布什在华盛顿发表演讲，宣布竞选获胜(2)
我需要感谢许多人，首先是我的家人。劳拉是我一生的挚爱，我对你们也爱她感到高兴。我还要感谢在竞选后期加入竞选团的女儿，感谢兄弟姐妹们付出的努力，特别感谢严父慈母的支持。
Because we have done the hard work，we are entering a season of hope. We‘ll continue our economic progress. We’ll reform our outdated tax code. We‘ll strengthen the Social Security for the next generation. We’ll make public schools all they can be. And we will uphold our deepest values of family and faith.
我们已经完成了艰难的任务，进入了充满希望的时期。我们将继续推动经济增长，改革落后的税法，为下一代加强社会保障。我们将尽量改善公立学校，维护在家庭和信仰方面的核心价值观。
We will help the emerging democracies of Iraq and Afghanistan——（applause）——so they can grow in strength and defend their freedom. And then our servicemen and women will come home with the honor they have earned.（Applause.）With good allies at our side，we will fight this war on terror with every resource of our national power so our children can live in freedom and in peace.（Applause.）
我们将帮助伊拉克和阿富汗建立民主制度……以便他们增强实力和维护自由。然后，我军官兵将带着他们获得的荣誉回国。在优秀盟国的支持下，我们将动用美国的一切力量打赢这场反恐战争，确保我们的孩子们的自由与和平。
Reaching these goals will require the broad support of Americans. So today I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent：To make this nation stronger and better I will need your support，and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust. A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation. We have one country，one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together，there is no limit to the greatness of America.（Applause.）
要实现这些目标，美国公民的广泛支持是必不可缺的。因此今天，我要对支持对手的所有人说，为了让美国变得更强大更美好，我需要你们的支持，我也将努力获得你们的支持，并将竭尽所能以担当得起你们的支持。新一届任期使我有机会影响整个国家。正是同一个国家、同一部宪法和同一个未来把我们联系到了一起。当我们一起努力的时候，美国的前途无可限量。
Let me close with a word to the people of the state of Texas.（Applause.）We have known each other the longest，and you started me on this journey. On the open plains of Texas，I first learned the character of our country：sturdy and honest，and as hopeful as the break of day. I will always be grateful to the good people of my state. And whatever the road that lies ahead，that road will take me home.
作为结束语，请允许我向得克萨斯州人民讲几句话：我们彼此认识的时间最长，你们是我旅程的起点。在得州广阔无垠的平原上，我初次学到了美国的特点：强壮有力、真诚坦率，充满了黎明般的希望。我将永远感谢这个州的优秀人民。不管前方的路怎么样，这条路都将带我回家。
The campaign has ended，and the United States of America goes forward with confidence and faith. I see a great day coming for our country and I am eager for the work ahead. God bless you，and may God bless America.（Applause.）
选举已经结束，美利坚合众国将充满自信地前进。我看到我们的国家正迎来伟大的日子，很期待下一周的开始。
愿上帝保佑你们，保佑美国！
