But understand this is not the end. This is just the beginning. Together you and I, all of us, we can make sure that America's better days are ahead of us.

I think it's overwhelming. I think he's in touch with the people, his humanity. People realize that and they celebrate that and that's why they celebrate him.

Our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interest and putting off unpleasant decisions, that time has surely passed.

We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

We are responsible to you. We are accountable to you. We are grateful to you. Not only for the trust you've bestowed, but also for a guy named Joe Biden.

Thank you, everybody. Let's go change America.

The state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift and we will act not only to create new jobs --

We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.

For those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken. You cannot outlast us and we will defeat you.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas that for…

This is not about me. It's about looking out across that vast sea of humanity of nearly them million people and them expressing the will for change, the desire for change.