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And I know you didn't do this just to win an election.

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You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.

we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans

waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan

There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep

or save enough for their child's college education.

new jobs to be created, new schools to build,

and threats to meet, alliances to repair.

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 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.

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.

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 to the White House,

a party founded on the values of self-reliance

and individual liberty and national unity.

And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight,

and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours,

Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.

And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn,

but I hear your voices. I need your help.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores,

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, to those who would tear the world down:

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 unyielding hope.

That's the true genius of America: that America can change.

What we've already achieved gives us hope

for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories

But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman

She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line

to make their voice heard in this election

except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery;

a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky;

when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons

because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen

the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress;

and the people who pressed on with that American creed:

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed,

she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.