“And so a new generation inspires previous generations, and that’s how change happens in America. It doesn’t just happen in election and campaigns, it’s happened in service all across America. Young people getting involved in Teach for America and Americorps, people teaching in schools and working in community organizations [pause] joining the Peace Corps! And as this is broadcast all around the world, we know that young people everywhere are in the process of imagining something different that what has come before. Where there is war they imagine peace, where there is hunger they imagine people being able to feed themselves. Where there is disease they imagine a public health system that works for everybody. Where there is bigotry they imagine togetherness. The future will be in your hands if you are able to sustain the kind of energy and focus you showed on this campaign. I promise you, that America will get stronger and more united, more prosperous, more secure. You are gonna make it happen and Michelle and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts. God bless you and God bless the United States of America.”
President Barack H. Obama
MTV’s Be the Change Inaugural Ball Jan. 20th 2009
