Barack obama biography presidential election victory speech

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President Obama, Nov 9, 2016

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Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory speech

Presidential election victory speech

Following his victory in the 2008 United States presidential election, then-President-electBarack Obama gave his victory speech^[1] at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago,^[2] on November 4, 2008, before an estimated crowd of 240,000.^[3][4] Viewed on television and the Internet by millions of people around the globe, Obama's speech focused on the major issues facing the United States and the world, all echoed through his campaign slogan of change.^[5] He also mentioned his maternal grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who had died just two nights earlier.

References in the speech

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The speech heavily referenced the inaugural addresses of former presidents John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, and also referred to speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.^[6]

Echoing Martin Luther King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" address, he declared, "But tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America" and "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 tonigh

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Full text: Obama's re-election speech

The full text of the speech given in Chicago by Barack Obama after he won a second term in office as US president:

"Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.

It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.

Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come.

I want to thank every American who participated in this election, whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. By the way, we have to fix that. Whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone, whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign, you made your voice heard and