希拉里退選演講稿(全)

1、Thank you very, very much. Well, this isn't exactly the party I'd planned, but I sure like the company.(APPLAUSE And I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you, to everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign, who drove for miles and lined the street

2、s waving homemade signs, who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and made calls, who talked, sometimes argued with your friends and neighbors.(APPLAUSE. who e-mailed and contributed online, who invested so much in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our events

3、, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, "See, you can be anything you want to be."(APPLAUSETo the young people.(APPLAUSE. like 13-year-old Anne Riddell (ph from Mayfield, Ohio, who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World a

4、nd decided to use her savings instead to travel to Pennsylvania with her mom and volunteer there, as well.To the veterans, to the childhood friends, to New Yorkers and Arkansans.(APPLAUSE. who traveled across the country, telling anyone who would listen why you supported me. And to all of those wome

5、n in their 80s and their 90s.(APPLAUSE. born before women could vote, who cast their votes for our campaign. I've told you before about Florence Stein (ph of South Dakota who was 88 years old and insisted that her daughter bring an absentee ballot to her hospice bedside. Her daughter and a frien

6、d put an American flag behind her bed and helped her fill out the ballot.She passed away soon after and, under state law, her ballot didn't count, but her daughter later told a reporter, "My dad's an ornery, old cowboy, and he didn't like it when he heard Mom's vote wouldn't

7、 be counted. I don't think he had voted in 20 years, but he voted in place of my mom."(APPLAUSESo to all those who voted for me and to whom I pledged my utmost, my commitment to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding.You have inspired and touched me with the stories of the joys and s

8、orrows that make up the fabric of our lives. And you have humbled me with your commitment to our country. Eighteen million of you, from all walks of life.(APPLAUSE. women and men, young and old, Latino and Asian, African- American and Caucasian.(APPLAUSE. rich, poor, and middle-class, gay and straig

9、ht, you have stood with me.(APPLAUSEAnd I will continue to stand strong with you every time, every place, in every way that I can. The dreams we share are worth fighting for.Remember, we fought for the single mom with the young daughter, juggling work and school, who told me, "I'm doing it

10、all to better myself for her."We fought for the woman who grabbed my hand and asked me, "What are you going to do to make sure I have health care?" and began to cry, because even though she works three jobs, she can't afford insurance.We fought for the young man in the Marine Corp

11、s t-shirt who waited months for medical care and said, "Take care of my buddies over there, and then will you please take care of me?"(APPLAUSEWe fought for all those who've lost jobs and health care, who can't afford gas or groceries or college, who have felt invisible to their pr

12、esident these last seven years.I entered this race because I have an old-fashioned conviction that public service is about helping people solve their problems and live their dreams. I've had every opportunity and blessing in my own life, and I want the same for all Americans.And until that day c

13、omes, you'll always find me on the front lines of democracy, fighting for the future.(APPLAUSEThe way to continue our fight now, to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength, and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the Un

14、ited States.(APPLAUSEToday, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him.(APPLAUSEAnd I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.(APPLAUSEI have

15、 served in the Senate with him for four years. I have been in this campaign with him for 16 months. I have stood on the stage and gone toe-to-toe with him in 22 debates. I've had a front-row seat to his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his grace and his grit.In his own

16、life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the State Senate, as a United States senator. He has dedicated himself to ensuring the dream is realized. And in this campaign, he has inspired so many to become involved in the democratic process and invested in our commo

17、n future.Now, when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House and make sure we have a president who puts our country back on the path to peace, prosperity and progress. And that's exactly what we're going to do, by ensuring that Barack Obama walks through the doors of the Ov

18、al Office on January 20, 2009.(APPLAUSENow, I understand - I understand that we all know this has been a tough fight, but the Democratic Party is a family. And now it's time to restore the ties that bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share, the values we cherish, and the

19、country we love.We may have started on separate journeys, but today our paths have merged. And we're all heading toward the same destination, united and more ready than ever to win in November and to turn our country around, because so much is at stake.We all want an economy that sustains the Am

20、erican dream, the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford that gas and those groceries, and still have a little left over at the end of the month, an economy that lifts all of our people and ensures that our prosperity is broadly di

21、stributed and shared.We all want a health care system that is universal, high-quality and affordable.(APPLAUSE. so that parents don't have to choose between care for themselves or their children or be stuck in dead-end jobs simply to keep their insurance.This isn't just an issue for me. It i

22、s a passion and a cause, and it is a fight I will continue until every single American is insured, no exceptions and no excuses.(APPLAUSEWe all want an America defined by deep and meaningful equality, from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights.(APPLAUSE. from ending dis

23、crimination to promoting unionization, to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families.And we all want to restore America's standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, and once again lead by the power of our values.(APPLAUSE. and to join with our allies to confr

24、ont our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming.You know, I've been involved in politics and public life in one way or another for four decades. And during those.(APPLAUSEDuring those 40 years, our country has voted 10 times for president. Democrats wononly t

25、hree of those times, and the man who won two of those elections is with us today.(APPLAUSEWe made tremendous progress during the '90s under a Democratic president, with a flourishing economy and our leadership for peace and security respected around the world.Just think how much more progress we

26、 could have made over the past 40 years if we'd had a Democratic president. Think about the lost opportunities of these past seven years on the environment and the economy, on health care and civil rights, on education, foreign policy and the Supreme Court.Imagine how far.(APPLAUSE. we could hav

