Barack Obama

Most of all, I knew the American people were a decent, generous people willing to work hard and sacrifice for future generations.

Don't believe for a second this election is over. Don't think for a minute power can seize anything. It's going to get nasty, I'm sure, in the next four days.

I ask you to believe, not just in my ability to bring about change but in yours.

They haven't served a red America or a blue America. They've served the United States of America.

I promise you this: we will not just win Missouri, we will win this general election and together, we will change this country and we will change the world.

So as president, I'm going to go through the federal budget line by line, ending programs we don't need.

If you are a young person up to the age of 25, we're going to make sure you can stay on your parents' health insurance.

We're going to change our trade relationship, when I'm president, to make sure that American workers are getting a decent deal.

I think there's nothing wrong with us saying we want every single American to have opportunity. That's what this country is all about.

If you make less than a quarter million dollars a year, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime, not your income tax or payroll tax, not your capital gains tax, nothing.

We can't afford the same old political games, the same nasty ads, the same underhanded tactics that are used to pit us against one another.

It's also about a new attitude, a new politics, a politics that calls on our better angels instead of encouraging our worst instincts.

As president, I'm going to stop insurance companies from discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.

I will end this war by asking the Iraqi government to step up, and then we can finally finish the fight against bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terrorists.

And I will invest $15 billion in renewable sources of energy to create five million new energy jobs over the next decade.

We just need a new direction. We just need a new politics.

Now, I understand what's at stake here, and especially you young people because you're going to be going into the workforce.

It's time for a new driver behind the wheel, and that's why I'm running for president of the United States of America.

John McCain still cannot describe, can't tell the American people a single major thing he would do differently from George Bush when it comes to the economy.

Now, we're -- we're in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression -- 760,000 workers have lost their jobs so far this year.

Twenty-one months later, my faith in the American people has been vindicated.

I believed the Democrats and Republicans, Americans of every political stripe, that they were hungry for new ideas and new leadership and a new kind of politics.

I'm planning to give a tax break to 95 percent of Americans who work everyday and get their taxes taken out of their paycheck every week.

As president, I will insure that the financial rescue package... works to help stop foreclosures, protects taxpayer money, doesn't enrich CEOs, stabilizes the financial system.

The real question is will this country be better off four years from now?