Barack Obama

if there is anyon out there who still doubt that america is a place where all thing ar possibl __PUNCT__ who still wonder if the dream of our founder is aliv in our time __PUNCT__ who still question the power of our democraci __PUNCT__ tonight is your answer __PUNCT__

it the answer told by line that stretch around school and church in number thi nation ha never seen __PUNCT__ by peopl who wait three hour and four hour __PUNCT__ mani for the veri first time in their live __PUNCT__ becaus thei believ that thi time must be differ __PUNCT__ that their voic could be that differ __PUNCT__

it the answer spoken by young and old __PUNCT__ rich and poor __PUNCT__ democrat and republican __PUNCT__ black __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ latino __PUNCT__ asian __PUNCT__ nativ_american __PUNCT__ gai __PUNCT__ straight __PUNCT__ disabl and not disabl __PUNCT__ american who sent a messag to the world that we have never been a collect of red_state and blue_state __PUNCT__ we ar __PUNCT__ and alwai will be __PUNCT__ the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

it the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so mani to be cynic __PUNCT__ and fear __PUNCT__ and doubt of what we can achiev to put their hand on the arc of histori and bend it onc more toward the hope of a better dai __PUNCT__

it been a long_time come __PUNCT__ but tonight __PUNCT__ becaus of what we did on thi dai __PUNCT__ in thi elect __PUNCT__ at thi defin moment __PUNCT__ chang ha come to america __PUNCT__

i just receiv a veri graciou call from senat_mccain __PUNCT__

he fought long and hard in thi campaign __PUNCT__ and he fought even longer and harder for the countri he love __PUNCT__

he ha endur sacrific for america that most of us cannot begin to imagin __PUNCT__ and we ar better off for the servic render by thi brave and selfless leader __PUNCT__

i congratul him and governor palin for all thei have achiev __PUNCT__ and i look forward to work with them to renew thi nation promis in the month ahead __PUNCT__

i want to thank my partner in thi journei __PUNCT__ a man who campaign from hi heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the street of scranton and rode with on that train home to delawar __PUNCT__ the vice_presid __PUNCT__ elect of the unit_state __PUNCT__ joe_biden __PUNCT__

i would not be stand here tonight without the unyield support of my best friend for the last sixteen_year __PUNCT__ the rock of our famili and the love of my life __PUNCT__ our nation next first ladi __PUNCT__ michel_obama __PUNCT__

sasha and malia __PUNCT__ i love you both so much __PUNCT__ and you have earn the new puppi that come with us to the white_hous __PUNCT__

and while she no longer with us __PUNCT__ i know my grandmoth is watch __PUNCT__ along with the famili that made me who i am __PUNCT__

i miss them tonight __PUNCT__ and know that my debt to them is beyond measur __PUNCT__

to my campaign_manag david plouff __PUNCT__ my chief_strategist david_axelrod __PUNCT__ and the best campaign team ever assembl in the histori of polit __PUNCT__ you made thi happen __PUNCT__ and i am forev grate for what you sacrif to get it done __PUNCT__

but abov all __PUNCT__ i will never forget who thi victori truli belong to __PUNCT__ it belong to you __PUNCT__

i wa never the likeliest candid for thi offic __PUNCT__

we didn't start with much monei or mani endors __PUNCT__

our campaign wa not hatch in the hall of washington __PUNCT__ it began in the backyard of de_moin and the live_room of concord and the front_porch of charleston __PUNCT__

it wa built by work_men and women who dug into what littl save thei had to give five dollar and ten dollar and twenti dollar to thi caus __PUNCT__

it grew strength from the young_peopl who reject the myth of their gener apathi __PUNCT__ who left their home and their famili for job that offer littl pai and less sleep __PUNCT__ from the not __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ young peopl who brave the bitter cold and scorch heat to knock on the door of perfect stranger __PUNCT__ from the million of american who volunt __PUNCT__ and organ __PUNCT__ and prove that more than two centuri later __PUNCT__ a govern of the peopl __PUNCT__ by the peopl and for the peopl ha not perish from thi earth __PUNCT__

