奥巴马就职演讲英文
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1 And there he is, President-Elect.2 Barack Obama. 3 His wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia. 4 Let\'s take it in. 5 Hello, Chicago. 6 If there is anyone out there 7 who still doubts that America is a place where all things are poible, 8 who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, 9 who still questions the power of our democracy, 10 tonight is your answer. 11 It\'s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches 12 in numbers this nation has never seen, 13 by people who waited three hours and four hours, 14 many for the first time in their lives, 15 because they believed that this time must be different, 16 that their voices could be that difference. 17 It\'s the answer spoken by young and old, 18 rich and poor, 19 Democrat and Republican, 20 black, white, 21 Hispanic, Asian, Native American, 22 gay, straight, 23 disabled and not disabled. 24 Americans who sent a meage to the world 25 that we have never been just a collection of individuals 26 or a collection of red states and blue states. 27 We are, and always will be, the United States of America. 28 It\'s the answer that led those who\'ve been told for so long 29 by so many to be cynical and fearful 30 and doubtful about what we can achieve 31 to put their hands on the arc of history 32 and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. 33 It\'s been a long time coming, 34 but tonight, because of what we did on this date 35 in this election at this defining moment 36 change has come to America. 37 A little bit earlier this evening, 38 I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. 39 Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. 40 And he\'s fought even longer and harder 41 for the country that he loves. 42 He has endured sacrifices for America 43 that most of us cannot begin to imagine. 44 We are better off for the service 45 rendered by this brave and selfle leader. 46 I congratulate him; 47 I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they\'ve achieved. 48 And I look forward to working with them 49 to renew this nation\'s promise in the months ahead. 50 I want to thank my partner in this journey, 51 a man who campaigned from his heart, 52 and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton... 53 and rode with on the train home to Delaware, 54 the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. 55 And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support 56 of my best friend for the last 16 years... 57 the rock of our family, 58 the love of my life, 59 the nation\'s next first lady... 60 Michelle Obama. 61 Sasha and Malia... 62 I love you both 63 more than you can imagine. 64 And you have earned the new puppy that\'s coming with us to the new White House. 65 And while she\'s no longer with us, 66 I know my grandmother\'s watching, 67 along with the family that made me who I am. 68 I mi them tonight. 69 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:45,639 I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. 70 00:06:46,340 --> 00:06:51,245 To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, 71 00:06:51,345 --> 00:06:54,147 thank you so much for all the support that you\'ve given me. 72 00:06:54,448 --> 00:06:56,450 I am grateful to them. 73 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:03,724 And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe 74 00:07:10,898 --> 00:07:13,800 the unsung hero of this campaign, 75 00:07:13,835 --> 00:07:16,403 who built the best -- 76 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:22,609 the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America. 77 00:07:26,213 --> 00:07:30,384 To my chief strategist David Axelrod. 78 00:07:31,919 --> 00:07:36,757 who\'s been a partner with me every step of the way. 79 00:07:36,890 --> 00:07:41,662 To the best campaign team ever aembled in the history of politics. 80 00:07:41,695 --> 00:07:45,732 you made this happen, and I am forever grateful 81 00:07:45,899 --> 00:07:49,403 for what you\'ve sacrificed to get it done. 82 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,308 But above all, 83 00:07:54,408 --> 00:07:58,779 I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. 84 00:07:59,146 --> 00:08:01,682 It belongs to you. 85 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:05,219 It belongs to you. 86 00:08:06,053 --> 00:08:09,556 I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. 87 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:14,895 We didn\'t start with much money or many endorsements. 88 00:08:15,195 --> 00:08:19,132 Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. 89 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,768 It began in the backyards of Des Moines 90 00:08:21,969 --> 00:08:23,837 and the living rooms of Concord 91 00:08:23,937 --> 00:08:26,874 and the front porches of Charleston. 92 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:29,476 It was built by working men and women 93 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:32,713 who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 94 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:36,517 and $10 and $20 to the cause. 