第一篇：奧巴馬在塞薩爾·查韋斯國家紀(jì)念碑奠基儀式上發(fā)表的演講稿

奧巴馬在塞薩爾·查韋斯國家紀(jì)念碑奠基儀式上發(fā)表的演講

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Remarks by the President at the Dedication of the Cesar Chavez National Monument, Keene, CA

La Paz, Chavez National Monument

Keene, California THE PRESIDENT: Good morning!Buenos dias!(Applause.)Si, se puede!(Applause.)Thank you.Thank you so much.AUDIENCE: Four more years!Four more years!Four more years!THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody.Thank you so much.I am truly grateful to be here.It is such a great honor to be with you on this beautiful day, a day that has been a long time coming.To the members of the Chavez family and those who knew and loved Cesar;to the men and women who've worked so hard for so long to preserve this place--I want to say to all of you, thank you.Your dedication, your perseverance made this day possible.I want to acknowledge the members of my administration who have championed this project from the very beginning--Secretary Ken Salazar, Secretary Hilda Solis, Nancy Sutley.(Applause.)To Governor Brown, Mayor Villaraigosa--(applause)--Congressman Grijalva--they are here.We are grateful for your presence.And I also want to recognize my dear friend, somebody we're so proud of--Arturo Rodriguez, the current president of the UFW.(Applause.)Most of all, I want to thank Helen Chavez.(Applause.)In the years to come, generations of Americans will stand where we stand and see a piece of history--a tribute to a great man and a great movement.But to Helen, this will always be home.It’s where she fought alongside the man that she loved;where she raised eight children and spoiled 31 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.(Applause.)This is where she continues to live out the rest of her days.So, Helen, today we are your guests.We appreciate your hospitality, and you should feel free to kick us out whenever you want.(Laughter.)Today, La Paz joins a long line of national monuments--stretching from the Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon--monuments that tell the story of who we are as Americans.It's a story of natural wonders and modern marvels;of fierce battles and quiet progress.But it's also a story of people--of determined, fearless, hopeful people who have always been willing to devote their lives to making this country a little more just and a little more free.One of those people lies here, beneath a rose garden at the foot of a hill he used to climb to watch the sun rise.And so today we celebrate Cesar Chavez.(Applause.)Cesar would be the first to say that this is not a monument to one man.The movement he helped to lead was sustained by a generation of organizers who stood up and spoke out, and urged others to do the same--including the great Dolores Huerta, who is here today.(Applause.)It drew strength from Americans of every race and every background who marched and boycotted together on behalf of “La Causa.” And it was always inspired by the farm workers themselves, some of whom are with us.This place belongs to you, too.But the truth is we would not be here if it weren’t for Cesar.Growing up as the son of migrant workers who had lost their home in the Great Depression, Cesar wasn’t easy on his parents.He described himself as “caprichoso”--(laughter)--capricious.His brother Richard had another word for him--(applause)--stubborn.By the time he reached 7th grade, Cesar estimated he had attended 65 elementary schools, following the crop cycles with his family, working odd jobs, sometimes living in roadside tents without electricity or plumbing.It wasn’t an easy childhood.But Caesar always was different.While other kids could identify all the hottest cars, he memorized the names of labor leaders and politicians.After serving in the Navy during World War II, Cesar returned to the fields.And it was a time of great change in America, but too often that change was only framed in terms of war and peace, black and white, young and old.No one seemed to care about the invisible farm workers who picked the nation’s food--bent down in the beating sun, living in poverty, cheated by growers, abandoned in old age, unable to demand even the most basic rights.But Cesar cared.And in his own peaceful, eloquent way, he made other people care, too.A march that started in Delano with a handful of activists--(applause)--that march ended 300 miles away in Sacramento with a crowd 10,000 strong.(Applause.)A boycott of table grapes that began in California eventually drew 17 million supporters across the country, forcing growers to agree to some of the first farm worker contracts in history.Where there had once been despair, Cesar gave workers a reason to hope.“What [the growers] don't know,” he said, “is that it's not bananas or grapes or lettuce.It's people.” It’s people.More than higher wages or better working conditions, that was Cesar’s gift to us--a reminder that we are all God’s children, that every life has value, that, in the words of one of his heroes, Dr.King, “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” Cesar didn’t believe in helping those who refused to help themselves, but he did believe that when someone who works 12 hours a day in the fields can earn enough to put food on the table and maybe save up enough to buy a home, that that makes our communities stronger, that lifts up our entire economy.He believed that when a worker is treated fairly and humanely by their employer that adds meaning to the values this country was founded upon, and credence to the claim that out of many, we are one.And he believed that when a child anywhere in America can dream beyond her circumstances and work to realize that dream, it makes all our futures just a little bit brighter.(Applause.)It was that vision, that belief in the power of opportunity that drove Cesar every day of his life.It’s a vision that says, maybe I never had a chance to get a good education, but I want my daughter to go to college.Maybe I started out working in the fields, but someday I’ll own my own business.Maybe I have to make sacrifices, but those sacrifices are worth it if it means a better life for my family.That’s the story of my ancestors;that’s the story of your ancestors.It’s the promise that has attracted generations of immigrants to our shores from every corner of the globe, sometimes at great risk, drawn by the idea that no matter who you are, or what you look like, or where you come from, this is the place where you can make it if you try.(Applause.)Today, we have more work to do to fulfill that promise.The recession we're fighting our way back from is still taking a toll, especially in Latino communities, which already faced higher unemployment and poverty rates.Even with the strides we’ve made, too many workers are still being denied basic rights and simple respect.But thanks to the strength and character of the American people, we are making progress.Our businesses are creating more jobs.More Americans are getting back to work.And even though we have a difficult road ahead, I know we can keep moving forward together.(Applause.)I know it because Cesar himself worked for 20 years as an organizer without a single major victory--think about that--but he refused to give up.He refused to scale back his dreams.He just kept fasting and marching and speaking out, confident that his day would come.And when it finally did, he still wasn’t satisfied.After the struggle for higher wages, Cesar pushed for fresh drinking water and worker’s compensation, for pension plans and safety from pesticides--always moving, always striving for the America he knew we could be.More than anything, that’s what I hope our children and grandchildren will take away from this place.Every time somebody’s son or daughter comes and learns about the history of this movement, I want them to know that our journey is never hopeless, our work is never done.I want them to learn about a small man guided by enormous faith--in a righteous cause, a loving God, the dignity of every human being.I want them to remember that true courage is revealed when the night is darkest and the resistance is strongest and we somehow find it within ourselves to stand up for what we believe in.(Applause.)Cesar once wrote a prayer for the farm workers that ends with these words: Let the Spirit flourish and grow, So that we will never tire of the struggle.Let us remember those who have died for justice, For they have given us life.Help us love even those who hate, So we can change the world.(Applause.)Our world is a better place because Cesar Chavez decided to change it.Let us honor his memory.But most importantly, let’s live up to his example.(Applause.)Thank you.God bless you.(Applause.)God bless America.Si, se puede!(Applause.)AUDIENCE: Si, se puede!(Applause.)THE PRESIDENT: Si, se puede.(Applause.)AUDIENCE: Si, se puede!(Applause.)THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody.(Applause.)