thi is your victori __PUNCT__

i know you didn't do thi just to win an elect and i know you didn't do it for me __PUNCT__

you did it becaus you understand the enorm of the task that li ahead __PUNCT__

for even as we celebr tonight __PUNCT__ we know the challeng that tomorrow will bring ar the greatest of our lifetim __PUNCT__ two war __PUNCT__ a planet in peril __PUNCT__ the worst financi_crisi in a centuri __PUNCT__

even as we stand here tonight __PUNCT__ we know there ar brave american wake up in the desert of iraq and the mountain of afghanistan to risk their live for us __PUNCT__

there ar mother and father who will lie awak after their children fall_asleep and wonder how thei make the mortgag __PUNCT__ or pai their doctor bill __PUNCT__ or save enough for colleg __PUNCT__

there is new energi to har and new job to be creat __PUNCT__ new school to build and threat to meet and allianc to repair __PUNCT__

the road ahead will be long __PUNCT__

our climb will be steep __PUNCT__

we mai not get there in on year or even on term __PUNCT__ but america __PUNCT__ i have never been more hope than i am tonight that we will get there __PUNCT__

i promis you __PUNCT__ we as a peopl will get there __PUNCT__

there will be setback and fals start __PUNCT__

there ar mani who won't agre with everi decis or polici i make as presid __PUNCT__ and we know that govern can't solv everi problem __PUNCT__

but i will alwai be honest with you about the challeng we face __PUNCT__

i will listen to you __PUNCT__ especi when we disagre __PUNCT__

and abov all __PUNCT__ i will ask you join in the work of remak thi nation the onli wai it been done in america for two __PUNCT__ hundr and twenti __PUNCT__ on year __PUNCT__ block by block __PUNCT__ brick by brick __PUNCT__ callous hand by callous hand __PUNCT__

what began twenti __PUNCT__ on month_ago in the depth of winter must not end on thi autumn night __PUNCT__

thi victori alon is not the chang we seek __PUNCT__ it is onli the chanc for us to make that chang __PUNCT__

and that cannot happen if we go back to the wai thing were __PUNCT__

it cannot happen without you __PUNCT__

so let us summon a new spirit of patriot __PUNCT__ of servic and respons where each of us resolv to pitch in and work_harder and look after not onli ourselv __PUNCT__ but each other __PUNCT__

let us rememb that if thi financi_crisi taught us anyth __PUNCT__ it that we cannot have a thrive wall_street while main_street suffer __PUNCT__ in thi countri __PUNCT__ we rise or fall as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

let us resist the temptat to fall_back on the same partisanship and petti and immatur that ha poison our polit for so long __PUNCT__

let us rememb that it wa a man from thi state who first carri the banner of the republican_parti to the white_hous __PUNCT__ a parti found on the valu of self __PUNCT__ relianc __PUNCT__ individu_liberti __PUNCT__ and nation_uniti __PUNCT__

those ar valu we all share __PUNCT__ and while the democrat_parti ha won a great victori tonight __PUNCT__ we do so with a measur of humil and determin to heal the divid that have held_back our progress __PUNCT__

as lincoln said to a nation far more divid than our __PUNCT__ we ar not enemi __PUNCT__ but friend __PUNCT__ though passion mai have strain it must not break our bond of affect __PUNCT__ and to those american whose support i have yet to earn __PUNCT__ i mai not have won your vote __PUNCT__ but i hear your voic __PUNCT__ i need your help __PUNCT__ and i will be your presid too __PUNCT__

and to all those watch tonight from beyond our shore __PUNCT__ from parliament and palac to those who ar huddl around radio in the forgotten corner of our world __PUNCT__ our stori ar singular __PUNCT__ but our destini is share __PUNCT__ and a new dawn of american leadership is at hand __PUNCT__

