The audacity of hope 无畏的希望

billzhao

奥巴马2004年在美国民主党代表大会上发表了名为“无畏的希望”的演讲，此次演讲让他声名鹊起，并且在2006年出版同名著作。实际上，“无畏的希望”一词出自他的前牧师赖特对一幅画的评论，奥巴马本人曾被那幅画感动得热泪盈眶。
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在人们的日常生活中，经常可以看到各种各样的画作，这些画对人有什么作用呢?不同的人可能从画中得到不同的东西，对于奥巴马来说，一幅画改变了他的生活，也是这幅画让他立志竞选美国总统。
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20年前，身为芝加哥三一联合基督教会牧师的耶利米·赖特，以“无畏的希望”为题举行了一次布道。他在布道会上解析了英国画家乔治·弗雷德里克·瓦兹一幅名为《希望》的画作。



* E% f$ }& j3 ^: X- K画面上一个年轻女子坐在象征世界的地球上面，身体向前倾斜，低垂着头，眼睛被蒙上绷带，手里弹拨着仅剩下一根弦的古希腊七弦琴，并俯身倾听这根弦发出的微弱乐音。画家的意图是表现人类直到最后也不能丧失希望，不过观众的感受可能会有所不同，觉得只剩下生命的最后一根弦，正面临着危机。

但赖特解析说：“虽然这名女子身上有着瘀伤和血迹，穿着破烂不堪，竖琴也只剩下一根弦，她就好像是广岛或者沙佩维尔(沙佩维尔为南非城市，曾发生种族屠杀) 的受难者，但是画家仍敢于把这幅画名为‘希望’。虽然世界被战争撕裂，虽然世界被仇恨摧残，虽然世界被猜疑蹂躏，虽然世界被疾病惩罚，虽然在这个世界上充满饥饿和贪婪，虽然她的竖琴被毁坏得只剩下一根琴弦，但是这位女人仍有无畏的希望，在她那仅存的一根琴弦上，去弹奏音乐，去赞美上帝。”

The following is his speech. Enjoy!


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Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Dick Durbin. You make us all proud.
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On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, Land of Lincoln, let me express my deepest gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention.
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0 Y* I0 |. v% P* K7 G" X/ }Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let’s face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. His father -- my grandfather -- was a cook, a domestic servant to the British.

But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before.
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While studying here, my father met my mother. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty; joined Patton’s army, marched across Europe. Back home, my grandmother raised a baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through F.H.A., and later moved west all the way to Hawaii in search of opportunity.
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And they, too, had big dreams for their daughter. A common dream, born of two continents.
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My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or ”blessed,” believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. They imagined -- They imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren’t rich, because in a generous America you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential.
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  They're both passed away now. And yet, I know that on this night they look down on me with great pride.
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6 _1 ?, |1 [/ i0 J; E" U* QThey stand here -- And I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my two precious daughters. I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible.
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Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our Nation -- not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago:
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        We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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+ U# E" d1 X% }: d5 FThat is the true genius of America, a faith -- a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles; that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm; that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door; that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe; that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted -- at least most of the time.
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This year, in this election we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we're measuring up to the legacy of our forbearers and the promise of future generations.

And fellow Americans, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, I say to you tonight: We have more work to do --  more work to do for the workers I met in Galesburg, Illinois, who are losing their union jobs at the Maytag plant that’s moving to Mexico, and now are having to compete with their own children for jobs that pay seven bucks an hour; more to do for the father that I met who was losing his job and choking back the tears, wondering how he would pay 4500 dollars a month for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on; more to do for the young woman in East St. Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn’t have the money to go to college.
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6 d. e9 @# Q! r5 D, ?Now, don’t get me wrong. The people I meet -- in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks -- they don’t expect government to solve all their problems. They know they have to work hard to get ahead,  and they want to. Go into the collar counties around Chicago, and people will tell you they don’t want their tax money wasted, by a welfare agency or by the Pentagon. Go in -- Go into any inner city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that government alone can’t teach our kids to learn; they know that parents have to teach, that children can’t achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off the television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white. They know those things.

+ j; F) D8 z. ~, hPeople don’t expect -- People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all.

They know we can do better. And they want that choice.