第二篇：奧巴馬在父親節(jié)上的演講稿

奧巴馬在父親節(jié)上的演講稿

每年6月的第三個(gè)星期是父親節(jié)，作為子女，應(yīng)該反省過去的一年是否做到孝敬、關(guān)心父母；而作為父親，也要審視自己是否盡了做父親的職責(zé)。下面是美國現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在2008年父親節(jié)的精彩演講節(jié)選，他強(qiáng)調(diào)了家庭的重要價(jià)值以及父親家庭中所扮演的重要角色。不僅是父親，家庭中的每一位成員都會感同身受并把自己的角色做得更好。

Of all the rocks upon witch we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most imortant.And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation.They are teachers and coaches.They are mentors role models.They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us towared it.今天我們要記起來的是，在我們締造生活所依賴的基石中，家庭是最重要的。我們必須認(rèn)識并且認(rèn)識和贊頌每一位父親在這個(gè)基石中所起的關(guān)鍵作用。父親既是老師又是教練；既是導(dǎo)師又是模范。既是成功的榜樣，又是不斷推動(dòng)我們走向成功的人。

I say this knowing that I have been an imperfect father—knowing that I have made mistakes and will contiue to make more;wishing that I could be home for my girls and my wife more than I am right now.I say this knowing all of these things because even as we are imperfect ,even as we face diffcult circumstance ,there are still certain lessons we must strive to live and learn as fathers —whether we are black or white , poor or rich.我講這些話時(shí)，心里明白我并非一個(gè)盡善盡美的父親——我知道我犯過錯(cuò)誤，并且還可能會犯更多錯(cuò)誤；我希望我能比現(xiàn)在有更多的時(shí)間在家里陪伴我的女兒和太太。我心里明白這一切，應(yīng)為縱然我們?nèi)秉c(diǎn)多多，縱然我們面對重重困難，但有某些教訓(xùn)是我們身為人父者應(yīng)該盡可能去體會與學(xué)習(xí)的——不管我們是黑人還是白人，富人還是窮人。