to those who would tear thi world down __PUNCT__ we will defeat you __PUNCT__

to those who seek peac and secur __PUNCT__ we support you __PUNCT__

and to all those who have wonder if america beacon still burn as bright __PUNCT__ tonight we prove onc more that the true strength of our nation come not from our the might of our arm or the scale of our wealth __PUNCT__ but from the endur power of our ideal __PUNCT__ democraci __PUNCT__ liberti __PUNCT__ opportun __PUNCT__ and unyield hope __PUNCT__

for that is the true geniu of america __PUNCT__ that america can chang __PUNCT__

our union can be perfect __PUNCT__

and what we have alreadi achiev give us hope for what we can and must achiev tomorrow __PUNCT__

thi elect had mani first and mani stori that will be told for gener __PUNCT__

but on that on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in atlanta __PUNCT__

she a lot like the million of other who stood in line to make their voic_heard in thi elect except for on thing __PUNCT__ ann nixon cooper is __NUM___year old __PUNCT__

she wa born just a gener past slaveri __PUNCT__ a time when there were no car on the road or plane in the sky __PUNCT__ when someon like her couldn't vote for two reason __PUNCT__ becaus she wa a woman and becaus of the color of her skin __PUNCT__

and tonight __PUNCT__ i think about all that she seen throughout her centuri in america __PUNCT__ the heartach and the hope __PUNCT__ the struggl and the progress __PUNCT__ the time we were told that we can't __PUNCT__ and the peopl who press on with that american_creed __PUNCT__ ye we can __PUNCT__

at a time when women voic were silenc and their hope dismiss __PUNCT__ she live to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot __PUNCT__

ye we can __PUNCT__

when there wa despair in the dust_bowl and depress across the land __PUNCT__ she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a new deal __PUNCT__ new job and a new sens of common_purpos __PUNCT__

ye we can __PUNCT__

when the bomb fell on our harbor and tyranni threaten the world __PUNCT__ she wa there to wit a gener rise to great and a democraci wa save __PUNCT__

ye we can __PUNCT__

she wa there for the buse in montgomeri __PUNCT__ the hose in birmingham __PUNCT__ a bridg in selma __PUNCT__ and a preacher from atlanta who told a peopl that __PUNCT__ we shall overcom __PUNCT__ ye we can __PUNCT__

a man touch down on the moon __PUNCT__ a wall came down in berlin __PUNCT__ a world wa connect by our own scienc and imagin __PUNCT__

and thi year __PUNCT__ in thi elect __PUNCT__ she touch her finger to a screen __PUNCT__ and cast her vote __PUNCT__ becaus after __NUM___year in america __PUNCT__ through the best of time and the darkest of hour __PUNCT__ she know how america can chang __PUNCT__

ye we can __PUNCT__

america __PUNCT__ we have come so far __PUNCT__

we have seen so much __PUNCT__

but there is so much more to do __PUNCT__

so tonight __PUNCT__ let us ask ourselv __PUNCT__ if our children should live to see the next centuri __PUNCT__ if my daughter should be so lucki to live as long as ann nixon cooper __PUNCT__ what chang will thei see __PUNCT__ what progress will we have made __PUNCT__

thi is our chanc to answer that call __PUNCT__

thi is our moment __PUNCT__

thi is our time __PUNCT__ to put our peopl back to work and open_door of opportun for our kid __PUNCT__ to restor prosper and promot the caus of peac __PUNCT__ to reclaim the american_dream and reaffirm that fundament truth __PUNCT__ that out of mani __PUNCT__ we ar on __PUNCT__ that while we breath __PUNCT__ we hope __PUNCT__ and where we ar met with cynic __PUNCT__ and doubt __PUNCT__ and those who tell us that we can't __PUNCT__ we will respond with that timeless creed that sum up the spirit of a peopl __PUNCT__

ye we can __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__ and mai god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__