Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality.

There’s no black male my age, who’s a professional, who hasn’t come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn’t hand them their car keys.

This is a core principle of my presidency - if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.

What is also true is that partly because my docket was really full here, so I couldn't be both chief organizer of the Democratic Party and function as Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States. We did not begin what I think needs to happen over the long haul, and that is rebuild the Democratic Party at the ground level.

America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.