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1、Thannk yyou. Thhankk yoou. Thaank youu, sso mmuchh. TThannk yyou, alll. Thaank youu veery, veery mucch.Welll - Weell, thhis isnnt exaactlly tthe parrty Idd pllannned, buut II suure likke tthe commpanny.And I wwantt too sttartt toodayy byy saayinng hhow graatefful I aam tto aall of youu, tto eeverryo

2、nne wwho pouuredd yoour heaartss annd yyourr hoopess innto thiis ccamppaiggn, whoo drrovee foor mmilees aand linned thee sttreeets wavvingg hoomemmadee siignss, wwho scrrimpped andd saavedd too raaisee mooneyy, wwho knoockeed oon ddoorrs aand madde ccallls, whoo taalkeed, sommetiimess arrgueed wwith

3、h yoour friiendds aand neiighbborss, wwho e-mmailled andd coontrribuutedd onnlinne, whoo innvesstedd soo muuch in ourr coommoon eenteerprrisee, tto tthe momms aand dadds wwho camme tto oour eveentss, wwho lifftedd thheirr liittlle ggirlls aand litttlee booys on theeir shoouldderss annd wwhissperred

4、in theeir earrs, Seee, youu caan bbe aanytthinng yyou wannt tto bbe.To tthe youung peooplee liike 13-yeaar-oold Annne RRidddelll pph froom MMayffielld, Ohiio, whoo haad bbeenn saavinng ffor twoo yeearss too goo too Diisneey WWorlld aand deccideed tto uuse herr saavinngs inssteaad tto ttravvel to Pen

5、nnsyylvaaniaa wiith herr moom aand volluntteerr thheree, aas wwelll.To tthe vetteraans, too thhe cchilldhoood friiendds, to Neww Yoorkeers andd Arrkannsanns wwho traavelled acrrosss thhe ccounntryy, ttelllingg annyonne wwho wouuld lisstenn whhy yyou suppporrtedd mee. AAnd to alll off thhosee woomenn

6、 inn thheirr 800s aand theeir 90ss boorn befforee woomenn coouldd voote, whho ccastt thheirr vootess foor oour cammpaiign. Ive tolld yyou befforee abboutt Flloreencee Stteinn pph of Souuth Dakkotaa whho wwas 88 yeaars oldd annd iinsiisteed tthatt heer ddaugghteer bbrinng aan aabseenteee bballlot to

7、herr hoospiice beddsidde. Herr daaughhterr annd aa frriennd pput an Ameericcan flaag bbehiind herr beed aand hellpedd heer ffilll ouut tthe balllott.She passsedd awway sooon aafteer aand, unnderr sttatee laaw, herr baalloot ddidnnt couunt, buut hher dauughtter latter tolld aa reeporrterr, My dadds a

8、n ornneryy, oold cowwboyy, aand he diddntt liike it wheen hhe hhearrd MMoms vvotee wooulddntt bee coountted. I donnt thiink he hadd vootedd inn 200 yeearss, bbut he votted in plaace of my momm.So tto aall thoose whoo vootedd foor mme aand to whoom II plledgged my utmmostt, mmy ccommmitmmentt too yoo

9、u aand to thee prrogrresss wee seeek is unyyielldinng. Youu haave insspirred andd toouchhed me witth tthe stooriees oof tthe joyys aand sorrrowws tthatt maake up thee faabriic oof oour livves. Annd yyou havve hhumbbledd mee wiith youur ccommmitmmentt too ouur ccounntryy. EEighhteeen mmilllionn off y

10、oou, froom aall wallks of liffe - wwomeen aand menn, yyounng aand oldd, LLatiino andd Assiann, AAfriicann- AAmerricaan aand Cauucassiann, rrichh, ppoorr, aand midddlee-cllasss, ggay andd sttraiightt, yyou havve sstoood wwithh mee. AAnd I wwilll coontiinuee too sttandd sttronng wwithh yoou eeverry tt

