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1、内容列表内容列表 Declaration of Candidacy 竞选宣言 2007 年 2 月 10 日，伊利诺伊州首府斯普林菲尔德市 Iowa Caucus Night 爱荷华州之夜 2008 年 1 月 3 日，爱荷华州首府得梅因市 New Hampshire Primary Night Night 新罕布什尔州初选之夜 2008 年 1 月 8 日，新罕布什尔州纳舒厄市 A More Perfect Union 塑造一个更加完美的合众国 2008 年 3 月 18 日，宾夕法尼亚州费城 Father Day 2008 年父亲节 2008年 6 月 15 日，伊利诺伊州芝加哥市上帝使徒
2、教堂 Renewing American Competitiveness 重塑美国竞争力 2008 年 6 月 16 日，密歇根州弗林特市 A World That Stands As One 一个团结一致的世界 2008 年 7 月 24 日，德国首都柏林 Election Night 胜选之夜 2008 年 11 月 4 日，伊利诺伊州芝加哥市 Inaugural Address 就职演说 2009 年 1 月 20 日，华盛顿哥伦比亚特区Declaration of Candidacy 竞选宣言DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY February 10, 2007 | Sp
3、ringfield, Illinois Let me begin by saying thanks to all of you whove traveled, from far and wide, to brave the cold today.We all made this journey for a reason. Its humbling, but in my heart I know you didnt come here just for me; you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In th
4、e face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics thats shut you out, thats told you to settle, thats divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for whats possible, building that more perfect union
5、.Thats the journey were on today. But let me tell you how I came to be here. As most of you know, I am not a native of this great state . I moved to Illinois over two decades ago. I was a young man then, just a year out of college; I knew no one in Chicago, was without money or family connections. B
6、ut a group of churches had offered me a job as a community organizer for $13,000 a year. And I accepted the job, sight unseen, motivated then by a single, simple, powerful ideathat I might play a small part in building a better America.My work took me to some of Chicagos poorest neighborhoods. I joi
7、ned with pastor s and laypeople to deal with communities that had been ravaged by plant closings. I saw that the problems people faced werent simply local in nature that the decision to close a steel mill was made by distant executives; that the lack of textbooks and computers in schools could be tr
8、aced to the skewed priorities of politicians a thousand miles away; and that when a child turns to violence, theres a hole in his heart no government alone can fill.It was in these neighborhoods that I received the best education I ever had, and where I learned the true meaning of my Christian faith
9、.After three years of this work, I went to law school , because I wanted to understand how the law should work for those in need. I became a civil rights lawyer and taught constitutional law, and after a time, I came to understand that our cherished rights of liberty and equality depend on the activ
10、e participation of an awakened electorate . It was with these ideas in mind that I arrived in this capital city as a State Senator . It was here, in Springfield, where I saw all that is America convergefarmers and teachers, businessmen and laborers, all of them with a story to tell, all of them seek
11、ing a seat at the table, all of them clamoring to be heard. I made lasting friendships herefriends that I see in the audience today.It was here we learned to disagree without being disagreeable that its possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised; and th
12、at so long as were willing to listen to each other, we can assume the best in people instead of the worst.Thats why we were able to reform a death penalty system that was broken. Thats why we were able to give health insurance to children in need. Thats why we made the tax system more fair and just
13、for working families, and thats why we passed ethics reforms that the cynics said could never, ever be passed.It was here, in Springfield, where north, south, east, and west come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American peoplewhere I came to believe that through this dec
14、ency, we can build a more hopeful America.And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol , where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States.I
15、recognize there is a certain presumptuousness a certain audacity to this announcement. I know I havent spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But Ive been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of gove
16、rnment that can be changed. And we should take heart , because weve changed this country before. In the face of tyranny , a band of patriots brought an empire to its knees . In the face of secession , we unified a nation and set the captives free. In the face of Depression , we put people back to work and lifted millions out of poverty. We welcomed immig
