奧巴馬勝選演講稿

1. 奧巴馬芝加哥獲勝演講,引用了前美國總統林肯的一句經典演講詞,是哪一句話

奧巴馬芝加哥獲勝演講引用了林肯的一句經典演講詞: 「我們不是敵人，而是朋友。。。雖然情緒有所緊張，但是這並不會割裂我們的感情紐帶。」

2. 奧巴馬勝選演說詞英文版

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3. 奧巴馬競選獲勝後演講的演講詞

Obama：
奧巴馬：
Hello, Chicago.
芝加哥，我來了！
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.
如果還有人對美國是否凡事都有可能存疑，還有人懷疑美國奠基者的夢想在我們所處的時代是否依然鮮活
，還有人質疑我們的民主制度的力量，那麼今晚，這些問題都有了答案。
It's 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 first
time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their
voices could be that difference.
這是設在學校和教堂的投票站前排起的前所未見的長隊給出的答案；是等了三四個小時的選民所給出的答
案。其中許多人都是有生以來第一次投票，因為他們認定這一次肯定會不一樣，認為自己的聲音會是這次
大選有別於以往之所在。
It's 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 indivials or
a collection of red states and blue states.
這是所有美國人民共同給出的答案－－無論老少貧富，無論是民主黨還是共和黨，無論是黑人、白人、拉
美裔、亞裔、原住民，是同性戀者還是異性戀者、殘疾人還是健全人－－我們從來不是「紅州」和「藍州
」的對立陣營。
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
我們是美利堅合眾國這個整體，永遠都是。
It's the answer that led those who've 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.
長久以來，很多人一再受到告誡，要對我們所能取得的成績極盡諷刺、擔憂和懷疑之能事，但這個答案讓
這些人伸出手來把握歷史，再次讓它朝向美好明天的希望延伸。
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this
election at this defining moment change has come to America.
已經過去了這么長時間，但今晚，由於我們在今天、在這場大選中、在這個具有決定性的時刻所做的，美
國已經迎來了變革。
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.
McCain.
我剛剛接到了麥凱恩參議員極具風度的致電。
Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder
for the country that he loves. He has enred 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.
他在這場大選中經過了長時間的努力奮斗，而他為自己所深愛的這個國家奮斗的時間更長、過程更艱辛。
他為美國做出了我們大多數人難以想像的犧牲，我們的生活也因這位勇敢無私的領袖所做出的貢獻而變得
更美好。
I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look
forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
我向他和佩林州長所取得的成績表示祝賀，我也期待著與他們一起在未來的歲月中為復興這個國家的希望
而共同努力。
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.
我要感謝我在這次旅程中的夥伴－－已當選美國副總統的拜登。他全心參與競選活動，為普通民眾代言，
他們是他在斯克蘭頓從小到大的夥伴，也是在他回特拉華的火車上遇到的男男女女。

