2012奥巴马胜选演讲稿

2012奥巴马胜选演讲稿

Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual. You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. Reducing our deficit. Reforming our tax code. Fixing our immigration system. Freeing ourselves from foreign oil. We've got more work to do.

今晚，你投给的是行动，而不是政治。你们的选择将成就你们的工作，而不是我们的。在接下来的几个星期几个月当中，我会期待和我们两党的领导人一起来共同寻求那些我们只有共同努力才能解决的矛盾的问题，缩减赤字，改革法案，修正移民法，拜托对进口石油的依赖。我们的路还很漫长

But that doesn't mean your work is done. The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote. America's never been about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us together through the hard and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government. That's the principle we were founded on.

但是这不意味着你们的工作就结束了。服务于民主的责任并未因投票的结束而完结。美国的价值并不在于它为我们做什么，而是在于我们一起可以做什么。由我们艰难的和有时令人失望的，但又不可或缺的民主政府来完成。这是我们立国之根本。

This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.

我们比任何一个国家资源都丰富，但是这并不是我们富有的原因。我们有世上最无敌的军队，但是这并不是我们富有的原因。我们的大学、我们的文化，虽然是全球最优秀的，但这并不是世界人民争相投奔我们的原因。

What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. The belief that our destiny is shared; that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations. The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That's what makes America great.

是因为我们是一个多民族的国家，多样性的国家。我相信我们的命运紧紧相连，我相信国家的发展需要每个人都承担起各自的责任，对他人的责任，对下一代的责任。所以无数美国人为之战斗，为之献出自由。同时也意味着权力和责任，同时也意味着爱和仁慈，义务和国家情操。这才是美国伟大的原因。