95 00:08:36,884 --> 00:08:39,186 It grew strength from the young people 96 00:08:39,219 --> 00:08:42,289 who rejected the myth of their generation\'s apathy. 97 00:08:42,623 --> 00:08:45,392 who left their homes and their families 98 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:48,829 for jobs that offered little pay and le sleep. 99 00:08:49,229 --> 00:08:51,999 It drew strength from the not-so-young people 100 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:57,237 who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, 101 00:08:57,304 --> 00:09:00,874 and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized 102 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:05,345 and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, 103 00:09:05,445 --> 00:09:07,648 by the people, and for the people 104 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:09,550 has not perished from the Earth. 105 00:09:09,585 --> 00:09:12,286 This is your victory. 106 00:09:18,358 --> 00:09:22,429 And I know you didn\'t do this just to win an election. 107 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:25,465 And I know you didn\'t do it for me. 108 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:30,237 You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. 109 For even as we celebrate tonight, 110 we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring 111 are the greatest of our lifetime -- 112 two wars, a planet in peril, 113 the worst financial crisis in a century. 114 Even as we stand here tonight, 115 we know there are brave Americans 116 waking up in the deserts of Iraq 117 and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. 118 00:09:57,130 --> 00:10:01,635 There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder 119 00:10:01,768 --> 00:10:03,353 how they\'ll make the mortgage 120 00:10:03,388 --> 00:10:04,903 or pay their doctors\' bills 121 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:07,774 or save enough for their child\'s college education. 122 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:11,178 There\'s new energy to harne, 123 00:10:11,512 --> 00:10:14,615 new jobs to be created, new schools to build, 124 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:18,452 and threats to meet, alliances to repair. 125 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:21,889 The road ahead will be long. 126 00:10:22,055 --> 00:10:24,124 Our climb will be steep. 127 00:10:24,591 --> 00:10:28,362 We may not get there in one year or even in one term. 128 00:10:28,562 --> 00:10:31,398 But, America, I have never been more hopeful 129 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:34,067 than I am tonight that we will get there. 130 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:38,739 I promise you, we as a people will get there. 131 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:46,346 Yes we can! 132 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:52,219 Yes we can! 133 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:56,957 There will be setbacks and false starts. 134 00:10:57,357 --> 00:10:59,860 There are many who won\'t agree with every decision 135 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,428 or policy I make as president. 136 00:11:01,762 --> 00:11:05,299 And we know the government can\'t solve every problem. 137 00:11:05,666 --> 00:11:09,203 But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. 138 00:11:09,603 --> 00:11:11,138 I will listen to you, 139 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:14,041 especially when we disagree. 140 00:11:14,608 --> 00:11:18,846 And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, 141 00:11:18,946 --> 00:11:22,683 the only way it\'s been done in America for 221 years -- 142 00:11:22,950 --> 00:11:25,702 block by block, brick by brick, 143 00:11:25,737 --> 00:11:28,455 calloused hand by calloused hand. 144 00:11:28,490 --> 00:11:31,091 What began 21 months ago 145 00:11:31,158 --> 00:11:35,863 in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. 146 00:11:36,597 --> 00:11:39,066 This victory alone is not the change we seek. 147 00:11:39,233 --> 00:11:42,669 It is only the chance for us to make that change. 148 00:11:43,003 --> 00:11:46,340 And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. 149 00:11:46,607 --> 00:11:48,474 It can\'t happen without you, 150 00:11:48,509 --> 00:11:53,914 without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. 151 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:59,319 So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, 152 00:11:59,419 --> 00:12:01,153 of responsibility, 153 00:12:01,188 --> 00:12:03,457 where each of us resolves to pitch in 154 00:12:03,557 --> 00:12:07,928 and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. 155 00:12:08,262 --> 00:12:11,497 Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, 156 00:12:11,532 --> 00:12:16,403 it\'s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. 157 00:12:17,037 --> 00:12:22,009 In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. 