11、imee, eeverry pplacce, in eveery wayy thhat I ccan. Thhe ddreaams we shaare aree woorthh fiighttingg foor.Remeembeer, we fouughtt foor tthe sinnglee moom wwithh thhe yyounng ddaugghteer, jugggliing worrk aand schhooll, wwho tolld mme, Im ddoinng iit aall to bettterr myysellf ffor herr. We fouughtt f

12、oor tthe womman whoo grrabbbed my hannd aand askked me, WWhatt arre yyou goiing to do to makke ssuree I havve hheallth carre? annd bbegaan tto ccry, beecauuse eveen tthouugh shee woorkss thhreee joobs, shhe ccant aaffoord inssuraancee. WWe ffougght forr thhe yyounng mman in thee Maarinne CCorpps tt-

13、shhirtt whho wwaitted monnthss foor mmediicall caare andd saaid, TTakee caare of my budddiees ooverr thheree, aand theen wwilll yoou ppleaase takke ccaree off mee? We fouughtt foor aall thoose whoovee loost jobbs aand heaalthh caare, whho ccant aaffoord gass orr grroceeriees oor ccolllegee, wwho hav

14、ve ffeltt innvissiblle tto ttheiir PPressideent theese lasst sseveen yyearrs.I ennterred thiis rracee beecauuse I hhavee ann olld-ffashhionned connvicctioon tthatt puubliic sservvicee iss abboutt heelpiing peooplee soolvee thheirr prrobllemss annd llivee thheirr drreamms. Ivve hhad eveery oppporttun

15、iity andd bllesssingg inn myy owwn llifee, aand I wwantt thhe ssamee foor aall Ameericcanss. AAnd unttil thaat dday commes, yooulll aalwaays finnd mme oon tthe froont linnes of demmocrracyy, ffighhtinng ffor thee fuuturre.The wayy too coontiinuee ouur ffighht nnow, too acccommpliish thee gooalss foo

16、r wwhicch wwe sstannd iis tto ttakee ouur eenerrgy, ouur ppasssionn, oour strrenggth, annd ddo aall we cann too heelp eleect Barrackk Obbamaa, tthe nexxt PPressideent of thee Unniteed SStattes. Toodayy, aas II suuspeend my cammpaiign, I conngraatullatee hiim oon tthe vicctorry hhe hhas wonn annd tth

17、e exttraoordiinarry rracee hee haas rrun. I enddorsse hhim andd thhroww myy fuull suppporrt bbehiind himm. AAnd I aask alll off yoou tto jjoinn mee inn woorkiing as harrd ffor Barrackk Obbamaa ass yoou hhavee foor mme.I haave serrvedd inn thhe SSenaate witth hhim forr foour yeaars. I havve bbeenn in

18、n thhis cammpaiign witth hhim forr 166 moonthhs. I hhavee sttoodd onn thhe sstagge aand gonne ttoe-to-toee wiith himm inn 222 deebattes. Ive hadd a froont-roww seeat to hiss caandiidaccy, andd I havve sseenn hiis sstreengtth aand dettermminaatioon, hiss grracee annd hhis griit. In hiss owwn llifee,

19、BBaraack Obaama hass liivedd thhe AAmerricaan ddreaam, as a ccommmuniity orgganiizerr, iin tthe Staate Sennatee, aas aa Unniteed SStattes sennatoor. He hass deediccateed hhimsselff too ennsurringg thhe ddreaam iis rreallizeed. Andd inn thhis cammpaiign, hee haas iinsppireed sso mmanyy too beecomme i

20、invoolveed iin tthe demmocrratiic pproccesss annd iinveesteed iin oour commmonn fuuturre.Now, whhen I sstarrtedd thhis racce, I iinteendeed tto wwin bacck tthe Whiite Houuse andd maake surre wwe hhavee a Preesiddentt whho pputss ouur ccounntryy baack on thee paath to peaace, prrospperiity andd prrog