4. 奧巴馬獲勝演講全文的英文版

奧巴馬獲勝演講
Obama: The Change We Need
This is a defining moment in our history. We face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression -- 760,000 workers have lost their jobs this year. Businesses and families can't get credit. Home values are falling, and pensions are disappearing. Wages are lower than they've been in a decade, at a time when the costs of health care and college have never been higher.
At a moment like this, we can't afford four more years of spending increases, poorly designed tax cuts, or the complete lack of regulatory oversight that even former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan now believes was a mistake. America needs a new direction. That's why I'm running for president of the United States.
Tomorrow, you can give this country the change we need.
My opponent, Senator McCain, has served his country honorably. He can even point to a few moments in the past where he has broken from his party. But over the past eight years, he's voted with President Bush 90% of the time. And when it comes to the economy, he still can't tell the American people one major thing he'd do differently from George Bush.
It's not change to come up with a tax plan that doesn't give a penny of relief to more than 100 million middle-class Americans -- a plan that even the National Review and other conservative organizations complain does far too little to benefit the middle class. It's not change to add more than $5 trillion to the deficits we've run up in recent years. It's not change to come up with a plan to address our housing crisis that puts another $300 billion of taxpayer money at risk -- a plan that the editorial board of this newspaper said 'raises more questions than it answers.'
If there's one thing we've learned from this economic crisis, it's that we are all in this together. From CEOs to shareholders, from financiers to factory workers, we all have a stake in each other's success because the more Americans prosper, the more America prospers.
That's why we've had titans of instry who've made it their mission to pay well enough that their employees could afford the procts they made -- businessmen like Warren Buffett, whose support I'm proud to have. That's why our economy hasn't just been the world's greatest wealth creator -- it's been the world's greatest job generator. It's been the tide that has lifted the boats of the largest middle class in history.
To rebuild that middle class, I'll give a tax break to 95% of workers and their families. If you work, pay taxes, and make less than $200,000, you'll get a tax cut. If you make more than $250,000, you'll still pay taxes at a lower rate than in the 1990s -- and capital gains and dividend taxes one-third lower than they were under President Reagan.
We'll create two million new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and laying broadband lines that reach every corner of the country. I'll invest $15 billion a year over the next decade in renewable energy, creating five million new, green jobs that pay well, can't be outsourced, and can help end our dependence on Middle East oil.
When it comes to health care, we don't have to choose between a government-run system and the unaffordable one we have now. My opponent's plan would make you pay taxes on your health-care benefits for the first time in history. My plan will make health care affordable and accessible for every American. If you already have health insurance, the only change you'll see under my plan is lower premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of plan that members of Congress get for themselves.
To give every child a world-class ecation so they can compete in this global economy for the jobs of the 21st century, I'll invest in early childhood ecation and recruit an army of new teachers. But I'll also demand higher standards and more accountability. And we'll make a deal with every young American: If you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford your tuition.
And when it comes to keeping this country safe, I'll end the Iraq war responsibly so we stop spending $10 billion a month in Iraq while it sits on a huge surplus. For the sake of our economy, our military and the long-term stability of Iraq, it's time for the Iraqis to step up. I'll finally finish the fight against bin Laden and the al Qaeda terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century, and restore our moral standing so that America remains the last, best hope of Earth.
None of this will be easy. It won't happen overnight. But I believe we can do this because I believe in America. This is the country that allowed our parents and grandparents to believe that even if they couldn't go to college, they could save a little bit each week so their child could; that even if they couldn't have their own business, they could work hard enough so their child could open one of their own. And at every moment in our history, we've risen to meet our challenges because we've never forgotten the fundamental truth that in America, our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
So tomorrow, I ask you to write our nation's next great chapter. I ask you to believe -- not just in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. Tomorrow, you can choose policies that invest in our middle class, create new jobs, and grow this economy so that everyone has a chance to succeed. You can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo. If you give me your vote, we won't just win this election -- together, we will change this country and change the world.