158 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:28,115 Let\'s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettine 159 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:32,252 and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. 160 00:12:32,553 --> 00:12:35,389 Let\'s remember that it was a man from this state 161 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:39,359 who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, 162 00:12:39,526 --> 00:12:42,429 a party founded on the values of self-reliance 163 00:12:42,464 --> 00:12:45,332 and individual liberty and national unity. 164 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:47,968 Those are values that we all share. 165 00:12:48,068 --> 00:12:50,904 And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, 166 00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:54,107 we do so with a measure of humility 167 00:12:54,341 --> 00:12:59,213 and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progre. 168 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:10,090 As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, 169 00:13:10,491 --> 00:13:13,293 we are not enemies but friends. 170 00:13:13,527 --> 00:13:15,629 Though paion may have strained, 171 00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:19,500 it must not break our bonds of affection. 172 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:24,538 And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, 173 00:13:24,705 --> 00:13:27,207 I may not have won your vote tonight, 174 00:13:27,608 --> 00:13:29,543 but I hear your voices. 175 00:13:29,710 --> 00:13:31,211 I need your help. 176 00:13:31,445 --> 00:13:34,648 And I will be your president, too. 177 00:13:42,222 --> 00:13:45,459 And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, 178 00:13:45,893 --> 00:13:48,095 from parliaments and palaces, 179 00:13:48,262 --> 00:13:52,366 to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, 180 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:56,203 our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, 181 00:13:56,503 --> 00:14:00,007 and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. 182 00:14:04,545 --> 00:14:06,413 To those -- 183 00:14:06,747 --> 00:14:09,750 to those who would tear the world down: 184 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:12,052 We will defeat you. 185 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,958 To those who seek peace and security: We support you. 186 00:14:18,392 --> 00:14:21,562 And to all those who have wondered if America\'s beacon 187 00:14:21,595 --> 00:14:25,299 still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more 188 00:14:25,332 --> 00:14:27,201 that the true strength of our nation 189 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:30,504 comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, 190 00:14:30,571 --> 00:14:33,105 but from the enduring power of our ideals: 191 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:38,345 democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope. 192 00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,958 That\'s the true genius of America: 193 00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:53,894 that America can change. 194 00:14:54,695 --> 00:14:58,098 Our union can be perfected. 195 00:14:58,499 --> 00:15:00,033 What we\'ve already achieved 196 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:03,237 gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. 197 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:05,572 This election had many firsts 198 00:15:05,606 --> 00:15:08,141 and many stories that will be told for generations. 199 00:15:08,242 --> 00:15:14,014 But one that\'s on my mind tonight\'s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. 200 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:19,620 She\'s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election 201 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:24,558 except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. 202 00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:29,963 She was born just a generation past slavery; 203 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:34,168 a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; 204 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:37,171 when someone like her couldn\'t vote for two reasons -- 205 00:15:37,204 --> 00:15:38,338 because she was a woman 206 00:15:38,672 --> 00:15:41,441 and because of the color of her skin. 207 00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:43,175 And tonight, 208 00:15:43,210 --> 00:15:47,881 I think about all that she\'s seen throughout her century in America 209 00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:49,983 the heartache and the hope; 210 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:52,486 the struggle and the progre; 211 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:55,455 the times we were told that we can\'t, 212 00:15:55,756 --> 00:15:59,193 and the people who preed on with that American creed: 213 00:15:59,259 --> 00:16:01,094 Yes we can. 214 00:16:01,829 --> 00:16:05,599 At a time when women\'s voices were silenced and their hopes dismied, 215 00:16:05,699 --> 00:16:08,335 she lived to see them stand up and speak out 216 00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:09,870 and reach for the ballot. 