希望引領一群殖民者揭竿而起反對一個帝國；希望引領我們偉大的祖先解放了一個大陸，復活了一個民族；希望引領青年男女為了自由圍坐在(不向黑人提供服務)的餐桌旁，引領他們勇敢地面對高壓水龍，穿越(阿拉巴馬州的)塞爾瑪和蒙哥馬利。

希望，希望引領我今天來到這里，--我的父親來自肯尼亞，母親來自堪薩斯，這樣的故事只可能發(fā)生在美利堅合眾國。希望是美利堅民族的基石，希望是我們執(zhí)著的信仰：我們的命運不是被人寫就，而是要由我們自己寫就，由那些不愿意勉強接受這個世界并信心百倍地按照它應該變成的藍圖去改造它的男男女女們寫就。

這就是我們從艾奧瓦開始的開拓，這也是我們要向新罕布什爾州和其他州傳達的信息。我們順利的時候沒有忘記它，失利的時候也沒有忘記它。這個信息可以幫助我們一塊磚一塊磚地、一條街道一條街道地、一只接一只布滿老繭的手地去改變這個國家。團結(jié)起來，普通人也能鑄就宏圖偉業(yè)，因為我們不是紅色的州或藍色的州的組合，我們是美利堅合眾州。在此刻，在這次選舉中，我們樂于再次相信。謝謝，艾奧瓦。

英文原文

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Iowa Caucus Night Des Moines, IA

January 03, 2008

Thank you, Iowa.

You know, they said this day would never come.

They said our sights were set too high.

They said this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.

But on this January night - at this defining moment in history - you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this New Year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches; in small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that we are one nation; we are one people; and our time for change has come.

You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that's consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that's been all about division and instead make it about addition - to build a coalition for change that stretches through Red States and Blue States. Because that's how we'll win in November, and that's how we'll finally meet the challenges that we face as a nation.

We are choosing hope over fear. We're choosing unity over division, and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America.

You said the time has come to tell the lobbyists who think their money and their influence speak louder than our voices that they don't own this government, we do; and we are here to take it back.

The time has come for a President who will be honest about the choices and the challenges we face; who will listen to you and learn from you even when we disagree; who won't just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know. And in New Hampshire, if you give me the same chance that Iowa did tonight, I will be that president for America.