The first is setting an example of excellence for our children —because if we want to set high expectations for them , we've got to set hight expectations for ourselfs.It's great if you have a job;It's even better if you have a college degree;It's a wonderful thing if you are married and living in a home with your children ,but don't just sit in the house and watch “sports center” all weekend long;That's why so many children are growing up in front of television.As fathers and parents , we've got to spend more time with them, and help them with their homework , and replace video game or remote control with a book in a while.That's how we build that foundation.第一個(gè)教訓(xùn)是，給我們的子女樹立一個(gè)卓越的榜樣——因?yàn)槿绻覀儗λ麄兗挠韬裢?，那么我們自己也?yīng)該抱有同樣高的期望。你有一份工作是件好事，有個(gè)大學(xué)文憑會更好。結(jié)了婚而又能跟孩子住在一起是再好不過了，但不要只是整個(gè)周末泡在家里看看“體育直播間”節(jié)目。許多孩子就是因?yàn)橛羞@樣的父親而只能傍著電視機(jī)長大。作為父親，作為家長，我們應(yīng)該在他們身上花更多的時(shí)間，幫助他們完成作業(yè)，時(shí)不時(shí)地讓他們拋開手中的游戲機(jī)或電視遙控器而捧上一本書。這就是我們要為建立那個(gè)基礎(chǔ)所應(yīng)該做的事情。

The second thing we need to do as fathers is pass along the value of empathy to our children.Not sympathy , but empathy — the ability to stand in somebody else's shoes;To look at the world through their eyes.Sometimes it's so easy to get caught up in “us”, that we forget about our obligations to one another.第二個(gè)教訓(xùn)是，身為人父，我們應(yīng)該傳遞給我們的子女一種同理心的人生價(jià)值觀。不是同情憐憫，而是同理心——能設(shè)身處地的為別人著想，將心比心；能透過別人的眼睛觀察這個(gè)世界。有時(shí)候我們是如此輕易的執(zhí)著于“我們”，而忘了我們彼此之間所應(yīng)負(fù)擔(dān)的責(zé)任。

And the final lesson we must learn as father is also the greatest gift we can pass on to our children----andthat is the gift of hope.我們身為人父應(yīng)總結(jié)的最后一個(gè)教訓(xùn)，也是我們可以傳給子女的最為貴重的禮物，就是希望

I am not talking about an idle hope that's little more than blind optimism or willful ignorance of the problems we face.I'm talking about hope as the spirit inside usthat insists, despite all evidence to the contray, that something better is waiting for us if we're willing to work for it and fight for it.If we are willing to believe.我將的希望不是空談的希望，不是那種盲目的樂觀主義或?qū)ξ覀兠鎸Φ膯栴}不加考慮。我講的希望是那種寄托于我們內(nèi)心的精神；堅(jiān)信在逆境中只要愿意為之努力奮斗，情況就會變得好起來。只要我們懷有這種信念。

第三篇：奧巴馬在馬丁·路德金紀(jì)念碑落成典禮上的演講

2011年10月16日美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬16日親自為中國雕塑家雕塑的馬丁·路德·金紀(jì)念碑揭幕，并發(fā)表演講：“我們將超越！” 講話呼吁美國人“團(tuán)結(jié)”，繼續(xù)金心目中的夢想。他還有感而發(fā)，希望國人繼續(xù)挑戰(zhàn)華爾街的過分做法，但不要妖魔化那里所有的工作人員。馬丁·路德金是美國歷史上著名的黑人民權(quán)領(lǐng)袖，他為美國黑人追求平等權(quán)利獻(xiàn)出了生命。這也為日后奧巴馬成功入主白宮鋪平了道路，因此紀(jì)念馬丁·路德金對黑人總統(tǒng)奧巴馬而言，意義特殊。

這座雕像的作者是中國雕塑家雷宜鋅，他的方案是從全世界52個(gè)國家2000多位雕塑家的900多個(gè)方案中脫穎而出的。

當(dāng)天，第一夫人米歇爾、副總統(tǒng)拜登及其夫人吉爾以及馬丁·路德·金的家人也參加了揭幕儀式。組織者估計(jì)有5萬人參加了這次紀(jì)念活動(dòng)。

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.(Applause.)Thank you.(Applause.)Please be seated.An earthquake and a hurricane may have delayed this day, but this is a day that would not be denied.For this day, we celebrate Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.’s return to the National Mall.In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it;a black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals, a man who stirred our conscience and thereby helped make our union more perfect.And Dr.King would be the first to remind us that this memorial is not for him alone.The movement of which he was a part depended on an entire generation of leaders.Many are here today, and for their service and their sacrifice, we owe them our everlasting gratitude.This is a monument to your collective achievement.(Applause.)

