2021年1月23日发(作者：黑烟)
2008
年
6
月
7
日在美国注定是不平凡的一天，
6
月
7
日，
美国民主党总统竞选人希拉里在华盛顿的国家建筑博物馆发表演讲
前向支持者致意。当日，希拉里正式宣布停止竞选，转而支持竞争对手奥巴马成为总统。这场美国历史上 颇有悬念的战争，
由一个女人，一个老人，一个黑人组成的战场在这一天改变了，不得不说，看过视频， 我依然十分敬佩这位伟大的女性，她
可能无法成就美国第一任女总统的传奇，也没能实现夫妻总统的奇迹 ，但是，她依然微笑，依然优雅，依然昂首挺胸，依然
气宇轩昂，依然充满着力量与魅力！

我只想说——

这就是永远的希拉里

克林顿！

The United States Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the National Building Museum in Washington delivered a

speech to pay tribute to the supporters. On that day, Clinton formally announced to stop the election in favor of rival Barack Obama
become president. The history of the United States on some suspense of war, by a woman, an old man, a black composition of the
battlefield has changed on this day, have to say, read the video, I am still very much admire this great woman, she may achievements
of the United States can not be the first female president of the legend, but also failed to achieve the president's wife wonder,
but she is still smiling, still elegant, still heads held high, still
气宇轩昂
still full of strength and charm!
Thank you so much. Thank you all.

Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company.

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 streets waving homemade signs, who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked
on doors and made calls, who talked
and sometimes argued with your friends and neighbors, who emailed and contributed online,

who invested so much in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our events, 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.”

To the young people like 13 year-old Ann Riddle from M
ayfield, Ohio who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World, and
decided
to
use
her
savings
instead
to travel
to
Pennsylvania
with
her Mom
and
volunteer
there
as well.
To
the
veterans
and
the
childhood friends, to New Y
orkers
and Arkansans who traveled across the country and telling anyone who would
listen why you
supported me.

To all those women in their 80s and their 90s born before women
could vote who cast their votes for our campaign. I’ve told y
ou
before about Florence
Steen 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 friend put an American flag behind her bed and helped her fill out the ballot. She passed away
soon after, and under state law, her b
allot 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 be counted. I don’t think he had voted in 20 years. But he voted in place of
my
mom.”

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.
Y
ou have inspired and touched me with the stories of the joys and sorrows that make up the fabric of our lives and you have humbled
me with your commitment to our country.

18 million of you from all walks of life
–
women and men, young and old, Latino and Asian, African-American and Caucasian, rich,
poor and middle class, gay and straight
–
you have stood strong with me. And I will continue to stand strong with you, every time,
every place, and every way that I can. The dreams we share are worth fighting for.

Remember -
we fought for the single mom with a young daughter, juggling work and school, who told me, “I’m doing it 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 Corps t-
shirt who waited months for medical care and said, “Take care of my buddies over there and then, will you please
help take care of me?” We 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 president 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. Until that day
comes, you will always find me on the front lines of democracy
–
fighting for the future.

The 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 United States.

today, 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. And I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.

I have 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
have
had
a
front
row
seat
to
his
candidacy,
and
I
have
seen
his
strength
and
determination, his grace and his grit.

In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. As a community organizer, in the state s
enate,
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 common 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 Oval Office on January 20, 2009.

I understand that we all know this has been a tough fight. The Democratic Party is a family, and it’s now time to restore the
ties that
bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share, the values we cherish, and the country we love.

We may have started on separate journeys
–
but today, our paths have merged. And we are 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 st
ake.

We all want an economy that sustains the American 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 distributed and shared.

We all want a health care system that is universal, high quality, and affordable so that parents no longer have to choose bet
ween care
for th
emselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to keep their insurance. This isn’t just an issue for me
–
it is a
passion and a cause
–
and it is a fight I will continue until every single American is insured
–
no exceptions, no excuses.

We all want an America defined by deep and meaningful
equality
–

from civil rights to labor rights, from women’s rights to gay
rights, from
ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is:
caring for our
families.

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
, and to
join with our allies to confront our shared challenges from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming.

Y
ou know, I’ve been involved in politics and public life in one way or another for four decades. During those forty years, ou
r country
has voted ten times for President. Democrats won only three of those times. And the man who won two of those elections is with us
today.

We
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 could have made over the p
ast 40 years if we
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 we could’
ve come, how much we
could’ve achieved if we had just had a Democrat in the White House.

We 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. That we’re just not 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 b
oundaries
of the possible through hard work, determination, and a pioneering spirit.

It is this belief, this optimism, that Senator Obama and I share, 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: Y
es we can.

Together we will work. We’ll
have to work hard to get universal health care. But on the day we live in an America where no child, 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 Ob
ama
our President.

We’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
middle 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 elect Barack Obama our President.

We’ll have to work hard to foster the innovation that makes 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. That’s why
we have to help elect Barack Obama our President.

We’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 w
hy we must
help elect Barack Obama our President.

This 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. Think how much progress we have already made. When we first started, people everywhere
asked the same questions:

Could a woman really serve as Commander-in-Chief? Well, I think we answered that one.

And could an African American really be our President? Senator Obama has answered that one.

Together Senator Obama and I achieved milestones essential to our progress as a nation, 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 I am a woman, and like
millions of women, I know there are still barriers and biases out there, often unconscious.

I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential of every last one of us.

I
ran
as
a
daughter
who
benefited
from
opportunities
my
mother
never
dreamed
of.
I
ran
as
a
mother
who
worries
about
my
daughter’s future and a mother who wants to lead all children to brighter tomorrows. To build that future I see, we must make
sure
that women and men alike understand the struggles of their
grandmothers and mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities,
equal
pay,
and
equal
respect.
Let
us
resolve
and work toward
achieving
some
very
simple
propositions: There
are
no
acceptable
limits and there are no acceptable prejudices in the twenty-first century.

Y
ou can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, 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.

To those who are disappointed that we couldn’t go all 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. When you stumble, keep faith. When you’re knocked down, get right back
up.
And never listen to anyone
who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.

As 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 space, we will someday launch a woman into the White House.

Altho
ugh 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.
And the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope 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 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 to segregation and Jim Crow.

Because of them, I grew up taking for granted that women could vote. Because of them, my daughter grew up 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 yes, become President of the United States.

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 and that her dreams can come true in America. And all of you will know that because of your
passion and hard work you helped pave the way for that day.