Thankyouall。Thankyouallforcoming。Wehadalongnight--andagreatnight。(Applause。)Thevotersturnedoutinrecordnumbersanddeliveredanhistoricvictory。
(Applause。)Earliertoday,SenatorKerrycalledwithhiscongratulations。Wehadareallygoodphonecall,hewasverygracious。
SenatorKerrywagedaspiritedcampaign,andheandhissupporterscanbeproudoftheirefforts。 (Applause。
)LauraandIwishSenatorKerryandTeresaandtheirwholefamilyallourbestwishes。Americahasspoken,andI'mhumbledbythetrustandtheconfidenceofmyfellowcitizens。
WiththattrustcomesadutytoserveallAmericans,andIwilldomybesttofulfillthatdutyeverydayasyourPresident。
(Applause。)Therearemanypeopletothank,andmyfamilycomesfirst。 (Applause。)Lauraistheloveofmylife。
(Applause。)I'mgladyouloveher,too。(Laughter。)Iwanttothankourdaughters,whojoinedtheirdadforhislastcampaign。
(Applause。)Iappreciatethehardworkofmysisterandmybrothers。Iespeciallywanttothankmyparentsfortheirlovingsupport。
(Applause。)I'mgratefultotheVicePresidentandLynneandtheirdaughters,whohaveworkedsohardandbeensuchavitalpartofourteam。
(Applause。)TheVicePresidentservesAmericawithwisdomandhonor,andI'mproudtoservebesidehim。
(Applause。)Iwanttothankmysuperbcampaignteam。 Iwanttothankyouallforyourhardwork。(Applause。
)Iwasimpressedeverydaybyhowhardandhowskillfulourteamwas。IwanttothankMarc--ChairmanMarcRacicotand--(applause)--theCampaignManager,KenMehlman。
(Applause。)Andthearchitect,KarlRove。(Applause。)IwanttothankEdGillespieforleadingourPartysowell。
(Applause。)Iwanttothankthethousandsofoursupportersacrossourcountry。 Iwanttothankyouforyourhugsontheropelines;Iwanttothankyouforyourprayersontheropelines;Iwanttothankyouforyourkindwordsontheropelines。
Iwanttothankyouforeverythingyoudidtomakethecallsandtoputupthesigns,totalktoyourneighborsandtogetoutthevote。
(Applause。)Andbecauseyoudidtheincrediblework,wearecelebratingtoday。 (Applause。)There'sanoldsaying,"Donotprayfortasksequaltoyourpowers;prayforpowersequaltoyourtasks。
"Infourhistoricyears,Americahasbeengivengreattasks,andfacedthemwithstrengthandcourage。 Ourpeoplehaverestoredthevigorofthiseconomy,andshownresolveandpatienceinanewkindofwar。
Ourmilitaryhasbroughtjusticetotheenemy,andhonortoAmerica。 (Applause。)Ournationhasdefendeditself,andservedthefreedomofallmankind。
I'mproudtoleadsuchanamazingcountry,andI'mproudtoleaditforward。 (Applause。)Becausewehavedonethehardwork,weareenteringaseasonofhope。
We'llcontinueoureconomicprogress。We'llreformouroutdatedtaxcode。We'llstrengthentheSocialSecurityforthenextgeneration。
We'llmakepublicschoolsalltheycanbe。Andwewillupholdourdeepestvaluesoffamilyandfaith。WewillhelptheemergingdemocraciesofIraqandAfghanistan--(applause)--sotheycangrowinstrengthanddefendtheirfreedom。
Andthenourservicemenandwomenwillcomehomewiththehonortheyhaveearned。(Applause。)Withgoodalliesatourside,wewillfightthiswaronterrorwitheveryresourceofournationalpowersoourchildrencanliveinfreedomandinpeace。
(Applause。)ReachingthesegoalswillrequirethebroadsupportofAmericans。SotodayIwanttospeaktoeverypersonwhovotedform ,andIwillworktoearnit。
IwilldoallIcandotodeserveyourtrust。Anewtermisanewopportunitytoreachouttothewholenation。
Wehaveonecountry,oneConstitutionandonefuturethatbindsus。 Andwhenwecometogetherandworktogether,thereisnolimittothegreatnessofAmerica。
(Applause。)LetmeclosewithawordtothepeopleofthestateofTexas。 (Applause。)Wehaveknowneachotherthelongest,andyoustartedmeonthisjourney。
OntheopenplainsofTexas,Ifirstlearnedthecharacterofo ,andashopefulasthebreakofday。 Iwillalwaysbegratefultothegoodpeopleofmystate。
Andwhatevertheroadthatliesahead,thatroadwilltakemehome。Thecampaignhasended,andtheUnitedStatesofAmericagoesforwardwithconfidenceandfaith。
IseeagreatdaycomingforourcountryandIameagerfortheworkahead。Godblessyou,andmayGodblessAmerica。
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