Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched
around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by
people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time
in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different,
that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich
and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian,
Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans
who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a
collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue
states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been
told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful
about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and
bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight,
because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining
moment change has come to America.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin
for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them
to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a
man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he
grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home
to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight
without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years
the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first
lady Michelle Obama.
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you
can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to
the new White House.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my
grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I
miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my
other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that
you've given me. I am grateful to them.
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the
unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political
campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
To the best campaign team ever assembled in
the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful
for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this
office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our
campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the
backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front
porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug
into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the
cause.
It grew strength from the young people who
rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and
their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people
who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of
perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered
and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a
government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not
perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity
of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know
the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our
lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in
a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there
are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains
of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie
awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the
mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's
college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be
steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But,
America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will
get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
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.
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.
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. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the
same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our
politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this
state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White
House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual
liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while
the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a
measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have
held back our progress.
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided
than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have
strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have
yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your
voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond
our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled
around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are
singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American
leadership is at hand.
To those -- to those who would tear the world
down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We
support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon
still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true
strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the
scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals:
democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
That's the true genius of America: that
America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already
achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories
that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's
about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the
millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this
election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a
time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when
someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a
woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen
throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the
struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and
the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced
and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out
and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and
depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a
New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny
threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to
greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the
hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who
told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched
her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in
America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows
how America can change.
Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so
much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves
-- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters
should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change
will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to
work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity
and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and
reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that
while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and
doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that
timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
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