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1、KeynoteAddressatthe2004DemocraticNationalConvention:TheAudacityofHopeJuly27,2004OnbehalfofthegreatstateofIllinois,crossroadsofanation,landofLincoln,letmeexpressmydeepestgratitudefortheprivilegeofaddressingthisconvention.Tonightisaparticularhonorformebecause,let'sfaceit,mypr
2、esenceonthisstageisprettyunlikely.Myfatherwasaforeignstudent,bornandraisedinasmallvillageinKenya.Hegrewupherdinggoats,wenttoschoolinatin-roofshack.Hisfather,mygrandfather,wasacook,adomesticservanttotheBritish.Butmygrandfatherhadlargerdreamsforhisson.Throughhardworkandpersev
3、erancemyfathergotascholarshiptostudyinamagicalplace:America,thatshoneasabeaconoffreedomandopportunitytosomanywhohadcomebefore.Whilestudyinghere,myfathermetmymother.Shewasborninatownontheothersideoftheworld,inKansas.HerfatherworkedonoilrigsandfarmsthroughmostoftheDepression.
4、ThedayafterPearlHarbormygrandfathersignedupforduty,joinedPatton'sarmyandmarchedacrossEurope.Backhome,mygrandmotherraisedtheirbabyandwenttoworkonabomberassemblyline.Afterthewar,theystudiedontheGIBill,boughtahousethroughFHA,andlatermovedwestallthewaytoHawaiiinsearchofopportun
5、ity.Andthey,too,hadbigdreamsfortheirdaughter,acommondream,bornoftwocontinents.Myparentssharednotonlyanimprobablelove;theysharedanabidingfaithinthepossibilitiesofthisnation.TheywouldgivemeanAfricanname,Barack,or"blessed,"believingthatinatolerantAmericayournameisnobarriertosu
6、ccess.Theyimaginedmegoingtothebestschoolsintheland,eventhoughtheyweren'trich,becauseinagenerousAmericayoudon'thavetoberichtoachieveyourpotential.Theyarebothpassedawaynow.Yet,Iknowthat,onthisnight,theylookdownonmewithgreatpride.1Theystandhere,andIstandheretoday,gratefulforth
7、ediversityofmyheritage,awarethatmyparents'dreamsliveoninmytwopreciousdaughters.IstandhereknowingthatmystoryispartofthelargerAmericanstory,thatIoweadebttoallofthosewhocamebeforeme,andthat,innoothercountryonearth,ismystoryevenpossible.Tonight,wegathertoaffirmthegreatnessofour
8、nation,notbecauseoftheheightofourskyscrapers,orthepowerofourmilitary,orthesizeofou
