Part of her victory speech in NYC.
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"And I want to thank all my friends and family, particularly my mother, who
was born before women could vote and is watching her daughter on this stage tonight."
~snip~
I also -- I also -- I also want to congratulate Senator Obama for his victories
tonight, and I look forward to continuing our campaign and our debate about how
to leave this country better off for the next generation, because that is the work
of my life.
That is why I started my career fighting for abused and neglected children, children
who had drawn the short straw in life, because this nation gave me every opportunity,
and we can do the same for every child.
We must continue to be a nation that strives always to give each of our children
a better future, a nation of optimists who believe our best days are yet to come,
a nation of idealists, holding fast to our deepest values, that we are all created
equal, that we all deserve to fulfill our God given potential, that we are destined
for progress together.
It's the ideal inscribed on the base of the Statute of Liberty in this great
city that has overlooked our harbor through wars and depression and the dark days
of September 11, the words we all know that give voice to America's embrace
-- "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe
free" -- a constant reminder that here in America, we face our challenges and
we embrace all of our people.
So today we say with one voice -- give us the child who wants to learn, give us
the people in need of work, give us the veterans who need our care. We say give
us this economy to rebuild and this war to end. Give us this nation to heal, this
world to lead, this moment to seize.
I know we're ready."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/politics/05text-clinton.html?_r=1&oref=sloginWhenthe