現在是美國歷史的關鍵時刻。我們面臨著大蕭條以來最為嚴重的一場經濟危機：今年以來已經有76萬人失業；企業和家庭無法獲得信貸；房價不斷下滑，養老金日益縮水；工資降到了十年來的最低水平，同時醫療和教育成本卻漲到了有史以來的最高點。
在眼下這樣的危急時刻，我們承受不起又一個四年的支出增長、千瘡百孔的減稅措施、或是監管全無——即使是美國聯邦儲備委員會(Fed)前主席格林斯潘(Alan Greenspan)現在也承認那是個錯誤。美國需要一個新的方向。這也正是我競選美國總統的原因所在。
明天，也就是周二，你們將有能力賦予這個國家我們所需要的變革。
Corbis我的競選對手麥凱恩參議員為美國作出的貢獻令人尊敬。他甚至可以指出他過去曾有幾次與自己的黨派分道揚鑣。然而，在過去八年中，他十之八九都贊同布希總統的主張。而在經濟問題上，他仍然無法向美國民眾說明，他與布希的做法會有什麼太大區別。
如果提出的稅收計劃沒有讓1億多美國中產階級獲得一分錢的稅項減免，這不是變革——即使是《國家評論》(National Review)雜志和其他保守派組織也抱怨說，這個計劃對造福中產階級貢獻寥寥。在近年來不斷累積的財政赤字上再添5萬億美元，這不是變革。如果解決房市危機的計劃又將另外3,000億美元納稅人的錢置於風險之中，這不是變革——《華爾街日報》編輯委員會稱這一計劃「產生的問題比解決的問題多」。
如果說我們從此次經濟危機中學到了什麼的話，那就是我們要患難與共。從首席執行長到公司股東，從金融家到工廠工人，我們每個人都休戚相關，因為美國的民眾越富足，美國才會越繁榮。
這就是為什麼我們有些企業巨頭把提高員工薪酬作為自己的一項使命，讓員工能買得起自己生產的產品，比如巴菲特(Warren Buffett)這樣的商界人士。我對能有他的支持感到自豪。這就是為什麼美國經濟不僅是世界上最偉大的財富創造者，也是世界上最偉大的就業機會製造者。它一直托舉著有史以來規模最大的中產階級之舟。
為了重塑美國中產階級，我將給予95%的工人及其家庭稅收減免待遇。如果你工作，就交稅；如果年收入不足20萬美元，你會獲得減稅；即使你的年收入超過了25萬美元，你所負擔的稅率也比上世紀九十年代要低——資本利得稅和股息稅要比里根總統時期低三分之一。
通過重建日益破敗的基礎設施、在美國的各個角落接通寬頻，我們將創造200萬個就業崗位。未來的十年中，我將每年在可再生能源領域投資150億美元，進而新增500萬個崗位；這些工作環保、薪酬豐厚、不能外包，而且能幫助我們擺脫對中東石油的依賴。
在醫療問題上，我們不必在政府運營的體系和目前這種我們難以負擔的體系之間進行選擇。我的競選對手提出的方案會令美國人有史以來首次為自己獲得的醫療福利納稅。我的計劃則會讓醫療保健成為每個美國人都負擔得起、享受得到的服務。根據我的計劃，如果你已經有了醫療保險，你將看到的唯一一個變化是保費降低；如果你還沒有醫療保險，你將能與國會議員們享受到同樣的醫療福利。
為了讓每個孩子享受到世界級的教育，讓他們能在全球經濟中競爭21世紀的工作崗位，我將投資早期教育，並且增加師資力量。不過，我同時也會要求更高的標准和更多的責任。我們向每個美國年輕人作出承諾：如果你致力於服務你的社區或是你的國家，我們將確保你能負擔得起自己的學費。
在國防安全問題上，我將負責任地結束伊拉克戰爭，這樣我們就不必在這個國家享有巨額財政盈餘的情況下每月卻要在那裡花費100億美元。為了美國的經濟、美國的軍隊和伊拉克的長期穩定，現在是伊拉克人站出來的時候了。我將最終完成對本·拉登(Bin Laden)和基地組織恐怖分子的打擊，正是這些人製造了9/11恐怖襲擊，同時我還會建立新的合作關系、擊退21世紀出現的威脅，恢復我們的道德威望，讓美國仍然是地球上最後也是最好的希望。
這些事情沒有一件是輕而易舉能辦到的，也不是一朝一夕能完成的。但是，我堅信我們能成功，因為我對美國深信不疑。是美國使我們的父輩相信，即使他們自己無法上大學，也可以每周積攢下一些錢來，讓他們的孩子接受好的教育；即使他們不能擁有自己的企業，也可以通過努力工作讓自己的孩子創辦企業。在美國歷史的每個時刻，我們都勇敢地站起來面對挑戰，因為我們從來沒有忘記過這樣一個基本真理：在美國，我們的命運並非天定，而是掌握在我們自己的手中。
所以，明天，我懇請你們書寫美國下一個偉大的篇章。我懇請你們不只相信我帶來變革的能力，還有你們自己的能力。明天，你們可以選擇這樣一種政策——向美國中產階級進行投入、創造新的就業崗位、實現經濟增長讓人人都有成功的機會。你們可以選擇希望而非恐懼、選擇團結而非分裂、選擇變革的希望而非墨守成規。如果你們投我的票，我們將不僅贏得此次競選，還將一起改變這個國家、改變這個世界。

5. 奧巴馬勝選演講的好句

I have always believed that ope 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 fighting.
我一直相信襲，所謂希望就是我們內心倔強地堅持的力量，相信不管有多少相反的證據，都要相信有更好的東西在等著我們，只要我們有勇氣不斷前行、不懈工作、不停戰斗。