In this election, we offer that choice. Our Party has chosen a man to lead us who embodies the best this country has to offer. And that man is John Kerry.

John Kerry understands the ideals of community, faith, and service because they’ve defined his life. From his heroic service to Vietnam, to his years as a prosecutor and lieutenant governor, through two decades in the United States Senate, he's devoted himself to this country. Again and again, we’ve seen him make tough choices when easier ones were available.
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$ z3 E+ @, |1 y+ c: _$ X$ ~: w: H& DHis values and his record affirm what is best in us. John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded; so instead of offering tax breaks to companies shipping jobs overseas, he offers them to companies creating jobs here at home.

John Kerry believes in an America where all Americans can afford the same health coverage our politicians in Washington have for themselves.

John Kerry believes in energy independence, so we aren’t held hostage to the profits of oil companies, or the sabotage of foreign oil fields.

7 Z- e4 y( s3 N6 B, M1 UJohn Kerry believes in the Constitutional freedoms that have made our country the envy of the world, and he will never sacrifice our basic liberties, nor use faith as a wedge to divide us.

And John Kerry believes that in a dangerous world war must be an option sometimes, but it should never be the first option.

+ [. R& F0 o8 U0 q$ K' ]You know, a while back -- awhile back I met a young man named Shamus in a V.F.W. Hall in East Moline, Illinois. He was a good-looking kid -- six two, six three, clear eyed, with an easy smile. He told me he’d joined the Marines and was heading to Iraq the following week. And as I listened to him explain why he’d enlisted, the absolute faith he had in our country and its leaders, his devotion to duty and service, I thought this young man was all that any of us might ever hope for in a child.
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- T+ N8 v: V$ s3 T2 e. m- b& _But then I asked myself, "Are we serving Shamus as well as he is serving us?"
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I thought of the 900 men and women -- sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, who won’t be returning to their own hometowns. I thought of the families I’ve met who were struggling to get by without a loved one’s full income, or whose loved ones had returned with a limb missing or nerves shattered, but still lacked long-term health benefits because they were Reservists.

When we send our young men and women into harm’s way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they’re going, to care for their families while they’re gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.
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Now -- Now let me be clear. Let me be clear. We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued. And they must be defeated. John Kerry knows this. And just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure.
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John Kerry believes in America. And he knows that it’s not enough for just some of us to prosper -- for alongside our famous individualism, there’s another ingredient in the American saga,  a belief that we’re all connected as one people. If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can’t read, that matters to me, even if it’s not my child. If there is a senior citizen somewhere who can’t pay for their prescription drugs, and having to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it’s not my grandparent. If there’s an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties.
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/ ]$ D: L9 g) {1 J  W, ^It is that fundamental belief -- It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family.
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& @! V' P4 m6 R. wE pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
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: |6 H: `+ @: z6 @1 I+ ^Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.
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5 P9 P; n  ]8 k# U4 Z  j+ M  nThe pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we’ve got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

In the end -- In the end -- In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope?

' v7 `6 H7 \* d. |7 Q) rJohn Kerry calls on us to hope. John Edwards calls on us to hope.

I’m not talking about blind optimism here -- the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don’t think about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about something more substantial. It’s the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker’s son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too.

Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!
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4 Q% T! N( K, jIn the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.

I believe that we can give our middle class relief and provide working families with a road to opportunity.
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I believe we can provide jobs to the jobless, homes to the homeless, and reclaim young people in cities across America from violence and despair.

; f1 G& X1 P; p+ O! Y9 |& e2 R" y8 vI believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us.
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America! Tonight, if you feel the same energy that I do, if you feel the same urgency that I do, if you feel the same passion that I do, if you feel the same hopefulness that I do -- if we do what we must do, then I have no doubt that all across the country, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November, and John Kerry will be sworn in as President, and John Edwards will be sworn in as Vice President, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.

Thank you very much everybody. God bless you. Thank you.
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FuzzyBear

原帖由 billzhao 于 2008-11-21 12:44 发表
3 A" `/ @% l+ A7 d& j" [6 V  U: m奥巴马2004年在美国民主党代表大会上发表了名为“无畏的希望”的演讲，此次演讲让他声名鹊起，并且在2006年出版同名著作。实际上，“无畏的希望”一词出自他的前牧师赖特对一幅画的评论，奥巴马本人曾被那幅画感动得 ...

