奥巴马发表告别演讲----中英文全文It‟s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all thewell-wishes we‟ve received over the past few weeks. But tonight it‟s my turn to say thanks.Whether we‟ve seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the Americanpeople – in living rooms and schools; at farms and on factory floors; at diners and on distantoutposts – are what have kept me honest, kept me inspired, and kept me going. Every day, Ilearned from you. You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.I first came to Chicago when I was in my early twenties, still trying to figure out who I was;still searching for a purpose to my life. It was in neighborhoods not far from here where I beganworking with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. It was on these streets where Iwitnessed the power of faith, and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle andloss. This is where I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved, getengaged, and come together to demand it.After eight years as your President, I still believe that. And it‟s not just my belief. It‟s thebeating heart of our American idea – our bold experiment in self-government.It‟s the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with certainunalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.It‟s the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executing; thatWe, the People, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union.This is the great gift our Founders gave us. The freedom to chase our individual dreamsthrough our swea...