21、rresss. AAnd thaatss exxacttly whaat wwerre ggoinng tto ddo, by enssuriing thaat BBaraack Obaama wallks thrrouggh tthe dooors of thee Ovval Offficee onn Jaanuaary 20, 20009.Now, I unddersstannd - II unnderrstaand thaat wwe aall knoow tthiss haas bbeenn a touugh figght, buut tthe Demmocrratiic PPartt

22、y iis aa faamilly. Andd noow iitss tiime to resstorre tthe tiees tthatt biind us toggethher andd too coome toggethher arooundd thhe iideaals we shaare, thhe vvaluues we cheerissh, andd thhe ccounntryy wee loove. Wee maay hhavee sttartted on sepparaate jouurneeys, buut ttodaay oour patths havve mmerg

23、ged. Annd wwerre aall heaadinng ttowaard thee saame desstinnatiion, unniteed aand morre rreaddy tthann evver to winn inn Noovemmberr annd tto tturnn ouur ccounntryy arrounnd, beccausse sso mmuchh iss att sttakee.We aall wannt aan eeconnomyy thhat susstaiins thee Ammeriicann drreamm, tthe oppporttuni

24、ity to worrk hhardd annd hhavee thhat worrk rrewaardeed, to savve ffor colllegge, a hhomee annd rretiiremmentt, tto aaffoord thaat ggas andd thhosee grroceeriees, andd sttilll haave a llitttle lefft ooverr att thhe eend of thee moonthh, aan eeconnomyy thhat liffts alll off ouur ppeopple andd ennsurr

25、es thaat oour proospeeritty iis bbroaadlyy diistrribuutedd annd ssharred.We aall wannt aa heealtth ccaree syysteem tthatt iss unniveersaal, higgh-qquallityy annd aaffoordaablee, sso tthatt paarennts donnt havve tto cchooose bettweeen ccaree foor tthemmsellvess orr thheirr chhilddrenn orr bee sttuckk

26、 inn deead-endd joobs simmplyy too keeep theeir inssuraancee. TThiss issntt juust an isssue forr mee. IIt iis aa paassiion andd a cauuse, annd iit iis aa fiightt I willl cconttinuue uuntiil eeverry ssinggle Ameericcan is inssureed, no exccepttionns aand no exccusees.We aall wannt aan AAmerricaa deef

27、inned by deeep aand meaaninngfuul eequaalitty, froom cciviil rrighhts to labbor rigghtss, ffromm woomenns rigghtss too gaay rrighhts froom eendiing disscriiminnatiion to proomottingg unnionnizaatioon, to prooviddingg heelp forr thhe mmostt immporrtannt jjob theere is: caarinng ffor ourr faamilliess.

28、And we alll waant to resstorre AAmerricaas staandiing in thee woorldd, tto eend thee waar iin IIraqq, aand oncce aagaiin lleadd byy thhe ppoweer oof oour valluess annd tto jjoinn wiith ourr allliees tto cconffronnt oour shaaredd chhalllengges, frrom povvertty aand gennociide to terrrorrismm annd ggl

29、obbal warrminng.You knoow, Ivve bbeenn innvollvedd inn poolitticss annd ppubllic liffe iin oone wayy orr annothher forr foour deccadees. Andd duurinng tthosse - dduriing thoose 40 yeaars, ouur ccounntryy haas vvoteed 110 ttimees ffor Preesiddentt. DDemoocraats wonn onnly thrree of thoose timmes, ann

30、d tthe mann whho wwon twoo off thhosee ellecttionns iis wwithh uss toodayy. WWe mmadee trremeendoous proogreess durringg thhe 90ss unnderr a Demmocrratiic PPressideent, wiith a fflouurisshinng eeconnomyy annd oour leaaderrshiip ffor peaace andd seecurrityy reespeecteed aarouund thee woorldd.Justt th

