【正文】 the twentyfirst century。ll be a President who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home。ll be a President who ends the tax breaks for panies that ship our jobs overseas and put a middleclass tax cut into the pockets of the working Americans who deserve it. I39。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. I39。 who will listen to you and learn from you even when we disagree。t own this government, we do。ll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation. 11 We are choosing hope over fear. We39。ll win in November, and that39。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 that39。s consumed Washington。 we are one people。 in small towns and big cities。 too disillusioned to ever e together around a mon purpose. But on this January night at this defining moment in history you have done what the cynics said we couldn39。我相信今天的我們就站在歷史的十字街頭，我們可以做出正確的選擇，迎接面臨的挑戰(zhàn)。這就是無畏的希望。我所談的是更為根本的問題。這并不是說要盲目樂觀。我們都是一國之民，都效忠于偉大的星條旗，所有的人都熱愛我們的祖國 —— 美利堅合眾國。有博學家愿意將我們的國家分成紅藍兩色，紅色代表共和黨，藍色代表民主黨。今晚，我需要對這些人講得是，美國人沒有所謂自由和保守之分，世間只存在一個美利堅合眾國。獨木不成林，單弦不成音。正是這個基本信仰讓這個國家發(fā)展到今天：我們都是一家人，我們都是兄弟姐妹。如果有位老人因無法支付高昂的醫(yī)療費用，不得不在治病和租房之間痛苦抉擇，即便她與我素未謀面，我也會如坐針氈。 9 這就是我們作為一個民族榮辱與共的信仰。約翰?凱利深知這一點，正如身為上尉的他在越南戰(zhàn)場上出生入死，保護自己的下屬一樣，若他身為總統(tǒng)，也同樣會義無反顧地運用軍隊的力量確保國家的安全。當這些可愛的年輕人舍身踏上征程，我們責無旁貸地要確認做出出兵決定的所有數(shù)據(jù) 和理由確鑿無誤；我們責無旁貸地要替他們照顧好家人，而當他們榮歸故里時，要關(guān)照他們的生活；當決定要介入戰(zhàn)爭、保衛(wèi)和平和贏得世界的尊重之時，我們責無旁貸地要派駐足夠數(shù)量的軍隊，以確保戰(zhàn)士能凱旋而歸。然而，當我捫心自問：我們?yōu)樗龅囊磺校欠衲芘c他的付出相當呢 ? 我想到這次戰(zhàn)爭中已有 900 多名軍人戰(zhàn)死沙場，他們也有自己的家人和鄰友，也許已是為人父母，還有年邁的雙親，卻再也無法回到這些關(guān)愛他們的人身邊。他說自己加入了海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊 , 一周后就將進駐伊拉克。他還堅信當今世界的確存在危險因素，戰(zhàn)爭在所難免，但戰(zhàn)爭永遠不會成為解決爭端的首選。他堅信美國應該成為世人艷羨的國度，因為國民的自由受到憲法的保護。他堅信，美國應該實現(xiàn)標準的醫(yī)療保險，對普通百姓和華盛頓的政治家都一視同仁。多少次，他面對艱難抉擇，知難而上，不畏艱險，他的閱歷和品行為我們樹立了榜樣。他就是約翰?凱利 , 他深刻地領悟了社區(qū)、信念和獻身精神這些崇高的理想，因為這些鑄就了他生命的 全部。 在本次選舉中，我們做出了這樣的選擇。人們并不是依賴政府來解決所有問題，但他們真誠地認為，只要政府把工作的重點有所調(diào)整，就可以使得每個孩子都能奮發(fā)圖強，積極向上，讓機遇大門向每個人敞開。走進芝加哥周邊的城鎮(zhèn)，大家會告訴你，希望自己辛苦繳納的稅款能夠物盡其用，而不是讓社會保障機構(gòu)或五角大樓任意支配。我在城市與鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)，在餐廳和辦公樓停車場，接觸過很多民眾，他們并不期待由政府出面，幫他們排憂解難。我曾遇到一位強忍淚水的父親，他也因此丟掉了工作，沒有了經(jīng)濟來源，不知怎樣才能為兒子支付得起每月 4500 美元的高昂醫(yī)藥費用，本可救命的醫(yī)療保險對他而言卻遙不可及，我們應該為他們做點什么；在東圣路易斯市，有這樣一個年輕女孩，她品學兼優(yōu) ，成績出色，卻因為沒有錢，無法完成學業(yè)，與大學無緣，而像她這樣的孩子還有千千萬萬，我們應該為他們做點什么。 在今年的選舉中，特別重申了我們主張的價值和肩負的責任，以此來應對當下的艱難現(xiàn)實：并希望了解怎樣才能更好秉承前輩的遺產(chǎn)，實現(xiàn)對子孫的承諾 。我們有靈感，有想法，可以去實現(xiàn)，去創(chuàng)業(yè)，無須行賄或雇傭某些人物的子女作為 7 籌碼和條件。入夜，當我們?yōu)楹⒆右春眯”坏耐瑫r，相信他們不會為衣食所累，不會為安全擔憂。我們的自豪與榮耀來自一個非常簡單的前提，兩百多年前，它在一個著名的宣言中得以高度的概括：“我們認為以下真理不言而喻，人生來平等，造物主賜與他們以下不可剝奪的權(quán)利：生命、自由和對幸福的追求。 