【正文】 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 , 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 want to thank every American who participated in this you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time by the way, we have to fix 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 you made a just spoke with Governor Romney and I congratulated him and Paul Ryan on a hardfought may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its George to Lenore to their son Mitt, the Romney family has chosen to give back to America through public that is a legacy that we honor and applaud the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country want to thank my friend and partner of the last four years, America’s happy warrior, the best vice president anybody could ever hope for, Joe I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years me say this , I have never loved you have never been prouder to watch the rest of America fall in love with you too as our nation’s first and Malia before our very eyes, you’re growing up to bee two strong, smart, beautiful young women, just like your I am so proud of you I will say that for now, one dog’s probably the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of politics the best the best ever some of you were new this time around, and some of you have been at my side since the very all of you are matter what you do or where you go from here, you will carry the memory of the history we made you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful you for believing all the way to every hill, to every lifted me up the whole day, and I will always be grateful for everything that you’ve done and all the incredible work that you’ve put know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us that politics is nothing more than a contest of egos or the domain of special if you ever get the chance to talk to folks who turned out at our rallies and crowded along a rope line in a high school gym or or saw folks working late at a campaign office in some tiny county far away from home, you’ll discover something ’ll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizer who’s working his way through college and wants to make sure every child has that same ’ll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who’s going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another ’ll hear the deep patriotism in the voice of a military spouse who’s working the phones late at night to make sure that no one who fights for this country ever has to fight for a job or a roof over their head when they e ’s why we do ’s what politics can ’s why elections ’s not small, it’s ’s in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and have our own of us has deeply held when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up won’t change after it shouldn’ arguments we have are a mark of our liberty, and we can never forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risking their lives right now just for a chance to argue about the issues that matter the chance to cast their ballots like we did despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for America’s want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers a country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology and discovery and innovation with all of the good jobs and new businesses that want our children to live in an America that isn’t burdened by debt, that isn’t weakened up by inequality, that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming want to pass on a country that’s safe and respected and admired around the world, a nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this this world has ever known but also a country that moves with confidence beyond this time of war to shape a peace that is built on the promise of freedom and dignity for every human believe in a generous America, in a passionate America, in a tolerant America open to the dreams of an immigrant’s daughter who studies in our schools and pledges to our flag to the young boy on the south side of Chicago who sees a life beyond the nearest street corner to the furniture worker’s child in North Carolina who wants to bee a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or an entrepreneur, a diplomat or even a ’s the that’s the future we hope ’s the vision we ’s where we need to go ’s where we need to , we will disagree, sometimes fiercely, about how to get it has for more than two centuries, progress will e in fits and ’s not always a straight ’s not always a smooth itself, the recognition that we have mon hopes and dreams won’t end all the gridlock, resolve all our problems or substitute for the painstaking work of building consensus and making the difficult promises needed to move this country that mon bond is where we must economy is decade of war is long campaign is now whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to have learned from you’ve made me a better with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House m