“Let us unite in common effort to chart a new course for America.”
— Barack Obama, June 3, 2008, St. Paul, Minnesota

“The most important thing we can do right now is to reengage the American people in the process of governance. To get them excited and interested again in what works, and what can work in our government, to make politics cool again, important again, and relevant again.”
— Barack Obama, February 11, 2008, College Park, Maryland