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奥巴马
2012
胜选演讲
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Thank you so
much.
Tonight,
more
than
200
years
after
a
former
colony
won
the
right
to
determine
its
own
destiny,
the
task
of
perfecting our union
moves forward.
It moves
forward because of you. It moves forward because
you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over
war
and depression, the spirit that has
lifted this country from the depths of despair to
the 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.
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.
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.
I just spoke
with Gov. 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 the legacy that we honor and
applaud tonight. In the weeks ahead, I also look
forward to sitting down with
Gov.
Romney to talk about where we can work together to
move this country forward.
I want to thank my friend
and partner of the last four years,
America
’
s happy
warrior
, the best vice president
anybody could ever hope for
,
Joe Biden.
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. Sasha
and Malia, before our very eyes
you
’
re growing up to become
two strong, smart beautiful young
women, just like your mom. And
I
’
m so proud of you guys.
But I will say that
for now one
dog
’
s probably enough.
To
the best campaign team and volunteers in the
history of politics. The best. The best
ever
. Some of you were
new
this time around, and some of you have been at my
side since the very beginning. But all of you are
family. No
matter what you do or where
you go from here, you will carry the memory of the
history we made together and you
will
have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful
president. Thank you for believing all the way,
through every hill,
through every
valley. You lifted me up the whole way and I will
always be grateful for everything that
you
’
ve done
and
all the incredible work that you put in.
I know that political
campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly.
And that provides plenty of fodder for the
cynics that 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 saw folks working
late in 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.
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. 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.
That
’
s why we do
this. That
’
s what politics
can be. That
’
s why elections
matter
. It
’
s not
small, it
’
s big.
It
’
s
important.
Democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy
and messy and complicated. We have our own
opinions.
Each of us has deeply held
beliefs. And when we go through tough times, when
we make big decisions as a country,
it
necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy.
That
won
’
t change after tonight,
and it shouldn
’
t. These
arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. We
can
never forget that as we speak
people in distant nations are risking their lives
right now just for a chance to argue
about the issues that
matter
, 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. A country that lives up to its legacy
as the global leader in technology and
discovery and innovation, with all the good jobs
and new businesses that
follow.
We want our
children to live in an America that
isn
’
t burdened by debt, that
isn
’
t weakened by
inequality, that
isn
’
t threatened
by the destructive power of a warming planet. We
want to pass on a country
that
’
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.
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
–
that
’
s
the future
we hope for
.
That
’
s the vision we share.
That
’
s where we need to go
–
forward.
That
’
s where we need
to go.
Now, we will disagree, sometimes
fiercely, 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
or solve 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. 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.
Tonight you voted for action, not
politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your
jobs, not ours. And in the coming
weeks
and months, I am looking forward to reaching out
and working with leaders of both parties to meet
the
challenges we can only solve
together
. Reducing our deficit.
Reforming our tax code. Fixing our immigration
system.
Freeing ourselves from foreign
oil. We
’
ve got more work to
do.
But that
doesn
’
t mean your work is
done. The role of citizen in our democracy does
not end with your vote.
America
’
s never
been about what 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.
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. 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.
I am hopeful tonight because
I
’
ve seen the 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 reenlist 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. And I saw 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.
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.
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.
I
’
m not talking about blind
optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the
enormity of the tasks ahead or
the
roadblocks 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