這個進展的核心確認了國家存在是為服務人民，美國人希望他們的孩子有好的學校，希望家人住在安全的社區，還有好的工作。這是正直大眾所望的合理要求，但對大多民眾來說，卻是截然不同的現實，內陸城市許多婦女小孩生活困頓；荒廢的工廠散落各處，好似墓碑；所費不貲的教育系統卻無法讓年輕美好的學生們學不到知識，犯罪、幫派和毒品奪走太多性命，也搶走我們國未能發揮的潛力，這樣的美國浩劫會在此刻此地結束。
At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.
But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
我們是一個國家，他們的苦痛就是我們的苦痛，他們的夢想就是我們的夢想，他們的成功就是我們的成功，我們同心同在，享有同樣輝煌的未來。我今天的宣誓對所有美國人效忠，數十年來，美國產業付出代價卻讓外國產業牟利，對其他國家支援軍隊，卻犧牲了我們的士兵。我們保衛其他國家的邊境，卻拒絕捍衛我們自己的國界。我們在海外花費上兆美元，但美國本土的公共設施卻破敗老舊。
