I saw in him the quality of leadership that would implement policies for the good of the nation as a whole and deal with the issues, no matter what they were, with honest forethought and integrity.

And I saw a man, who, through confidence in his beliefs, pride in his country and fatih in the people, allowed a nation to hope that we could make a change, and inspired us, to believe in ourselves, to work together to achieve the goal of unity and to celebrate the diversity that makes us the UNITED States of America.