Obama acceptance speech excerpts...

Just got in out of the cold. Gonna watch the parade inside while drinking hot cider.

The whole event was moving and touching. Its not too often that you have 2 million + people packed into a 2-3 mile area all focused, intently and emotionally on what is being said on the jumbo screens broadcasting from the capitol building.

Here are a collection of the best quotes (I thought) from Obama's speech (the full version can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm):

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - that a nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself;