There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
逶迤坎坷，份内之事。异见争端，料必有之。国中之政府，亦非全知全能者。余所秉承不移者，唯忠信耳。倘有危难于前，必无欺瞒于世。诸君言论臧否，纵与余意相左，必当洗耳以聆。于此之外，更当恳请诸君，同心戮力，共继吾国既肇二百二十一年之大统，汇涓滴之力，而成万世之业。
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
前岁冬日，余立志于斯，投身此业，屈指算来，倏然近二载矣。当此秋夜，追思反省，更生惕厉。选战之胜，无非一役之功，吾辈矢志所求者，非在乎此。此役之胜，亦无非革世变时之一大好良机耳。设若止步于斯，垂手而待，或无诸君倾力相援，则壮志丰功，无非泡影，诸般梦想，终归虚妄。
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.