"Change has come to America"
Barack Obama used his victory speech to thank US workers for the part the played:
"Above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to: it belongs to you.
"I was never the likeliest candidate for this office; we didn't start with much money or many endorsements; our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington."
He said his campaign "began in the backyards of Des Moines (Iowa)" and was built by working men and women "who dug into what little savings they had" to give small donations to the campaign.
"It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations apathy, who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
"It grew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers.
"And from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organised and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from the earth."
"This is your victory."
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