Some giants of the civil rights movement ?-like Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height, Benjamin Hooks, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth ?-they’ve been taken from us these past few years.This monument attests to their strength and their courage, and while we miss them dearly, we know they rest in a better place.And finally, there are the multitudes of men and women whose names never appear in the history books ?-those who marched and those who sang, those who sat in and those who stood firm, those who organized and those who mobilized ?-all those men and women who through countless acts of quiet heroism helped bring about changes few thought were even possible.“By the thousands,” said Dr.King, “faceless, anonymous, relentless young people, black and white?have taken our whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the founding fathers in the formulation of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.” To those men and women, to those foot soldiers for justice, know that this monument is yours, as well.Nearly half a century has passed since that historic March on Washington, a day when thousands upon thousands gathered for jobs and for freedom.That is what our schoolchildren remember best when they think of Dr.King-? his booming voice across this Mall, calling on America to make freedom a reality for all of God’s children, prophesizing of a day when the jangling discord of our nation would be transformed into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.It is right that we honor that march, that we lift up Dr.King’s “I Have a Dream” speech ?-for without that shining moment, without Dr.King’s glorious words, we might not have had the courage to come as far as we have.Because of that hopeful vision, because of Dr.King’s moral imagination, barricades began to fall and bigotry began to fade.New doors of opportunity swung open for an entire generation.Yes, laws changed, but hearts and minds changed, as well.Look at the faces here around you, and you see an America that is more fair and more free and more just than the one Dr.King addressed that day.We are right to savor that slow but certain progress-? progress that’s expressed itself in a million ways, large and small, across this nation every single day, as people of all colors and creeds live together, and work together, and fight alongside one another, and learn together, and build together, and love one another.So it is right for us to celebrate today Dr.King’s dream and his vision of unity.And yet it is also important on this day to remind ourselves that such progress did not come easily;that Dr.King’s faith was hard-won;that it sprung out of a harsh reality and some bitter disappointments.It is right for us to celebrate Dr.King’s marvelous oratory, but it is worth remembering that progress did not come from words alone.Progress was hard.Progress was purchased through enduring the smack of billy clubs and the blast of fire hoses.It was bought with days in jail cells and nights of bomb threats.For every victory during the height of the civil rights movement, there were setbacks and there were defeats.We forget now, but during his life, Dr.King wasn’t always considered a unifying figure.Even after rising to prominence, even after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr.King was vilified by many, denounced as a rabble rouser and an agitator, a communist and a radical.He was even attacked by his own people, by those who felt he was going too fast or those who felt he was going too slow;by those who felt he shouldn’t meddle in issues like the Vietnam War or the rights of union workers.We know from his own testimony the doubts and the pain this caused him, and that the controversy that would swirl around his actions would last until the fateful day he died.I raise all this because nearly 50 years after the March on Washington, our work, Dr.King’s work, is not yet complete.We gather here at a moment of great challenge and great change.In the first decade of this new century, we have been tested by war and by tragedy;by an economic crisis and its aftermath that has left millions out of work, and poverty on the rise, and millions more just struggling to get by.Indeed, even before this crisis struck, we had endured a decade of rising inequality and stagnant wages.In too many troubled neighborhoods across the country, the conditions of our poorest citizens appear little changed from what existed 50 years ago-? neighborhoods with underfunded schools and broken-down slums, inadequate health care, constant violence, neighborhoods in which too many young people grow up with little hope and few prospects for the future.Our work is not done.And so on this day, in which we celebrate a man and a movement that did so much for this country, let us draw strength from those earlier struggles.First and foremost, let us remember that change has never been quick.Change has never been simple, or without controversy.Change depends on persistence.Change requires determination.It took a full decade before the moral guidance of Brown v.Board of Education was translated into the enforcement measures of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, but those 10 long years did not lead Dr.King to give up.He kept on pushing, he kept on speaking, he kept on marching until change finally came.(Applause.)