6. 奧巴馬勝選感言演講稿

Hello, Chicago!
芝加哥，你好！
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.
如果有人懷疑美國是個一切皆有可能的地方，懷疑美國奠基者的夢想在我們這個時代依然燃燒，懷疑我們民主的力量，那麼今晚這些疑問都有了答案。
It's 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.
學校和教堂門外的長龍便是答案。排隊的人數之多，在美國歷史上前所未有。為了投票，他們排隊長達三、四個小時。許多人一生中第一次投票，因為他們認為這一次大選結果必須不同以往，而他們手中的一票可能決定勝負。
It's 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.
無論年齡，無論貧富，無論民主黨人或共和黨人，無論黑人、白人，無論拉美裔、亞裔、印地安人, 無論同性戀、異性戀，無論殘障人、健全人，所有的人，他們向全世界喊出了同一個聲音：我們並不隸屬 「紅州」與 「藍州」的對立陣營，我們屬於美利堅合眾國，現在如此，永遠如此！
It's 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.
長久以來，很多人說：我們對自己的能量應該冷漠，應該恐懼，應該懷疑。但是，歷史之輪如今已在我們手中，我們又一次將歷史之輪轉往更美好的未來。
It's 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.
漫漫征程，今宵終於來臨。特殊的一天，特殊的一次大選，特殊的決定性時刻，美國迎來了變革。
I just received a very gracious call from Sen. McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has enred 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 Gov. Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
剛才，麥凱恩參議員很有風度地給我打了個電話。在這次競選中，他的努力持久而艱巨。為了這個他摯愛的國家，他的努力更持久、更艱巨。他為美國的奉獻超出絕大多數人的想像。他是一位勇敢無私的領袖，有了他的奉獻，我們的生活才更美好。我對他和佩林州長的成績表示祝賀。同時，我也期待著與他們共同努力，再續美國輝煌。
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.
我要感謝我的競選搭檔——當選副總統喬?拜登。為了與他一起在斯克蘭頓市街頭長大、一起坐火車返回特拉華州的人們，拜登全心全意地竟選，他代表了這些普通人的聲音。
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 and the love of my life, our nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's 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.
我要感謝下一位第一夫人米歇爾?奧巴馬。她是我家的中流砥柱，是我生命中的最愛。沒有她在過去16年來的堅定支持，今晚我就不可能站在這里。我要感謝兩個女兒薩沙和瑪麗婭，我太愛你們兩個了，你們將得到一條新的小狗，它將與我們一起入住白宮。我還要感謝已去世的外婆，我知道此刻她正在天上注視著我。她與我的家人一起造就了今天的我。今夜我思念他們，他們對我的恩情比山高、比海深。
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 you've sacrificed to get it done.
我要感謝我的競選經理大衛?普魯夫，感謝首席策劃師大衛?阿克塞羅德以及整個競選團隊，他們是政治史上最優秀的競選團隊。你們成就了今夜，我永遠感謝你們為今夜所付出的一切。
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to you.
但最重要的是，我將永遠不會忘記這場勝利真正屬於誰---是你們！
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't 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.
我從來不是最有希望的候選人。起初，我們的資金不多，贊助人也不多。我們的競選並非始於華盛頓的華麗大廳，而是起於德莫奈地區某家的後院、康科德地區的某家客廳、查爾斯頓地區的某家前廊。
It was built by working men and women who g into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's 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.
勞動大眾從自己的微薄積蓄中掏出5美元、10美元、20美元，拿來捐助我們的事業。年輕人證明了他們絕非所謂「冷漠的一代」。他們遠離家鄉和親人，拿著微薄的報酬，起早摸黑地助選。上了年紀的人也頂著嚴寒酷暑，敲開陌生人的家門助選。無數美國人自願組織起來，充當自願者。正是這些人壯大了我們的聲勢。他們的行動證明了在兩百多年以後，民有、民治、民享的政府並未從地球上消失。這是你們的勝利。
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7. 奧巴馬勝選演說全文，英文的

