Edward M. Kennedy: “They tell us, trust us; we follow the law. Give me a break.”

And I won't let you down. I won't let you down. I won't let you down, Massachusetts.

We believe that immigrants, like women and African Americans before them, have rights in this country, and the time is ripe for a new civil rights moment.

What we face is, above all, a moral issue that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

I have come here tonight to stand with you, to change America, to restore its future, to rise to our best ideals, and to elect Barack Obama president of the United States.