And then when, even after the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act passed, African Americans still found themselves trapped in pockets of poverty across the country, Dr.King didn’t say those laws were a failure;he didn’t say this is too hard;he didn’t say, let’s settle for what we got and go home.Instead he said, let’s take those victories and broaden our mission to achieve not just civil and political equality but also economic justice;let’s fight for a living wage and better schools and jobs for all who are willing to work.In other words, when met with hardship, when confronting disappointment, Dr.King refused to accept what he called the “isness” of today.He kept pushing towards the “oughtness” of tomorrow.And so, as we think about all the work that we must do ?-rebuilding an economy that can compete on a global stage, and fixing our schools so that every child--not just some, but every child--gets a world-class education, and making sure that our health care system is affordable and accessible to all, and that our economic system is one in which everybody gets a fair shake and everybody does their fair share, let us not be trapped by what is.(Applause.)We can’t be discouraged by what is.We’ve got to keep pushing for what ought to be, the America we ought to leave to our children, mindful that the hardships we face are nothing compared to those Dr.King and his fellow marchers faced 50 years ago, and that if we maintain our faith, in ourselves and in the possibilities of this nation, there is no challenge we cannot surmount.And just as we draw strength from Dr.King’s struggles, so must we draw inspiration from his constant insistence on the oneness of man;the belief in his words that “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” It was that insistence, rooted in his Christian faith, that led him to tell a group of angry young protesters, “I love you as I love my own children,” even as one threw a rock that glanced off his neck.It was that insistence, that belief that God resides in each of us, from the high to the low, in the oppressor and the oppressed, that convinced him that people and systems could change.It fortified his belief in non-violence.It permitted him to place his faith in a government that had fallen short of its ideals.It led him to see his charge not only as freeing black America from the shackles of discrimination, but also freeing many Americans from their own prejudices, and freeing Americans of every color from the depredations of poverty.And so at this moment, when our politics appear so sharply polarized, and faith in our institutions so greatly diminished, we need more than ever to take heed of Dr.King’s teachings.He calls on us to stand in the other person’s shoes;to see through their eyes;to understand their pain.He tells us that we have a duty to fight against poverty, even if we are well off;to care about the child in the decrepit school even if our own children are doing fine;to show compassion toward the immigrant family, with the knowledge that most of us are only a few generations removed from similar hardships.(Applause.)To say that we are bound together as one people, and must constantly strive to see ourselves in one another, is not to argue for a false unity that papers over our differences and ratifies an unjust status quo.As was true 50 years ago, as has been true throughout human history, those with power and privilege will often decry any call for change as “divisive.” They’ll say any challenge to the existing arrangements are unwise and destabilizing.Dr.King understood that peace without justice was no peace at all;that aligning our reality with our ideals often requires the speaking of uncomfortable truths and the creative tension of non-violent protest.But he also understood that to bring about true and lasting change, there must be the possibility of reconciliation;that any social movement has to channel this tension through the spirit of love and mutuality.If he were alive today, I believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing all who work there;that the businessman can enter tough negotiations with his company’s union without vilifying the right to collectively bargain.He would want us to know we can argue fiercely about the proper size and role of government without questioning each other’s love for this country--(applause)--with the knowledge that in this democracy, government is no distant object but is rather an expression of our common commitments to one another.He would call on us to assume the best in each other rather than the worst, and challenge one another in ways that ultimately heal rather than wound.In the end, that’s what I hope my daughters take away from this monument.I want them to come away from here with a faith in what they can accomplish when they are determined and working for a righteous cause.I want them to come away from here with a faith in other people and a faith in a benevolent God.This sculpture, massive and iconic as it is, will remind them of Dr.King’s strength, but to see him only as larger than life would do a disservice to what he taught us about ourselves.He would want them to know that he had setbacks, because they will have setbacks.He would want them to know that he had doubts, because they will have doubts.He would want them to know that he was flawed, because all of us have flaws.It is precisely because Dr.King was a man of flesh and blood and not a figure of stone that he inspires us so.His life, his story, tells us that change can come if you don’t give up.He would not give up, no matter how long it took, because in the smallest hamlets and the darkest slums, he had witnessed the highest reaches of the human spirit;because in those moments when the struggle seemed most hopeless, he had seen men and women and children conquer their fear;because he had seen hills and mountains made low and rough places made plain, and the crooked places made straight and God make a way out of no way.And that is why we honor this man ?-because he had faith in us.And that is why he belongs on this Mall-? because he saw what we might become.That is why Dr.King was so quintessentially American--because for all the hardships we’ve endured, for all our sometimes tragic history, ours is a story of optimism and achievement and constant striving that is unique upon this Earth.And that is why the rest of the world still looks to us to lead.This is a country where ordinary people find in their hearts the courage to do extraordinary things;the courage to stand up in the face of the fiercest resistance and despair and say this is wrong, and this is right;we will not settle for what the cynics tell us we have to accept and we will reach again and again, no matter the odds, for what we know is possible.That is the conviction we must carry now in our hearts.(Applause.)As tough as times may be, I know we will overcome.I know there are better days ahead.I know this because of the man towering over us.I know this because all he and his generation endured--we are here today in a country that dedicated a monument to that legacy.And so with our eyes on the horizon and our faith squarely placed in one another, let us keep striving;let us keep struggling;let us keep climbing toward that promised land of a nation and a world that is more fair, and more just, and more equal for every single child of God.Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.(Applause.)