31、hinkk hoow mmuchh moore proogreess we couuld havve mmadee ovver thee paast 40 yeaars if wed hhad a DDemoocraaticc Prresiidennt. Thiink aboout thee loost oppporttuniitiees oof tthesse ppastt seevenn yeearss onn thhe eenviironnmennt aand thee ecconoomy, onn heealtth ccaree annd cciviil rrighhts, onn e

32、dducaatioon, forreiggn ppoliicy andd thhe SSuprremee Coourtt. IImagginee hoow ffar we couuld havve ccomee, hhow mucch wwe ccoulld hhavee acchieevedd iff wee haad jjustt haad aa Deemoccratt inn thhe WWhitte HHousse. We cannnott leet tthiss moomennt sslipp awway. Wee haave comme ttoo farr annd aaccoom

33、pllishhed tooo muuch.Now, thhe jjourrneyy ahheadd wiill nott bee eaasy. Soome willl ssay we cannt do it, thhat its ttoo harrd, were jusst nnot up to thee taask. Buut ffor as lonng aas AAmerricaa haas eexisstedd, iit hhas beeen tthe Ameericcan wayy too reejecct ccant-ddo cclaiims andd too chhoosse ii

34、nstteadd too sttrettch thee boounddariies of thee poossiiblee thhrouugh harrd wworkk, ddeteermiinattionn, aand a ppionneerringg sppiriit. It is thiis bbeliief, thhis opttimiism thaat SSenaatorr Obbamaa annd II shharee annd tthatt haas iinsppireed sso mmanyy miilliionss off ouur ssuppportterss too ma

35、ake theeir voiicess heeardd. SSo ttodaay II amm sttanddingg wiith Sennatoor OObamma tto ssay: Yees, we cann! And thaat ttogeetheer wwe wwilll woork - well havve tto wworkk haard to achhievve uunivverssal heaalthh caare. Buut oon tthe dayy wee liive in an Ameericca wwherre nno cchilld, no mann, aand

36、no womman is witthouut hheallth inssuraancee, wwe wwilll liive in a sstroongeer AAmerricaa. TThatts whyy wee neeed to hellp eelecct BBaraack Obaama ourr Prresiidennt.Welll hhavee too woork harrd tto gget bacck tto ffisccal ressponnsibbiliity andd a strrongg miiddlle cclasss. Butt onn thhe dday we li

37、vve iin aan AAmerricaa whhosee miiddlle cclasss iis tthriivinng aand groowinng aagaiin, wheere alll Ammeriicanns, no mattterr whheree thhey livve oor wwherre ttheiir aanceestoors camme ffromm, ccan earrn aa deecennt lliviing, wee wiill livve iin aa sttronngerr Ammeriica. Annd tthatt iss whhy wwe mmu

38、stt heelp eleect Barrackk Obbamaa ouur PPressideent.Welll hhavee too woork harrd tto ffostter thee innnovvatiion thaat wwilll maake us eneergyy inndeppenddentt annd lliftt thhe tthreeat of glooball waarmiing froom oour chiildrrens ffutuure. Buut oon tthe dayy wee liive in an Ameericca ffuelled by re

39、nnewaablee ennerggy, we willl llivee inn a strrongger Ameericca. Andd thhat is whyy wee haave to hellp eelecct BBaraack Obaama ourr Prresiidennt.Welll hhavee too woork harrd tto bbrinng oour trooopss hoome froom IIraqq annd gget theem tthe suppporrt ttheyyvee eaarneed bby ttheiir sservvicee. BBut on

40、 thee daay wwe llivee inn ann Ammeriica thaatss ass looyall too ouur ttrooops as theey hhavee beeen to us, wee wiill livve iin aa sttronngerr Ammeriica. Annd tthatt iss whhy wwe mmustt heelp eleect Barrackk Obbamaa ouur PPressideent.Thiss ellecttionn iss a turrninng-ppoinnt eelecctioon. Andd itt iss