巴拉克·奧巴馬：今晚，此刻，我們相信
――參議員巴拉克·奧巴馬在艾奧瓦黨團會議選舉獲勝之夜的演講，2008年1月3日
巴拉克·奧巴馬 文 海星 譯

我衷心感謝艾奧瓦的公民們。

眾所周知，有人說這一天永遠不會到來。

有人說我們好高騖遠。

有人說人民異見紛呈，悲觀失望，不可能再為了一個共同的目標而眾志成城。

但在這個一月的夜晚，在這個書寫歷史的時刻，你們做到了那些憤世嫉俗的人斷言我們做不到的事。五天後新罕布希爾州的選民也將完成你們的壯舉。在剛剛來到的2008年，美國人民也會完成同樣的壯舉。在學校和教堂，在小市鎮和大城市，你們——民主黨人、共和黨人、無黨派人士——熙熙攘攘地走到一起，自豪地宣稱：我們是一個國家，我們是一個民族；變革的時刻已經到來。你們還說，華盛頓被冷酷、萎縮和憤怒所淹沒，現在是超越這種政治手段、以相加替代分割的時刻，是在紅州和藍州建立變革聯盟的時刻。這是因為我們將以此在11月取勝，我們也將以此面對我們國家面臨的挑戰。

我們選擇希望，拋棄恐懼；我們選擇聯合，拒絕分裂；我們向美利堅高聲宣布變革就在眼前。

你們宣布，政治說客自以為他們的財富和影響力比公眾輿論的威力更大，但是他們並不擁有這個政府。政府是我們的，我們正在把它收回。

人民此刻需要這樣一位總統：他能誠實面對機遇和挑戰；即使跟人民見解不同也會傾聽和了解他們的想法；他不僅要說人民願意聽到的話，更要提供人民需要知道的信息。如果新罕布希爾也給我今晚艾奧瓦給我的機會，我將會是這樣一位總統。

感謝你們。

我會是這樣一位總統：讓每個人都能看上病和看得起病。我在伊利諾斯州就通過民主黨人和共和黨人的攜手合作實現了這一目標。

我會是這樣一位總統：終止所有把工作運往海外的公司的稅收優惠政策，並給美國最值得享受減稅的中產階級減稅。

我會是這樣一位總統：讓農場主、科學家和企業家發揮他們的創造力，使我們國家一勞永逸地擺脫石油的主宰。

最後，我會是這樣一位總統：我要結束伊拉克戰爭並讓我們的士兵回家；我要恢復我們的道德地位；我知道9/11不是騙取選票的借口，而是使美國和世界聯合起來應對21世紀這個世界面臨的共同威脅：恐怖主義和核擴散，全球變暖和貧困，種族屠殺和疾病。

今晚，因為艾奧瓦公民的選擇，我們距離那樣的美國藍圖又近了一步。在此，我特別想感謝選舉的組織者和各個投票站的站長、志願者和我的競選團隊的工作人員。沒有你們就沒有今晚的勝利。

當我站在這里表達謝意時，我想有必要感謝我的至愛，奧巴馬家庭的堅實後盾，競選旅途的殿後者，米歇爾·奧巴馬。

我明白你們不是為了我才這樣做的。你們這樣做，你們這樣做，是因為你們堅信一個美國信念，那就是，無論條件多麼艱難困苦，相信這個國家的人是可以改變它的。

我明白這一點，我明白這一點，是因為雖然我此刻站在這里，我永遠也不會忘記我的行程從芝加哥的街頭開始。我曾經作過你們為我的競選和艾奧瓦所有的競選作過的一切：組織，工作，為了讓人民的生活能夠得到一點點改善而奮斗。

我知道這樣的工作的艱辛，睡眠不足，薪酬低微，大量的自我犧牲，失望常常伴隨著我們。但是偶爾，僅僅是偶爾，也會有象今晚這樣的時刻，在這樣一個夜晚，這樣一個我們數年後想起來會自豪地說那個更好的美國就是從那個時刻開始的夜晚。在這樣的美國，我們實現了我們堅信不移的變革：更多的家庭看得起病；我們的孩子，我的女兒瑪利亞和薩沙和你們的孩子會生活在一個更干凈和更安全的星球上；世界將以不同的眼光來看待美國，而美國將把自己看作一個更少歧見、更多團結的國家。