217 00:16:09,937 --> 00:16:11,905 Yes we can. 218 00:16:12,139 --> 00:16:14,942 When there was despair in the dust bowl 219 00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:17,044 and depreion acro the land, 220 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:20,113 she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, 221 00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:21,548 new jobs, 222 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,817 a new sense of common purpose. 223 00:16:23,851 --> 00:16:25,819 Yes we can. 224 00:16:26,587 --> 00:16:29,389 When the bombs fell on our harbor 225 00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:31,458 and tyranny threatened the world, 226 00:16:31,492 --> 00:16:34,328 she was there to witne a generation rise to greatne 227 00:16:34,528 --> 00:16:36,463 and a democracy was saved. 228 00:16:36,597 --> 00:16:38,999 Yes we can. 229 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:42,035 She was there for the buses in Montgomery, 230 00:16:42,269 --> 00:16:45,137 the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, 231 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:48,242 and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that 232 00:16:48,275 --> 00:16:49,776 \"We Shall Overcome.\" 233 00:16:49,811 --> 00:16:51,778 Yes we can. 234 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,049 A man touched down on the moon, 235 00:16:56,316 --> 00:16:59,153 a wall came down in Berlin, 236 00:16:59,353 --> 00:17:03,657 a world was connected by our own science and imagination. 237 00:17:03,924 --> 00:17:06,560 And this year, in this election, 238 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,229 she touched her finger to a screen, 239 00:17:09,630 --> 00:17:11,298 and cast her vote, 240 00:17:11,532 --> 00:17:14,668 because after 106 years in America, 241 00:17:15,002 --> 00:17:17,704 through the best of times and the darkest of hours, 242 00:17:17,739 --> 00:17:20,941 she knows how America can change. 243 00:17:20,974 --> 00:17:23,177 Yes we can. 244 00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:26,513 America, we have come so far. 245 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:29,116 We have seen so much. 246 00:17:29,349 --> 00:17:31,485 But there is so much more to do. 247 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:34,822 So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- 248 00:17:35,222 --> 00:17:39,159 if our children should live to see the next century; 249 00:17:39,626 --> 00:17:44,431 if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, 250 00:17:44,865 --> 00:17:47,201 what change will they see? 251 00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:50,337 What progre will we have made? 252 00:17:50,871 --> 00:17:53,774 This is our chance to answer that call. 253 00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:55,776 This is our moment. 254 00:17:56,143 --> 00:17:57,377 This is our time, 255 00:17:57,478 --> 00:17:59,446 to put our people back to work 256 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,282 and open doors of opportunity for our kids; 257 00:18:02,583 --> 00:18:05,586 to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; 258 00:18:05,886 --> 00:18:10,224 to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, 259 00:18:10,290 --> 00:18:12,493 that, out of many, we are one; 260 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:14,528 that while we breathe, we hope. 261 00:18:14,695 --> 00:18:17,731 And where we are met with cynicism and doubts 262 00:18:17,766 --> 00:18:20,467 and those who tell us that we can\'t, 263 00:18:20,534 --> 00:18:25,672 we will respond with that timele creed that sums up the spirit of a people: 264 00:18:25,906 --> 00:18:27,107 Yes, we can. 265 00:18:27,441 --> 00:18:28,408 Thank you. 266 00:18:28,609 --> 00:18:29,776 God ble you. 267 00:18:29,843 --> 00:18:33,747 And may God ble the United States of America. 268 00:18:38,619 --> 00:18:44,124 And the unlikely journey of the junior Senator from Illinois brings him here, 269 00:18:44,158 --> 00:18:45,457 to Grant Park, 270 00:18:45,492 --> 00:18:53,800 where he speaks movingly before some 125 thousand supporters 271 00:18:54,001 --> 00:18:56,537 who\'ve waited for him all night long 272 00:18:56,570 --> 00:19:00,274 cheering every victory and every state. 273 00:19:00,808 --> 00:19:02,910 He spoke movingly about 274 00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:08,615 106 year-old African American woman he met in Atlanta named Ann Nixon Cooper 275 00:19:08,650 --> 00:19:14,321 and what she had endured in those 106 years. 276 00:19:15,522 --> 00:19:17,858 He spoke, of cource, about change 277 00:19:17,925 --> 00:19:20,260 and about this being not the change 278 00:19:20,294 --> 00:19:24,131 but the chance to enact the change that he\'s talked about. 279 00:19:24,331 --> 00:19:28,502 Joined now by a new Vice President, Joe Biden.
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