REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AS A CABINET AGENCY Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, D.C. 2:20 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very m
The leaders of governments with long habits of control need to know: To serve your people you must learn to trust them. 那些习惯于控制的政府领导人需要知道：要想服务于民就必须学会信任他们。 Start on this journey of progress and justice
We must do what no generation has had to do before. 我们必须做前人无需做的事情。 We must invest more in our own people, in their jobs, in their future, and at the same time cut our massive debt. 我们必须更多地投资于人民，投资于他们的
The past three months have seem a storm of activity from the White House, with initiatives on housing, the markets, the auto industry, small businesses, international financial cooperation, and job cr
A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness. 一个文明的社会需要我们每个人品质优良，尊重他人，为人公平和宽宏大量。 Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, i
Keeping Promises In the Weekly Address this morning, President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate. On fiscal responsibility, a fair tax
The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity not a guarantee, but a real opportunity -- to build better lives. 新政府的主要任务是给予每名公民机遇，而不是保证，而是真正过上好日子的机会。 Beyond that
The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny. 什么是自由的精髓，那就是共同努力塑造未来。 Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole. 在这项伟大事业中，没有人是完整的
Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America. 从今天开始，我们必须跌倒后爬起来，拍拍身上的泥土，重新开始工作，重塑美国。 For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. 我目之
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT RECOVERY ACT IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE Room 450 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 11:10 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Please, have a seat. I've got
We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated efforts of any nation. Now, the leaders of the Group of 20 have a responsibility to take
I ask you to share with me today the majesty of this moment. 今天，在这个时刻，我要求你们和我分享这种崇高肃穆的感情。 In the orderly transfer of power, we celebrate the unity that keeps us free. 在有秩序的权力交接中，我们欢庆我们的团结一致，它使我们保有自由。
听力文本: In pockets of excellence across this country, we are seeing what children from all walks of life can, and will achieve, when we set high standards, have high expectations when we do a job of pre
They fuel the fanaticism of terror. 他们点燃了人们内心的恐惧。 And they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all around the world. 他们蹂躏着全球数百万人口。 These obsessions cripple both those who hate and, of c
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Today I have signed into law H.R. 146, the "Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009." This landmark bill will protect millions of acres of Federal land as wilderness, pro
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON A NEW STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN Room 450 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 9:40 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Please be seated. Before I be
The President reflects on lessons from his time spent outside Washington recently, which only reinforced the core principles in his budget. The budget will be his central focus throughout this week: "
My fellow citizens : Today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal. 同胞们：今天，我们庆祝美国复兴的奇迹。 This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. 这个仪式虽在隆冬举行。 But, by the words we speak and the faces we show
Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. 让我们重新下定决心，拿出我们的勇气和力量， And let us renew; our faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams. 让我们重新满怀信心和希望，我们完全有权利塑造崇高的理想。
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT GRADUATION OF COLUMBUS POLICE DIVISION'S 114TH CLASS Aladdin Shrine Center Columbus, Ohio 10:53 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please, everybody have a seat.
