We want peace for all: Obama

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CHICAGO: The newly elected president of United States Senator Barack Obama has the United States wants peace in the world. Addressing his supporters in Chicago Obama said that the time of change has arrived in America.
"It's been a long time coming, but tonight... change has come to America," the president-elect told a jubilant crowd of supporters in Chicago. "On every level America will be changed by this result... [it] will never be the same," he said. Barack Obama promised to be a president for all Americans.

Early this morning the new president-elect told an ecstatic crowd in his home town of Chicago that change had come to America.

He said: "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to America.

"And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too."

He spoke of the challenges ahead as "the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century".

He said: "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 there."

And he urged a new spirit of service and sacrifice. "Let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other."

Mr Obama appeared on stage with his wife Michelle and young daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, at his side.

And he paid tribute to his Republican opponent.

"Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader."

And he said he wanted to work with Senator McCain and Governor Palin "to renew this nation's promise" in the months ahead.

"Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long."

Mr Obama's victory comes 45 years after the height of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King. The new president-elect was born at a time when African Americans were still battling segregationist policies in the South and his dramatic rise could help the United States bury its long history of racial tensions.

Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Rev Jesse Jackson, who was with Martin Luther King when he was assassinated 40 years ago, joined the celebrations in Chicago, tears streaming down his cheeks.


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