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奥巴马当选演说:"美国的变革时代已到来"(英文/视2)
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2008/11/05
美国的变革时代已到来
Change
has come to America （part 2）
Acceptance speech
by PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA
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.
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. 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 America's 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 can't,
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.
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