It is not going to be quick, and it is not going to be easy for us to dig ourselves out of the hole that we are in.

I know what a privilege it is to serve in the White House, and am humbled by the responsibility we owe the American people.

We need a rescue plan for the middle class that invests in immediate efforts to create jobs.

We're going to have to cut programs some programs that don't work in order to provide health care.

You have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.

We're going to cut some programs that don't work in order to provide health care.

Depression across the land. Saw a nation...

The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep. 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…

Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House.

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.

from parliaments and palaces, 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.