Unless you're one of the first Americans, a Native American, you came from someplace else. Somebody brought you.
Barack ObamaIf everybody who voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.
Barack ObamaIn reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
Barack Obama