但美国不能抵制这种趋势，我们必需引领这种趋势。我们不能把制造新就业机会和新行业的技术让给其它国家，我们必需明确这一承诺。这是我们保持经济活力和国家财富的方法。这将是我们保护我们星球的措施，上帝把这个星球托付给我们。这将给我们的建国之父们曾宣告的信条给予意义。我们，人民，依然相信持久的安全和和平，不需要连续的战争。我们勇敢的士兵经受了战火的考验，她们的技能和勇气是无可匹敌的。我们的公民仍然铭记着那些阵亡者，她们很清楚我们为自由付出的代价。明白她们的牺牲将让我们永远对那些试图伤害我们的势力保持警惕。但我们也是那些赢得和平而不只是战争的大家的后代，她们将仇敌转变成最可靠的好友，我们也必需把这些经验带到这个时代。我们将经过强大的军力和法制保护我们的人民，捍卫我们的价值观。我们将展现试图和平处理和其它国家分歧的勇气，但这不是因为我们对面临的危险持幼稚的态度，而是因为接触能够更持久地化解疑虑和恐惧。美国将在全球保持强大的联盟，我们将更新这些能扩展我们应对海外危机能力的机制。因为作为世界上最强大的国家，我们在世界和平方面拥有最大的利益。我们将支持从亚洲到非洲、从美洲至中东的民主国家，因为我们的利益和良心驱使我们代表那些想取得自由的大家采取行动。我们必需成为贫困者、病患者、被边缘化的人士、异见受害者的期望我们，人民，今天昭示的最明白的事实是我们全部人全部是生而平等的，这是仍然引领我们的恒星。它引领我们的先辈穿越纽约塞尼卡瀑布城、塞尔马和石墙骚乱，引领着全部的男性和女性，留下姓名和没留姓名的人。在伟大的征程中，一路上留下足迹的人。曾经听一位牧师说，我们不能独自前行。马丁-路德-金说，我们个人的自由和地球上每个灵魂的自由不可分割。继续先辈开创的事业是我们这代人的任务。直到我们的妻子、母亲和女儿的付出能够和她们的努力相当，我们的征途才会结束。我们的征途不会终止，我们要让同性恋的弟兄姐妹在法律之下得到和其它人一样的待遇。假如我们真正是生而平等的，那么我们对相互的爱也应该是平等的。我们的征途没有结束，直到没有公民需要等候数个小时去行使投票权。我们的征途不会结束，直到我们找到更加好的方法迎接努力、有憧憬的移民，她们依旧视美国是一块充满机会的土地。直到聪明年轻的学生和工程师为我们所用，而不是被逐出美国。我们的征途不会结束，直到我们全部的儿童，从底特律的街道到阿巴拉契亚的山岭，再到康涅狄格州纽镇平静的小巷，直到她们得到关心和珍视，永远避免受到伤害。那是我们这一代的任务让生存、自由和追求幸福的言语、权力和价值切实表现在每个美国人的身上。我们的立国文本没有要求我们将每个人的生活一致化。这并不意味着，我们会以完全一样的方法去定义自由，沿着一样的道路通向幸福。进步不会终止多个世纪以来一直纠结的有关政府角色的争论，但这要求我们现在就采取行动。现在是由我们决议，我们不能拖延。我们不能将绝对主义看成标准，或以表象替代政治，或将中伤视作理性的辩论。我们必需行动，要意识到我们的工作并不完美。我们必需行动，意识到今天的胜利是并不完全的。这些将有赖于未来4年、40年或是400年致力于这项事业的人，去推进当年在费城制宪会议大厅传承给我们的永恒精神。我的美国同胞，我今天在你们面前宣读的誓词，如同在国会山服务的其它人曾宣读过的誓词一样，是对上帝和国家的誓词，不是对党派或是派其余，我们必需在任期内忠实地推行这些承诺。但我今天宣读的誓词和士兵报名从军或是移民实现梦想时所宣读的誓词没有多少差异。我的誓词和我们全部的人向我们头顶飘扬的、让我们心怀自豪的国旗所表示的誓言没有多大差异。这些是公民的誓词，代表着我们最伟大的期望。你和我，作为公民，全部有为这个国家设定道路的权力。你和我，作为公民，有义务塑造我们时代的辩题，不但是经过我们的选票，而且要为捍卫悠久的价值观和持久的理想发声。现在让我们相互拥抱，怀着庄重的职责和无比的愉快，这是我们永恒的和生俱来的权利。有共同的努力和共同的目标，用热情和奉献，让我们回应历史的召唤，将珍贵的自由之光带入并不确定的未来。感谢你们，上帝保佑你们，愿上帝永远保佑美利坚合众国。以下是奥巴马第二任期就职演说英文版：MR. OBAMA: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional what makes us American is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth. The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.For more than two hundred years, we have.Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highwaysto speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers。Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from lifes worst hazards and misfortune.Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all societys ills can be cured through government alone. Our celebration of initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character. But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of todays world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers well need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. Americas possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it so long as we seize it together. For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that Americas prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to worksizeMy fellow citizens:各位同胞：I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust youhave bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thankPresident Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity andcooperation he has shown throughout this transition.今天我站在这里，为眼前的重责大任感到谦卑，对各位的信任心怀感激，对先贤的牺牲铭记在心。我要谢谢布什总统为这个国家的服务，也感 谢她在政权转移期间的宽厚和配合。Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words havebeen spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet,every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. Atthese moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill orvision of those in high office, but because We the People have remainedfaithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.四十四位美国人发表过总统就职誓言，这些誓词或是在繁荣富强及和平宁静之际发表，或是在乌云密布，时局动荡之时。在艰困的时候，美国 能箕裘相继，不仅因为居高位者有能力或愿景，也因为人民连续对先人的理想有信心，也忠于创建中国的法统。So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.所以，美国才能承继下来。