很精彩，特别是这一段
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+ _3 K9 m8 w8 B7 {/ VTonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our Nation -- not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago:
        We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness is the true genius of America, a faith -- a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles; that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm; that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door; that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe; that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted -- at least most of the time.

billzhao

原帖由 FuzzyBear 于 2008-11-21 13:12 发表
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0 s6 O, d4 }2 p* sTonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our Nation -- not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our prid ...

Agree!

That is really the essence of our audacity of hope.

billzhao

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In the tunnel it’s so dark
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- L+ o4 Z, d! y" o$ h" ?% mSomewhere up ahead there’s a man

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" n7 R/ O8 i3 q" }# C; O0 kWith a flashlight in his hand



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Something about the man makes me want to follow him


He can lead us all the way back home
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All the way back home
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Something about the man says we got to follow him


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5 O0 B3 f+ ]7 U& v4 m9 ZHe can walk us
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* h: S$ Q1 i+ @+ L/ f* |He can take us


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All the way back home

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Something tells me he can show the way

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Shine the way
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Something says if we don’t know the way


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; }) f8 j3 ?4 f3 T3 O6 bAll the way back home

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( T, y: U' d/ W* q, XSomething about the man makes me stand up tall
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2 K* @! e1 p3 L/ j6 HTells me no matter what I’m gonna get through it all


Something about the man makes me see the light


- i6 J+ n, b/ u! V! \Tells me no matter what he’s gonna make things alright

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There is something about the man
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That tells me he knows what to do


He’s gonna pull us up
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Pull us out
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Pull us free


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A lot needs doin’ and if anyone can

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Something about the man
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Something about the man

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billzhao

楼上这首歌叫作 Something about the man.
赞扬的有点那个，象东方出了个毛泽东似的。
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billzhao

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$ |( Z( ]& q8 a$ i5 h$ E7 wBarack Obama:
I want to thank all of you for your time, your suggestions, your encouragement, and your prayers.
; r' \/ m2 ?0 @$ x* XAnd I look forward to continuing our conversation in the weeks and months to come.

2 y8 `( ]* {8 s, S3 zObama Girl:
; c7 a8 R' u  J" i8 T' kHey B, it’s me. If you’re there, pick up.
: f4 O. a4 d! J4 Y) AI was just watching you on C-SPAN. [Sigh] Anyway, call me back.
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You seem to float onto the floor
, E5 l' H+ {" u+ cDemocratic Convention 2004
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Than I want you
So I put down my Kerry sign
Knew I had to make you mine
So black and sexy, you’re so fine
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I cannot wait, 'til 2008
Baby you’re the best candidate
I like it when you get hard
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! ]' X3 r2 q; R, q8 x  N$ lWhy don't you pick up your phone?
  A2 z' x/ q2 g* y* q- e' Y+ T'Cause I've got a crush on Obama
$ K% d* c) I" j  P8 M& yI cannot wait, 'til 2008
Baby you’re the best candidate
( _8 g* U3 E: E9 F  T: AOf the new oval office
You’ll get your head of state
. x: U- t* [- l; Z0 x2 g, K  ?I can’t leave you alone
‘Cause I’ve got a crush on Obama

You’re into border security
* }2 ?- d  B. f% LLet’s break this border between you and me
Universal healthcare reform
It makes me warm
You tell the truth unlike the right
You can love but you can fight
You can Barack me tonight
I’ve got a crush on Obama
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I cannot wait, 'til 2008
Baby you’re the best candidate
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On Hillary in debate
Why don't you pick up your phone?
'Cause I've got a crush on Obama
  C2 K0 l7 [9 qI cannot wait, 'til 2008
Baby you’re the best candidate
  |9 Z' F' w3 L- ~$ fOf the new oval office
- Q- m- [  e. E3 I! BYou’ll get your head of state
I can’t leave you alone
  y+ r: w4 o& h‘Cause I’ve got a crush on Obama

4 l+ u5 q$ B3 ^( y" HB to the A to the R-A-C-K-O-B-A-M-A (Barack Obama) [8x)
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gep0028

还好啦，先赞一个！！！！
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GOOD TO KNOW

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