第四篇：美國新任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在就職典禮上發(fā)表演講

美國新任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在就職典禮上發(fā)表演講

我的國民：

我今天站在這，為我們眼前的任務(wù)感到謙卑，為你們給我的信任感激，為我們先人的犧牲不忘懷。我多謝喬治布什總統(tǒng)對國家的服務(wù)，以及他在整個(gè)權(quán)力過度過程展示的慷慨和合作。

至今44位美國人宣讀過總統(tǒng)誓詞。這些言詞在繁榮潮起、在和平的風(fēng)平浪靜中說過，但很多時(shí)候，誓詞是在陰霾密布中宣讀。美國在這些時(shí)刻挺下去，不止是因?yàn)樵谖徽叩募记苫蛞曇?，而是因?yàn)槲覀內(nèi)嗣駡?jiān)信先人的理想，信守我們的立國文獻(xiàn)。

過去如是，這一代美國人也如是。

我們正身陷危機(jī)，現(xiàn)在大家都很清楚了。國家正在打仗，對抗一個(gè)廣大的暴力和仇恨網(wǎng)絡(luò)。我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)嚴(yán)重地衰弱，是部份人貪婪和不負(fù)責(zé)任的結(jié)果，也是因?yàn)槲覀兗w失敗，未能作出艱難的決定，為國家進(jìn)入新紀(jì)元作好準(zhǔn)備。很多家沒有了，工作被裁了，企業(yè)倒閉了。我們的醫(yī)療費(fèi)太貴，我們的學(xué)校有負(fù)于太多人，每天都有新證據(jù)顯示，我們用能源的方法，令我們的敵人強(qiáng)大，又威脅我們的星球。

這些都是危機(jī)的指針，有數(shù)據(jù)和統(tǒng)計(jì)。較難測量但同樣影響深遠(yuǎn)的，是全國信心受重創(chuàng)，揮之不去的恐懼，擔(dān)心美國衰落無可避免，擔(dān)心下一代一定要降低期望。

今日我向你們說，我們面對的挑戰(zhàn)千真萬確，很嚴(yán)重也很多，不能輕易解決，不能短時(shí)間解決，但美國知道：挑戰(zhàn)一定會克服。

這一天，我們聚首一堂，是因?yàn)槲覀冞x擇希望，而非恐懼，選擇目標(biāo)一致，而不是沖突和爭吵。

這一天，我們來宣布結(jié)束埋怨、虛假承諾、指摘和過時(shí)的條，它們窒息我們的政治太久了。

我們?nèi)允且粋€(gè)年輕的國家，但正如《圣經(jīng)》所說，是時(shí)候?qū)⒑⒆託夥旁谝慌粤恕Ｖ厣晡覀儾粶缇竦臅r(shí)候到了，去選取我們歷史好的一面，去發(fā)揚(yáng)那珍寶，那一代傳一代的高尚理念：上帝承諾人人平等，人人自由，人人值得有機(jī)會追求快樂。

當(dāng)我們再次肯定我國的偉大，我們知道偉大從來不是天生，而是爭取得來的。我們的旅程從來沒有走快捷方式，從不退而求其次。這不是膽小的人之路，這條路不是給那些喜歡

第五篇：奧巴馬2011在馬丁·路德金紀(jì)念碑落成典禮上的演講

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.(Applause.)Thank you.(Applause.)Please be seated.An earthquake and a hurricane may have delayed this day, but this is a day that would not be denied.For this day, we celebrate Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.’s return to the National Mall.In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it;a black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideals, a man who stirred our conscience and thereby helped make our union more perfect.And Dr.King would be the first to remind us that this memorial is not for him alone.The movement of which he was a part depended on an entire generation of leaders.Many are here today, and for their service and their sacrifice, we owe them our everlasting gratitude.This is a monument to your collective achievement.(Applause.)