今天，我站在這里，對自己身上這種特殊的血統(tǒng)而心懷感激，而且我知道父母的夢想將在 我的寶貝女兒身上繼續(xù)延續(xù)；我站在這里，深知自己的經(jīng)歷只是千百萬美國故事中的滄海一粟，更深知自己無法忘卻那些更早踏上這片土地的先人，因為若不是在美國，我的故事無論如何都不可能發(fā)生。盡管他們生活并不寬裕，還是想方設法讓我接受當?shù)刈詈玫慕逃?，因為在這樣一個富足的國度中，無論貧富貴賤，都同樣有機會發(fā)展個人的潛力。我的父母不僅不可思議地彼此相愛，而且還對這個國家有了不移的信念。戰(zhàn)后，依據(jù)士兵福利法案 , 他們通過聯(lián)邦住宅管理局購置了一套房子，并舉家西遷，謀求更大發(fā)展。日軍偷襲珍珠港后的第二天，他就自愿應征入伍，在巴頓將軍麾下，轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)南北，橫掃歐洲。母親來自完全不同的另一個世界，她生于堪薩斯的一個小鎮(zhèn)。美國這片神奇的土地，對于很多踏上這片國土的人而言，意味著自由和機遇。 但祖父對父親抱以厚望。他小的時候還放過羊，上的學校簡陋不堪，屋頂上僅有塊鐵皮來遮風擋雨。今晚對我而言頗不尋常，我們得承認，我能站在這里本身就已意義非凡。奧巴馬》。 the belief in things not seen。 the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God39。 the hope of a millworker39。 the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores。m talking about something more substantial. It39。m not talking about blind optimism here the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don39。t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported 5 it. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. In the end, that39。 Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I39。 there39。s the United States of America. There39。s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams, yet still e together as a single American family. E pluribus unum. Out of many, one. Yet even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. Well, I say to them tonight, there39。s keeper, I am my sister39。s an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It39。t pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it39。s not my child. If there39。s a child on the south side of Chicago who can39。s not enough for just some of us to prosper. For alongside our famous individualism, there39。re going, to care for their families while they39。s full ine, or whose loved ones had returned with a limb missing or with nerves shattered, but who still lacked longterm health benefits because they were reservists. When we send our young men and women into harm39。d joined the Marines and was heading to Iraq the following week. As I listened to him explain why he39。t achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off the television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white. No, people don39。t want their tax money wasted by a welfare agency or the Pentagon. Go into any inner city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can39。t get me wrong. The people I meet in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks, they don39。s moving to Mexico, and now are having to pete with their own children for jobs that pay seven bucks an hour. More to do for the father I met who was losing his job and choking back tears, wondering how he would pay $4,500 a month for the drugs his son needs w