奥巴马：当选总统的胜选演讲.doc

奥巴马：当选总统的胜选演讲(张少军译、校)(1)你好,芝加哥!(2)如果还有人始终怀疑美国是一个凡事皆有可能的地方，还有人始终好奇美国缔造者的梦想在我们的时代是否依然鲜活，还有人始终质疑我们民主制度的力量，今晚，就是你们的答案。 (3)这是由围绕着学校和教堂的人数空前的长队给出的答案；是等了三四个小时的选民所给出的答案，其中许多人是有生以来第一次投票，因为他们相信这一次肯定不一样，相信他们的声音会如此不同。 (4)这是由青年和老人、富人和穷人，民主党人和共和党人，由黑人、白人、拉美裔、亚裔、原住民，同性恋者、异性恋者、残疾人和健全人给出的答案。他们给全世界一个信息：我们从来就不仅仅是个体的集合或“红州”和“蓝州”的集合；我们是，并将永远是美利坚合众国！ (5)正是这个答案，让那些长久以来一再被告诫，要对我们所能取得的成就冷嘲热讽、担忧畏惧和心存疑虑的人们伸出手来，握住历史之弧，再次扭转它让它朝向美好明天的希望。 (6)它一直姗姗来迟，但今晚，由于我们在今天、在这次大选、在这个具有决定性的时刻所做的，美国终于迎来了变革。 (7)今晚早时候，我接到了麦凯恩参议员极具风度的电话。麦凯恩参议员在这场大选中作了长时间的艰苦的奋斗，而他为自己所深爱的这个国家所作的奋斗则时间更长、过程更艰辛。他为美国而承受的牺牲我们大多数人甚至难以想象。我们都得益于这位勇敢无私的领袖提供的服务。我祝贺他，祝贺佩林州长，为他们取得的所有成就。我期待着与他们在未来的岁月里一道工作，来重申这个国家的承诺。 (8)我要感谢我在这次旅程中的伙伴他全心参与竞选，为在斯克兰顿街道上与他一同长大的，为与他一同乘火车回特拉华的男男女女代言他就是美国当选副总统，乔拜登。 (9)如果没有她的坚定支持，我今晚就不会站在这里。她过去16年来我最好的朋友、我们家庭的基石、我一生的挚爱，我们国家的下一位第一夫人：米歇尔奥巴马(Michelle Obama)。萨莎(Sasha)和玛丽亚(Malia)，我爱你们俩超出你们的想象。你们已经赢得了一条新的小狗，它将与我们一起进入白宫。虽然她不再和我们在一起，但我知道我的外祖母正看着我，和那些养育我使我成为今日之我的家人们一道。今晚，我想念他们，我知道自己对他们的亏欠无可估量。我的姐姐玛雅（Maya），我的姐姐阿尔玛（Alma），所有我其他的兄弟姐妹们：非常感谢你们的支持，对此我深表谢意。 (10)我的竞选经理大卫普劳夫(David Plouffe)：这次竞选的无名英雄，是他组织了这场最好的我想，在美利坚合众国历史上最好的政治选战。我的首席战略顾问大卫艾克斯罗德(David Axelrod)：作为伙伴他和我走过这次选举的每一步。那政治史上组建得最好的竞选团队：是你们使这一切成为现实，我会永远感激你们为成就它所作的牺牲。 (11)但最重要的是，我决不会忘记这场胜利的真正归属它属于你们。它属于你们。我从来就不是这个职位的最有希望的候选人。一开始，我们没有大量的资金也没有得到多数的支持。我们的竞选并非策划于华盛顿的会堂之内，它肇始于得梅因的后院、康科德的客厅、查尔斯顿门廊之中。它是由那些为了我们的事业从自己的微薄积蓄中捐出5美元、10美元、20美元的劳动人民组织起来的；它成长壮大却是因为那些年轻人他们拒绝接受他们是“冷漠一代”的荒诞说法；他们离开家、离开亲人，从事（选举中）报酬微薄、睡眠不足的工作；它从那些已经不算年轻的人们那里汲取力量，他们冒着严寒酷暑，敲开全然陌生的人的大门；它从数百万的美国民众那里汲取力量，他们自发地组织起来证明：在两个多世纪后，那个民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。 (12)我知道你们做这一切不只是为了赢得一次大选，我也知道你们做这一切不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们明白横在前面的任务有多艰巨。因为甚至当我们今晚欢庆之时，我们也知道明天带来的将是我们一生中最大的挑战两场战争、一个处于危险中的星球，还有百年来最严重的金融危机。甚至当我们今晚站在此地，我们也知道伊拉克的沙漠里和阿富汗的群山中还有勇敢的美国人正枕戈待旦，为保护我们而冒着生命危险；我们知道会有在孩子熟睡后仍难以入眠的父母，担心如何偿还按揭、付清医药帐单或是存够孩子上大学的费用。新的能源亟待开发，新的工作机会亟待创造，新的学校亟待修建，以及众多的威胁亟待应对、与盟国的关系亟待修复。 (13)前方的道路将十分漫长，我们的攀登将异常艰辛。我们可能无法在一年甚至一届任期之内达到目的，但是，美国，我从未像今晚这样满怀希望，相信我们会达到。我向你们承诺作为一个整体我们一定会达到。 (14)会有种种挫折和出师不利。会有许多人不同意我身为总统所作的每项决定或制定的每项政策。我们也知道政府不能解决所有问题。但我将始终向你们坦陈我们面临的挑战。我会聆听你们的意见，尤其在我们意见相左之时。最重要的是，我会请求你们参与重建这个国家的工作，以美国221年来从未改变的唯一方式一砖一石、胼手胝足。21个月前那个暮冬所开始的一切不会在今天这个秋夜结束。 (15)单有今天的胜利并不是我们所寻求的变革，它只是我们进行变革的机会。而如果我们仍然按照旧有的方式行事，我们所寻求的变革将不可能出现。如果没有你们，没有一种新的服务的热忱，没有一种新的牺牲的精神，变革也不可能出现。因此，让我们呼唤新的爱国精神和责任意识，一种我们每个人都决心全情投入、更努力地工作，不只关心自己而是彼此关爱的境界。让我们牢记如果这场金融危机教给了我们什么，那就是当多数街道多数人备受煎熬之时不可能有繁荣兴旺的华尔街。