41、 crritiicall thhat we alll unnderrstaand whaat oour chooicee reeallly iis. Willl wwe ggo fforwwardd toogettherr, oor wwilll wee sttalll annd sslipp baackwwardds?Now, thhinkk hoow mmuchh prrogrresss weevee allreaady madde. Wheen wwe ffirsst sstarrtedd, ppeopple eveerywwherre aaskeed tthe samme qquess

42、tioons. Coouldd a womman reaallyy seervee ass coommaandeer-iin-cchieef? Welll, I tthinnk wwe aanswwereed tthatt onne. Couuld an Afrricaan-AAmerricaan rreallly be ourr Prresiidennt? Andd Seenattor Obaama hass annsweeredd thhat onee. TTogeetheer, Sennatoor OObamma aand I aachiieveed mmileestooness ess

43、senntiaal tto oour proogreess as a nnatiion, paart of ourr peerpeetuaal ddutyy too foorm a mmoree peerfeect uniion.Now, onn a perrsonnal notte, wheen II waas aaskeed wwhatt itt meeanss too bee a womman runnninng ffor Preesiddentt, II allwayys ggavee thhe ssamee annsweer, thaat II waas pprouud tto bb

44、e rrunnningg ass a womman, buut II waas rrunnningg beecauuse I tthouughtt Id bbe tthe besst PPressideent. Buut - BBut I aam aa woomann annd, likke mmilllionns oof wwomeen, I kknoww thheree arre sstilll bbarrrierrs aand biaasess ouut ttherre, oftten uncconsscioous, annd II waant to buiild an Ameericc

45、a tthatt reespeectss annd eembrracees tthe pottenttiall off evveryy laast onee off uss.I raan aas aa daaughhterr whho bbeneefitted froom ooppoortuunittiess myy mootheer nneveer ddreaamedd off. II raan aas aa mootheer wwho worrriees aabouut mmy ddaugghteerss fuuturre aand a mmothher whoo waantss too

46、leeavee alll cchilldreen bbrigghteer ttomoorroows. Too buuildd thhat futturee I seee, wwe mmustt maake surre tthatt woomenn annd mmen aliike unddersstannd tthe strrugggless off thheirr grranddmottherrs aand theeir mottherrs, andd thhat wommen enjjoy equual oppporttuniitiees, equual payy, aand equual

47、 resspecct. Lett uss - Leet uus rresoolvee annd wworkk toowarrd aachiieviing verry ssimpple proopossitiionss: TTherre aare no acccepttablle llimiits, annd ttherre aare no acccepttablle pprejjudiicess inn thhe 221stt ceentuury in ourr coounttry.You cann bee soo prroudd thhat, frrom noww onn, iit wwil

48、ll bee unnremmarkkablle ffor a wwomaan tto wwin priimarry sstatte vvicttoriies; unnremmarkkablle tto hhavee a womman in a cclosse rracee too bee ouur nnomiineee; uunreemarrkabble to thiink thaat aa woomann caan bbe tthe Preesiddentt off thhe UUnitted Staatess - annd tthatt iss trrulyy reemarrkabble,

49、 myy frriennds.To tthosse wwho aree diisapppoiinteed tthatt wee cooulddntt goo alll oof tthe wayy, eespeeciaallyy thhe yyounng ppeopple whoo puut sso mmuchh innto thiis ccamppaiggn, it wouuld breeak my heaart if, inn faalliing shoort of my goaal, I iin aany wayy diiscoouraagedd anny oof yyou froom p

50、purssuinng yyourrs. Alwwayss aiim hhighh, wworkk haard, annd ccaree deeeplly aabouut wwhatt yoou bbeliievee inn. AAnd, whhen youu sttumbble, keeep faiith. Annd, wheen yyoure knoockeed ddownn, gget rigght bacck uup aand nevver lisstenn too annyonne wwho sayys yyou cannt or shooulddntt goo onn.As wwe

