We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. (Cheers, applause.) Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. (Cheers, applause.)ДЄ little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. 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. It's the answer that - 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 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 - (cheers) - 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 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. 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. Speeches from the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Barack Obama, Victory Speech-November 4, 2008

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