這一刻是勇往直前的人擊敗了華盛頓總是說戰無不勝的人的時刻。

這一刻是我們拆除長久分裂我們的藩籬，讓不同黨派和不同年齡的人們為了一個共同的目的聯合起來，並給那些從不過問政治的人們一個關心政治的理由的一刻。

這一刻是我們終於擊退恐懼、疑慮和犬儒主義政治的一刻，是我們用國家攜手向上替代政客相互踐踏的政治的一刻。這是我們期待的那一刻。

數年後，遙想往事，你們也許會說，就是這一刻，在這個地方——美國人民記起希望究竟意味這什麼。

幾個月以來，我們因為談論希望而遭到挖苦，甚至嘲弄。

但我們一直認為，希望不是盲目的樂觀主義。希望不是忽視未來的艱巨任務或橫亘在我們前行道路上的障礙。希望不是置身事外或從拚鬥中退縮。希望是我們心中堅守一種東西：它告訴我們，不管遭遇多少艱難險阻，只要有勇氣去爭取，只要願意付出努力和艱辛，更好的東西就會等待我們。

我在一個來自樟泉（Cedar Rapids）的年輕女士的眼中看到了希望：她白天全天在大學上課，晚上加夜班，但卻仍然不能負擔生病的妹妹的醫療費；但她仍相信這個國家會提供她實現夢想的機會。

我從一個來自新罕布希爾州的婦女的聲音中聽到了希望：她告訴我自從她的侄兒奔赴伊拉克戰場她就一直感到氣短；但是她每晚睡覺前都要為侄子的安全回歸祈禱。

希望引領一群殖民者揭竿而起反對一個帝國；希望引領我們偉大的祖先解放了一個大陸，復活了一個民族；希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在（不向黑人提供服務）的餐桌旁，引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍，穿越（阿拉巴馬州的）塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。

希望，希望引領我今天來到這里，——我的父親來自肯亞，母親來自堪薩斯，這樣的故事只可能發生在美利堅合眾國。希望是美利堅民族的基石，希望是我們執著的信仰：我們的命運不是被人寫就，而是要由我們自己寫就，由那些不願意勉強接受這個世界並信心百倍地按照它應該變成的藍圖去改造它的男男女女們寫就。

這就是我們從艾奧瓦開始的開拓，這也是我們要向新罕布希爾州和其他州傳達的信息。我們順利的時候沒有忘記它，失利的時候也沒有忘記它。這個信息可以幫助我們一塊磚一塊磚地、一條街道一條街道地、一隻接一隻布滿老繭的手地去改變這個國家。團結起來，普通人也能鑄就宏圖偉業，因為我們不是紅色的州或藍色的州的組合，我們是美利堅合眾州。在此刻，在這次選舉中，我們樂於再次相信。謝謝，艾奧瓦。

關於這篇演講的一些解釋：

1）1月4日，艾奧瓦舉行2008年總統選舉全國第一次預選－－政黨黨團選舉會議。奧巴馬出奇制勝。這篇演講是他在獲勝後發表的講話。在場聽到他演講的和後來看到他的演講稿的美國學者、官員和普通人先後提出奧巴馬不僅僅是一個候選人，他是一場運動。

2）奧巴馬試圖借艾奧瓦的東風在1月11日的新罕布希爾州的預選中擊敗對手希拉里·柯林頓。當時的民調也顯示奧巴馬領先柯林頓。但是，由於比爾·柯林頓對奧巴馬的攻擊和希拉里·柯林頓的第一次流淚，選民開始出現搖擺。最終希拉里在新罕布希爾獲勝。

3）奧巴馬本科畢業於哥倫比亞大學，之後在哈佛大學法學院獲得法學博士。奧巴馬的妻子米歇爾在芝加哥大學任職。他們有兩個女兒。

4）奧巴馬的父親來自肯亞，據說是目前肯亞反對黨領袖奧丁加的叔叔。他在夏威夷讀書時認識了那裡的研究生，奧巴馬的母親。奧巴馬兩歲的時候，他父親返回非洲。

5）紅州指共和黨控制的州，藍州指民主黨勢力大的州。

6）「希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在（不向黑人提供服務）的餐桌旁，引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍，穿越（阿拉巴馬州的）塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。」這句話是指60年代黑人為了抵抗種族隔離舉行的示威、靜坐和遊行。

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英文原文：

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Iowa Caucus Night
Des Moines, IA | January 03, 2008

Thank you, Iowa.

