hope. change. light. yes.
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.
-President-elect Barack Obama
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Reader Comments (12)
As the title of my post tonight says...it is a new dawn...
...glad that we could share via laptop...he he.
xoxo
YES!
Yes we can!!! And YES WE DID!!! Hallelujah!
I Believed this would be and I'm SO excited!!
I'm off to find Obama's speech somewhere, just so I can listen again.
I have been wearing my "I hope" necklet, and hopes have been realised, not just for America, but for the world. This is a wonderful day.
Yes, we can!!!!!!!! This is such a beautiful and poignant post -- I hung on every word.
Susan
xo
YES WE DID!!!! What inspiration, what hope our country has now.
Oh yay!!! I am so proud of our country. So proud.
YES!!!
Isn't it the most wonderful dawning of a new day??!! YES!!!!!
i sat on my couch at 1130 listening to his acceptance speech wondering if it was just me thinking that he might have been channeling jfk and dr. king....tears streaming down my face.