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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 for 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 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 day 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 Senator McCain Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign and he’s fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves he has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader I congratulate him I congratulate Governor 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 m 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 rolled with on the train home to Delaware the Vice President-elect of US 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 naition next first lady Michelle Obama
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 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 system Maya my sister Alma all my other brothers and sisters thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me I’m grateful to them. To my campaign manager David Plouffe.
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 system Maya my sister Alma all my other brothers and sisters thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me I’m grateful to them. 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 USA. 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 neve 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 in 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 five dollars ten dollars and twenty dollars to the cause it grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations 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 know 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.
Now I know you didn’t do this just to win an election 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 their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage or pay their doctor’s 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 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 of 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 who who 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 all those watching tonight from beyond our shores from Parliament’s and palaces to those who are huddled around radio 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
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