And I didn't think it was possible, but today, I love my husband even more than I did four years ago... even more than I did 23 years ago, when we first met.

I love that he's never forgotten how he started.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he's going to do, even when it's hard -- especially when it's hard.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as "us" and "them" -- he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it -- when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost -- Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise.

Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

And he reminds me that we are playing a long game here... and that change is hard, and change is slow, and it never happens all at once.

But eventually we get there, we always do.

We get there because of folks like my Dad... folks like Barack's grandmother... men and women who said to themselves, "I may not have a chance to fulfill my dreams, but maybe my children will... maybe my grandchildren will."

So many of us stand here tonight because of their sacrifice, and longing, and steadfast love... because time and again, they swallowed their fears and doubts and did what was hard.

So today, when the challenges we face start to seem overwhelming -- or even impossible -- let us never forget that doing the impossible is the history of this nation... it's who we are as Americans... it's how this country was built.

我曾以為我不能愛他更多，然而今天，我比四年前更愛我的丈夫了……甚至比23年前我們初見的時候更愛。

我愛他從未忘記自己奮斗的開端。

我愛他值得信任，言行一致，哪怕面臨的困難重重——或者說，特別是在困難重重的時刻。

我愛他不在主觀上劃分敵我——他才不在意你是民主黨人，共和黨人，或是別的什么黨派……他知道我們都愛我們的國家……而他總是樂意聆聽好的建議……他總是樂意在遇見的每個人身上發(fā)現(xiàn)優(yōu)點。

我愛他即使在最艱難的時候，當(dāng)我們都焦慮不安的時候——當(dāng)我們擔(dān)心法案不被通過，而看上去已經(jīng)全局皆輸了的時候——巴拉克從不讓自己被非議和噪音干擾。

就像他的祖母一樣，他只是堅持起床，繼續(xù)前進……帶著耐心和智慧，以及勇氣和風(fēng)度。

他也提醒我，我們在打一場漫長的比賽……改變是艱難的，是緩慢的，它不會一夜來臨。

但最終，我們會獲得勝利，我們一向如此。

我們的勝利，來源于像我父親那樣的人們……像巴拉克的祖母那樣的人們……那些對自己說：“我也許沒有機會實現(xiàn)夢想，但也許我的孩子們會有……也許我的孫子孫女們會有……”的男人和女人們。

在場這么多人今天站在這里，是因為犧牲，渴望，以及堅定的愛……因為一次又一次，他們咽下自己的恐懼和疑慮，去戰(zhàn)勝困難。

因此，今天，當(dāng)我們面對的挑戰(zhàn)顯得鋪天蓋地——甚至無法戰(zhàn)勝的時候——讓我們永遠不要忘記，行不可能之事正是這個國家的歷史……這是我們美國人的根性……這是我們的立國之本。