在这片土地上，作为一个国家一个民族，我们同荣辱共进退。让我们抵制重走老路的诱惑，抵制那毒害我们的政治如此之久的党派纷争、卑鄙小器和幼稚粗俗。 (16)让我们牢记，正是这个州（伊利诺伊州）的一名男子首次将共和党的大旗扛到了白宫。共和党奠基于自强自立、个人自由以及全民团结的价值观之上，那也是我们所有人都共享的价值观。今晚，当民主党赢得了巨大的胜利时，我们也将以谦卑的态度和弥合那阻碍了我们进步的分歧的决心这么做。正如林肯对远比我们眼下分歧更大的这个国家所说的那样：“我们不是敌人而是朋友”“虽然感情也许有些紧张，但是这决不能割断我们爱的纽带。”(17)那些我还必须争取他们的支持的美国人：或许今晚我没有赢得你们的选票，但是我听到了你们的声音，我需要你们的帮助，而且我也将是你们的总统。 (18)所有那些关注今夜（大选结果）的海外人士那些从国会到皇宫的人们，那些在这个世界被遗忘的角落里挤在收音机旁的人们：我们的经历虽然各不相同，但是我们的命运却是共同的，美国领导层的新的黎明已经来临。(19)那些想要颠覆这个世界的人们：我们将击败你们。那些追求和平和安全的人们：我们支持你们。所有那些怀疑美国的灯塔是否继续辉煌点燃的人们：今晚我们已再次证明，我们国家真正的力量并非来自我们武器的威力或财富的规模，而是来自我们理想的持久力量：民主、自由、机会和不屈的希望。 (20)这才是美国真正的特质美国能够变革，我们的联邦能够日臻完善。我们已有的成就让我们对未来能够而且必定取得的成就充满了希望。(21)这次大选拥有许多的“第一”和许多将世代流传的故事。但是今晚萦绕我脑海的那个故事却与在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女有关。她和这次选举中其他数百万排队投票表达自己意见的选民有很多相似之处，除了一点：安尼克松库柏(Ann Nixon Cooper)已是106岁的高龄。 (22)她出生的那个时代奴隶制度刚刚结束。那时路上没有汽车，天上也没有飞机。当时像她这样的人不能投票有两个理由因为她是女人，因为她的肤色。 (23)今天晚上，我想到了她在美国过去整整一世纪所看到的一切：心痛和希望；挣扎和进步；那告诉我们“不能”的世代，以及那抱持美国信条坚持斗争的人们：是的，我们能。 (24)在一个妇女的声音归于沉寂，她们的希望化作泡影的时代，安尼克松库柏活着看到她们站了起来，发表意见，拿到选票：是的，我们能。 (25)当30年代的沙尘暴和全球经济大萧条引发绝望之时，她看到一个国家用罗斯福新政、新就业机会以及对共同目标的新的理解战胜了恐慌：是的，我们能。 (26)当炸弹袭击我们的海港、独裁暴政威胁整个世界，她在那，见证了一代人的伟大崛起，见证了一个民主制度被拯救：是的，我们能。(27)她在那，见证了蒙哥马利的公交车（罢乘），伯明翰的高压水龙（喷向抗议的黑人学生），塞尔马一座大桥（上黑人所进行的抗争），以及一个来自亚特兰大的牧师告诉人们，“我们终将获胜”：是的，我们能。(28)一个人登上了月球，一道墙在柏林崩塌，一个世界被我们用自己的科技与想象力将它连成一体。(29)今年，就在这次选举，她用手指轻触屏幕，投她的一票，因为在美国生活106年之后度过最好的时光，也走过最黑暗的时刻她知道，美国会怎样变革：是的，我们能。(30)美国啊，我们已经走得这么远，我们已然经历了这么多。但仍有更多的事情要做。所以今晚，让我们自问，假如我们的孩子们能活着看到下个世纪，假如我的女儿有幸活得像安尼克松库柏那样长久，他们将看到什么样的变革？我们会取得什么样的进步？(31)这是我们回答这一召唤的机会。这是我们的时刻，这是我们的时代：让我们的人民找回工作，为我们的孩子打开机会的大门；让繁荣再现，将和平推进；把“美国梦”唤回，并重申那最基本的真理“出于众数，合而为一”，“生命不息，希望不止”。无论在哪里，当我们遭遇讥讽，遭遇怀疑，遭遇那些告诉我们说我们“不能”的人们，我们将用那概括了一个民族之精神的永恒信念来回应：是的，我们能。(32)谢谢你们。上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。Barack Obama: President-Elect Victory Speechdelivered 11 November 2008AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audioHello, Chicago.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 voices could be that difference. Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America!Its the answer that - that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.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.A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign, and hes fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that theyve 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 the train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nations next First Lady: Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, 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 grandmothers watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters - thank you so much for the support that youve given me. I am grateful to them.And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe - the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best - the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America. To my chief strategist David Axelrod - whos been a partner with me every step of the way. To 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. 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 5 dollars and 10 dollars and 20 dollars to the 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. It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth. This is your victory.And 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 the children fall asleep and wonder how theyll make the mortgage or pay their doctors bills or save enough for their childs college education. Theres new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. 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 the 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 to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way its been done in America for 221 years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot 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 cant happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. 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. Lets resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Lets remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a Party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. 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 who - whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your President, too.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.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 Americas beacon still burns as bright: Tonight weve 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.Thats the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What weve 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 tonights 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 saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, 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 thi