Some giants of the civil rights movement ?-like Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height, Benjamin Hooks, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth ?-they’ve been taken from us these past few years.This monument attests to their strength and their courage, and while we miss them dearly, we know they rest in a better place.And finally, there are the multitudes of men and women whose names never appear in the history books ?-those who marched and those who sang, those who sat in and those who stood firm, those who organized and those who mobilized ?-all those men and women who through countless acts of quiet heroism helped bring about changes few thought were even possible.“By the thousands,” said Dr.King, “faceless, anonymous, relentless young people, black and white?have taken our whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the founding fathers in the formulation of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.” To those men and women, to those foot soldiers for justice, know that this monument is yours, as well.Nearly half a century has passed since that historic March on Washington, a day when thousands upon thousands gathered for jobs and for freedom.That is what our schoolchildren remember best when they think of Dr.King-? his booming voice across this Mall, calling on America to make freedom a reality for all of God’s children, prophesizing of a day when the jangling discord of our nation would be transformed into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.It is right that we honor that march, that we lift up Dr.King’s “I Have a Dream” speech ?-for without that shining moment, without Dr.King’s glorious words, we might not have had the courage to come as far as we have.Because of that hopeful vision, because of Dr.King’s moral imagination, barricades began to fall and bigotry began to fade.New doors of opportunity swung open for an entire generation.Yes, laws changed, but hearts and minds changed, as well.Look at the faces here around you, and you see an America that is more fair and more free and more just than the one Dr.King addressed that day.We are right to savor that slow but certain progress-? progress that’s expressed itself in a million ways, large and small, across this nation every single day, as people of all colors and creeds live together, and work together, and fight alongside one another, and learn together, and build together, and love one another.So it is right for us to celebrate today Dr.King’s dream and his vision of unity.And yet it is also important on this day to remind ourselves that such progress did not come easily;that Dr.King’s faith was hard-won;that it sprung out of a harsh reality and some bitter disappointments.It is right for us to celebrate Dr.King’s marvelous oratory, but it is worth remembering that progress did not come from words alone.Progress was hard.Progress was purchased through enduring the smack of billy clubs and the blast of fire hoses.It was bought with days in jail cells and nights of bomb threats.For every victory during the height of the civil rights movement, there were setbacks and there were defeats.We forget now, but during his life, Dr.King wasn’t always considered a unifying figure.Even after rising to prominence, even after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr.King was vilified by many, denounced as a rabble rouser and an agitator, a communist and a radical.He was even attacked by his own people, by those who felt he was going too fast or those who felt he was going too slow;by those who felt he shouldn’t meddle in issues like the Vietnam War or the rights of union workers.We know from his own testimony the doubts and the pain this caused him, and that the controversy that would swirl around his actions would last until the fateful day he died.I raise all this because nearly 50 years after the March on Washington, our work, Dr.King’s work, is not yet complete.We gather here at a moment of great challenge and great change.In the first decade of this new century, we have been tested by war and by tragedy;by an economic crisis and its aftermath that has left millions out of work, and poverty on the rise, and millions more just struggling to get by.Indeed, even before this crisis struck, we had endured a decade of rising inequality and stagnant wages.In too many troubled neighborhoods across the country, the conditions of our poorest citizens appear little changed from what existed 50 years ago-? neighborhoods with underfunded schools and broken-down slums, inadequate health care, constant violence, neighborhoods in which too many young people grow up with little hope and few prospects for the future.Our work is not done.And so on this day, in which we celebrate a man and a movement that did so much for this country, let us draw strength from those earlier struggles.First and foremost, let us remember that change has never been quick.Change has never been simple, or without controversy.Change depends on persistence.Change requires determination.It took a full decade before the moral guidance of Brown v.Board of Education was translated into the enforcement measures of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, but those 10 long years did not lead Dr.King to give up.He kept on pushing, he kept on speaking, he kept on marching until change finally came.(Applause.)