51、ggathher herre ttodaay iin tthiss hiistooricc, mmagnnifiicennt bbuilldinng, thee 500th womman to leaave thiis EEartth iis oorbiitinng ooverrheaad. If we cann bllastt 500 woomenn innto spaace, wee wiill sommedaay llaunnch a wwomaan iintoo thhe WWhitte HHousse. Altthouugh we werrent aablee too shhattt

52、er thaat hhighhestt, hharddestt gllasss ceeiliing thiis ttimee, tthannks to youu, iitss goot aabouut 118 mmilllionn crrackks iin iit, andd thhe llighht iis sshinningg thhrouugh likke nneveer bbefoore, fiilliing us alll wiith thee hoope andd thhe ssuree knnowlledgge tthatt thhe ppathh wiill be a llit

53、ttle eassierr neext timme.Thatt haas aalwaays beeen tthe hisstorry oof pproggresss iin AAmerricaa. TThinnk oof tthe sufffraagissts whoo gaatheeredd att Seenecca FFallls iin 118488 annd tthosse wwho keppt ffighhtinng uuntiil wwomeen ccoulld ccastt thheirr vootess. TThinnk oof tthe aboolittionnistts w

54、who strrugggledd annd ddiedd too seee tthe endd off sllaveery. Thhinkk off thhe cciviil rrighhts herroess annd ffoott sooldiierss whho mmarcchedd, pprottestted, annd rriskked theeir livves to briing aboout thee ennd oof ssegrregaatioon aand Jimm Crrow.Becaausee off thhem, I greew uup ttakiing forr g

55、rrantted thaat wwomeen ccoulld vvotee annd, beccausse oof tthemm, mmy ddaugghteer ggreww upp taakinng ffor graanteed tthatt chhilddrenn off alll ccoloors couuld go to schhooll toogettherr.Becaausee off thhem, Baaracck OObamma aand I ccoulld wwagee a harrd-ffougght cammpaiign forr thhe DDemoocraaticc

56、 noominnatiion. Beecauuse of theem aand beccausse oof yyou, chhilddrenn toodayy wiill groow uup ttakiing forr grrantted thaat aan AAfriicann-Ammeriicann orr a womman cann, yyes, beecomme tthe Preesiddentt off thhe UUnitted Staatess. AAnd so wheen tthatt daay aarriivess, aand a wwomaan ttakees tthe o

57、atth oof ooffiice as ourr Prresiidennt, we willl aall staand talllerr, pprouud oof tthe valluess off ouur nnatiion, prroudd thhat eveery litttlee giirl cann drreamm biig aand thaat hher dreeamss caan ccomee trrue in Ameericca. Andd alll oof yyou willl kknoww thhat, beecauuse of youur ppasssionn annd

58、 hhardd woork, yoou hhelpped pavve tthe wayy foor tthatt daay.So II waant to sayy too myy suuppoorteers: Whhen youu heear peooplee saayinng oor tthinnk tto yyourrsellf, Iff onnly, orr, Whaat iif, I sayy, ppleaase, doontt goo thheree. EEverry mmomeent wasstedd loookiing bacck kkeepps uus ffromm moovi

59、nng fforwwardd. LLifee iss tooo sshorrt, timme iis ttoo preecioous, annd tthe staakess arre ttoo higgh tto ddwelll oon wwhatt miightt haave beeen. We havve tto wworkk toogettherr foor wwhatt sttilll caan bbe. Andd thhat is whyy I willl wworkk myy heeartt ouut tto mmakee suure thaat SSenaatorr Obbama

60、a iss ouur nnextt Prresiidennt. Andd I hoppe aand praay tthatt alll oof yyou willl jjoinn mee inn thhat efffortt.To mmy ssuppportterss annd ccollleagguess inn Coongrresss, tto tthe govvernnorss annd mmayoors, ellectted offficiialss whho sstoood wwithh mee inn goood timmes andd baad, thaank youu foor