You know, they said this day would never come.

They said our sights were set too high.

They said this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

But on this January night - at this defining moment in history - you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this New Year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches; in small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that we are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.

You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that's been all about division and instead make it about addition - to build a coalition for change that stretches through Red States and Blue States. Because that's how we'll win in November, and that's how we'll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation.

We are choosing hope over fear. We're choosing unity over division, and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America.

You said the time has come to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don't own this government, we do; and we are here to take it back.

The time has come for a President who will be honest about the choices and the challenges we face; who will listen to you and learn from you even when we disagree; who won't just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know. And in New Hampshire, if you give me the same chance that Iowa did tonight, I will be that president for America.

Thank you.

I'll be a President who finally makes health care affordable and available to every single American the same way I expanded health care in Illinois - by--by bringing Democrats and Republicans together to get the job done.

I'll be a President who ends the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas and put a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of the working Americans who deserve it.

I'll be a President who harnesses the ingenuity of farmers and scientists and entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil once and for all.

And I'll be a President who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home; who restores our moral standing; who understands that 9/11 is not a way to scare up votes, but a challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the twenty-first century; common threats of terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease.

Tonight, we are one step closer to that vision of America because of what you did here in Iowa. And so I'd especially like to thank the organizers and the precinct captains; the volunteers and the staff who made this all possible.

And while I'm at it, on "thank yous," I think it makes sense for me to thank the love of my life, the rock of the Obama family, the closer on the campaign trail; give it up for Michelle Obama.

I know you didn't do this for me. You did this-you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas - that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

I know this-I know this because while I may be standing here tonight, I'll never forget that my journey began on the streets of Chicago doing what so many of you have done for this campaign and all the campaigns here in Iowa - organizing, and working, and fighting to make people's lives just a little bit better.

I know how hard it is. It comes with little sleep, little pay, and a lot of sacrifice. There are days of disappointment, but sometimes, just sometimes, there are nights like this - a night-a night that, years from now, when we've made the changes we believe in; when more families can afford to see a doctor; when our children-when Malia and Sasha and your children-inherit a planet that's a little cleaner and safer; when the world sees America differently, and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united; you'll be able to look back with pride and say that this was the moment when it all began.

This was the moment when the improbable beat what Washington always said was inevitable.

This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for too long - when we rallied people of all parties and ages to a common cause; when we finally gave Americans who'd never participated in politics a reason to stand up and to do so.

This was the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear, and doubt, and cynicism; the politics where we tear each other down instead of lifting this country up. This was the moment.

Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment - this was the place - where America remembered what it means to hope.

For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope.

But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it.

Hope is what I saw in the eyes of the young woman in Cedar Rapids who works the night shift after a full day of college and still can't afford health care for a sister who's ill; a young woman who still believes that this country will give her the chance to live out her dreams.

Hope is what I heard in the voice of the New Hampshire woman who told me that she hasn't been able to breathe since her nephew left for Iraq; who still goes to bed each night praying for his safe return.

Hope is what led a band of colonists to rise up against an empire; what led the greatest of generations to free a continent and heal a nation; what led young women and young men to sit at lunch counters and brave fire hoses and march through Selma and Montgomery for freedom's cause.

Hope-hope-is what led me here today - with a father from Kenya; a mother from Kansas; and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. Hope is the bedrock of this nation; the belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us; by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is; who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.

That is what we started here in Iowa, and that is the message we can now carry to New Hampshire and beyond; the same message we had when we were up and when we were down; the one that can change this country brick by brick, block by block, calloused hand by calloused hand - that together, ordinary people can do extraordinary things; because we are not a collection of Red States and Blue States, we are the United States of America; and at this moment, in this election, we are ready to believe again. Thank you, Iowa.