And then when, even after the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act passed, African Americans still found themselves trapped in pockets of poverty across the country, Dr.King didn’t say those laws were a failure;he didn’t say this is too hard;he didn’t say, let’s settle for what we got and go home.Instead he said, let’s take those victories and broaden our mission to achieve not just civil and political equality but also economic justice;let’s fight for a living wage and better schools and jobs for all who are willing to work.In other words, when met with hardship, when confronting disappointment, Dr.King refused to accept what he called the “isness” of today.He kept pushing towards the “oughtness” of tomorrow.And so, as we think about all the work that we must do ?-rebuilding an economy that can compete on a global stage, and fixing our schools so that every child--not just some, but every child--gets a world-class education, and making sure that our health care system is affordable and accessible to all, and that our economic system is one in which everybody gets a fair shake and everybody does their fair share, let us not be trapped by what is.(Applause.)We can’t be discouraged by what is.We’ve got to keep pushing for what ought to be, the America we ought to leave to our children, mindful that the hardships we face are nothing compared to those Dr.King and his fellow marchers faced 50 years ago, and that if we maintain our faith, in ourselves and in the possibilities of this nation, there is no challenge we cannot surmount.And just as we draw strength from Dr.King’s struggles, so must we draw inspiration from his constant insistence on the oneness of man;the belief in his words that “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” It was that insistence, rooted in his Christian faith, that led him to tell a group of angry young protesters, “I love you as I love my own children,” even as one threw a rock that glanced off his neck.It was that insistence, that belief that God resides in each of us, from the high to the low, in the oppressor and the oppressed, that convinced him that people and systems could change.It fortified his belief in non-violence.It permitted him to place his faith in a government that had fallen short of its ideals.It led him to see his charge not only as freeing black America from the shackles of discrimination, but also freeing many Americans from their own prejudices, and freeing Americans of every color from the depredations of poverty.And so at this moment, when our politics appear so sharply polarized, and faith in our institutions so greatly diminished, we need more than ever to take heed of Dr.King’s teachings.He calls on us to stand in the other person’s shoes;to see through their eyes;to understand their pain.He tells us that we have a duty to fight against poverty, even if we are well off;to care about the child in the decrepit school even if our own children are doing fine;to show compassion toward the immigrant family, with the knowledge that most of us are only a few generations removed from similar hardships.(Applause.)To say that we are bound together as one people, and must constantly strive to see ourselves in one another, is not to argue for a false unity that papers over our differences and ratifies an unjust status quo.As was true 50 years ago, as has been true throughout human history, those with power and privilege will often decry any call for change as “divisive.” They’ll say any challenge to the existing arrangements are unwise and destabilizing.Dr.King understood that peace without justice was no peace at all;that aligning our reality with our ideals often requires the speaking of uncomfortable truths and the creative tension of non-violent protest.But he also understood that to bring about true and lasting change, there must be the possibility of reconciliation;that any social movement has to channel this tension through the spirit of love and mutuality.If he were alive today, I believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing all who work there;that the businessman can enter tough negotiations with his company’s union without vilifying the right to collectively bargain.He would want us to know we can argue fiercely about the proper size and role of government without questioning each other’s love for this country--(applause)--with the knowledge that in this democracy, government is no distant object but is rather an expression of our common commitments to one another.He would call on us to assume the best in each other rather than the worst, and challenge one another in ways that ultimately heal rather than wound.In the end, that’s what I hope my daughters take away from this monument.I want them to come away from here with a faith in what they can accomplish when they are determined and working for a righteous cause.I want them to come away from here with a faith in other people and a faith in a benevolent God.This sculpture, massive and iconic as it is, will remind them of Dr.King’s strength, but to see him only as larger than life would do a disservice to what he taught us about ourselves.He would want them to know that he had setbacks, because they will have setbacks.He would want them to know that he had doubts, because they will have doubts.He would want them to know that he was flawed, because all of us have flaws.It is precisely because Dr.King was a man of flesh and blood and not a figure of stone that he inspires us so.His life, his story, tells us that change can come if you don’t give up.He would not give up, no matter how long it took, because in the smallest hamlets and the darkest slums, he had witnessed the highest reaches of the human spirit;because in those moments when the struggle seemed most hopeless, he had seen men and women and children conquer their fear;because he had seen hills and mountains made low and rough places made plain, and the crooked places made straight and God make a way out of no way.And that is why we honor this man ?-because he had faith in us.And that is why he belongs on this Mall-? because he saw what we might become.That is why Dr.King was so quintessentially American--because for all the hardships we’ve endured, for all our sometimes tragic history, ours is a story of optimism and achievement and constant striving that is unique upon this Earth.And that is why the rest of the world still looks to us to lead.This is a country where ordinary people find in their hearts the courage to do extraordinary things;the courage to stand up in the face of the fiercest resistance and despair and say this is wrong, and this is right;we will not settle for what the cynics tell us we have to accept and we will reach again and again, no matter the odds, for what we know is possible.That is the conviction we must carry now in our hearts.(Applause.)As tough as times may be, I know we will overcome.I know there are better days ahead.I know this because of the man towering over us.I know this because all he and his generation endured--we are here today in a country that dedicated a monument to that legacy.And so with our eyes on the horizon and our faith squarely placed in one another, let us keep striving;let us keep struggling;let us keep climbing toward that promised land of a nation and a world that is more fair, and more just, and more equal for every single child of God.Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.(Applause.)