Obama Farewell AddressIt’s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I havebeen so touched by all the well-wishes we ’ve received over the past fewweeks. But tonight it’s my turn to say thank. Whether we’ve seeneye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, theAmerican people—in living rooms and schools, at farms and on factoryfloors, at dinners and on distant outposts—are what have kept mehonest, kept me inspired, and kept me going. Every day, I learned fromyou. You made me a better president, and you made me a better man.I first came to Chicago when I was in my early 20s, still trying tofigure out who I was; still searching for a purpose to my life.It was inneighborhoods not far from here where I began working with churchgroups in the shadows of closed steel mills 钢厂. It was on these streetswhere I witnessed the power of faith, and the quiet dignity of workingpeople in the face of struggle and loss. This is where I learned thatchange only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged订婚, and come together to demand it.After eight years as your president, I still believe that. And it’s notjust my belief. It’s the beating heart of our American idea—our bold 大胆的，英勇的 experiment in self-government 自制.It’s the conviction that we are all created equal, endowed 赋予 byour creator with certain unalienable不可剥夺的 rights, among them life,liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.Watch: President Obama gives his farewell address in ChicagoWatch: President Obama gives his farewell address in ChicagoIt’s the insistence that these rights, while self-evident 不言而喻的,have never been self-executing 自动执行; that we, the people, throughthe instrument of o...
