Thursday, November 6, 2008

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll5baCAaQU

The following quote from President-elect Barack Obama on the night of Nov. 4th, 2008, will go down in history as a great quote:

"...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.'

To those American's 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 of 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 who would tear the world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security, we support you. And to all of 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..."