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November 15, 2008:
Obama has changed the world - the impossible is now possible after historic election

He said he would change the world.

And he has changed the world.

Supporters of Barack Obama were promised in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on October 16: "We will win this election and, you and I together, we're going to change the country and change the world."

The earth moved for them and the world fundamentally shifted on November 4. In the words of the first black US President: "Change has come to America."

If a terrible beauty was born for those who opposed change and wished to keep the status quo, it was the dawning of a new era for millions who dared hope for a better future in a bitterly divided, fearful America.

The people's emphatic endorsement of the first African-American as 44th US president has replaced the politics of fear, militarism and division, with the politics of hope.

In a victory speech before a weeping crowd of thousands in his home town Chicago, Barack Obama declared: "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."

But the reverberations of this watershed moment echoed far beyond the shores of America. Obama's win has huge ramifications for international politics and relations.

There was intense international interest in what was one of the most exciting and anticipated political elections in modern times.

The gates of history had barely swung open for America's first black president, when Obama-mania swept the world.

From Chicago to Kenya, from Hawaii to Harlem, from London to Sydney, the cheering crowds celebrated history in the making.

The country that eight years ago elected George Bush - one of the most unpopular presidents not only in the US but around the world - had elected a black orator who ran on a ticket of change.

To the international community it signals a new direction for US foreign policy, at a time when America's stock has plummeted to an all-time low as a result of the divisive Bush years.

The election comes within living memory of a time when people like Obama were persecuted, segregated and punished for the color of their skin.

America has arrived at a place which it could never have been envisaged it would be 50 years ago.

The new president is being seen as a transformational figure, who bridges ethnic and generational gaps, and who crossed age and racial boundaries in the people that voted for him.

When he is sworn in on January 20, Obama will take over a country that is somewhat lost, that is mired in two wars and has a broken economy, and take it forward to a new future.

This wasn't just a presidential election. It was a hugely significent event. It is going to change the face of America and effect many things around the world.

Obama represents a new movement for change in America that has swept him into the most powerful office in the world.

On the week of the election, unprecedented numbers of visitors viewed our Barack Obama quotes pages on allgreatquotes.com. On the day after the election we had more than 13,500 page views for these pages alone. This is indicative of the force of the movement Obama leads.

"After years of disillusionment with politicians, people of all colors, creeds and ages have found a new political icon to believe in. Hope and idealism have returned to politics. America has grown up and transcended a lot of its racial past. The impossible is now possible. People have come out of a long dark tunnel and can see a path ahead for them. That's the hope Obama has given back to the people," said Allgreatquotes.com owner Tom Corr.

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