27、e come, how much we could have achieved if we had just had a Democrat in the White House.(APPLAUSEWe cannot let this moment slip away. We have come too far and accomplished too much.Now, the journey ahead will not be easy. Some will say we can't do it, that it's too hard, we're just not

28、up to the task. But for as long as America has existed, it has been the American way to reject can't-do claims and to choose instead to stretch the boundaries of the possible through hard work, determination, and a pioneering spirit.It is this belief, this optimism that Senator Obama and I share

29、 and that has inspired so many millions of our supporters to make their voices heard. So today I am standing with Senator Obama to say: Yes, we can!(APPLAUSEAnd that together we will work - we'll have to work hard to achieve universal health care. But on the day we live in an America where no ch

30、ild, no man, and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger America. That's why we need to help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSEWe'll have to work hard to get back to fiscal responsibility and a strong middle class. But on the day we live in an America whose m

31、iddle class is thriving and growing again,where all Americans, no matter where they live or where their ancestors came from, can earn a decent living, we will live in a stronger America. And that is why we must help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSEWe'll have to work hard to foster the

32、innovation that will make us energy independent and lift the threat of global warming from our children's future. But on the day we live in an America fueled by renewable energy, we will live in a stronger America. And that is why we have to help elect Barack Obama our president.(APPLAUSEWe'

33、ll have to work hard to bring our troops home from Iraq and get them the support they've earned by their service. But on the day we live in an America that's as loyal to our troops as they have been to us, we will live in a stronger America. And that is why we must help elect Barack Obama ou

34、r president.(APPLAUSEThis election is a turning-point election. And it is critical that we all understand what our choice really is. Will we go forward together, or will we stall and slip backwards?Now, think how much progress we've already made. When we first started, people everywhere asked th

35、e same questions. Could a woman really serve as commander-in-chief? Well, I think we answered that one.(APPLAUSECould an African-American really be our president? And Senator Obama has answered that one. (APPLAUSETogether, Senator Obama and I achieved milestones essential to our progress as a nation

36、, part of our perpetual duty to form a more perfect union.Now, on a personal note, when I was asked what it means to be a woman running for president, I always gave the same answer, that I was proud to be running as a woman, but I was running because I thought I'd be the best president. But.(APP

37、LAUSEBut I am a woman and, like millions of women, I know there are still barriers and biases out there, often unconscious, and I want to build an America that respectsand embraces the potential of every last one of us.(APPLAUSEI ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother never dre

38、amed of. I ran as a mother who worries about my daughter's future and a mother who wants to leave all children brighter tomorrows.To build that future I see, we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and their mothers, and that women enjoy equal op

39、portunities, equal pay, and equal respect.(APPLAUSELet us.(APPLAUSELet us resolve and work toward achieving very simple propositions: There are no acceptable limits, and there are no acceptable prejudices in the 21st century in our country.(APPLAUSEYou can be so proud that, from now on, it will be u

40、nremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories.(APPLAUSE. unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the president of the United States. And that is truly remarkable, my friends.(APPLAUSETo those who are disappointed that we coul

41、dn't go all of the way, especially the young people who put so much into this campaign, it would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way discouraged any of you from pursuing yours.Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, k

42、eep faith. And, when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.(APPLAUSEAs we gather here today in this historic, magnificent building, the 50th woman to leave this Earth is orbiting overhead. If we can blast 50 women into spa

43、ce, we will someday launch a woman into the White House.(APPLAUSEAlthough we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it.(APPLAUSE. and the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hop

44、e and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time.That has always been the history of progress in America. Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes.Think of the abolitionists who struggled and

45、died to see the end of slavery. Think of the civil rights heroes and foot soldiers who marched, protested, and risked their lives to bring about the end of segregation and Jim Crow.(APPLAUSEBecause of them, I grew up taking for granted that women could vote and, because of them, my daughter grew up

46、taking for granted that children of all colors could go to school together.Because of them, Barack Obama and I could wage a hard-fought campaign for the Democratic nomination. Because of them and because of you, children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can,

47、yes, become the president of the United States. And so.(APPLAUSE. when that day arrives, and a woman takes the oath of office as our president, we will all stand taller, proud of the values of our nation, proud that every little girl can dream big and that her dreams can come true in America.And all

48、 of you will know that, because of your passion and hard work, you helped pave the way for that day. So I want to say to my supporters: When you hear people saying or think to yourself, "If only, or, "What if," I say, please, don't go there. Everymoment wasted looking back keeps u

49、s from moving forward.(APPLAUSELife is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that Senator Obama is our next president.(APPLAUSEAnd I hope and

50、 pray that all of you will join me in that effort.(APPLAUSETo my supporters and colleagues in Congress, to the governors and mayors, elected officials who stood with me in good times and bad, thank you for your strength and leadership.To my friends in our labor unions who stood strong every step of

51、the way, I thank you and pledge my support to you.To my friends from every stage of my life, your love and ongoing commitment sustained me every single day.To my family, especially Bill and Chelsea and my mother, you mean the world to me, and I thank you for all you have done.(APPLAUSEAnd to my extr

52、aordinary staff, volunteers and supporters.(APPLAUSE. thank you for working those long, hard hours. Thank you for dropping everything, leaving work or school, traveling to places that you've never been, sometimes for months on end. And thanks to your families, as well, because your sacrifice was theirs, too. All of you were there for me every step of the way.Now, being human, we are imperfect. That's why we need each other, to catch each other when we falter, to encourage each other when we