President Barack Obama:
奥巴马总统：
Here in the United States, countless publications provoke offense. Like me, the majority of Americans are Christian, and yet we do not ban blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. As president of our country and commander-in-chief of our military, I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day – and I will always defend their right to do so.
在美国这里，冒犯别人的出版物数不胜数。大多数美国人和我一样是基督教徒，但我们不禁止亵渎我们最神圣的信仰的言论。作为我国的总统和我军的统帅，我接受人们每天都对我语出不敬的事实——而且我还会始终维护他们这样做的权利。
It is time to leave the call of violence and the politics of division behind. On so many issues, we face a choice between the promise of the future, or the prisons of the past. And we cannot afford to get it wrong. We must seize this moment. America stands ready to work with all who are willing to embrace a better future.
现在是抛弃鼓吹暴力和分裂式政治的时候了。在许许多多问题上，我们都面临是走向希望的未来，还是禁锢在过去的选择。我们没有作错误选择的余地。我们必须把握这一时刻。美国随时准备同所有愿意相信更好未来的人共同努力。
