Friends. I admire them for what they stand for. They are enjoyable to be with. They believe in our country. They believe in our country. Al gore captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac i want to thank als children, his brotherinlaw and wonderful parents. I think we carried every state that senator and mrs. Gore campaigned in. Their percentage was the best of all. I want to say that we have established a partnership in this campaign that we will continue into this new administration. For if weve learned anything in the world today, its that we can accomplish more by teamwork, working together, bringing out the best in all the people that we see, and we will seek the best and most able and most commitmented people throughout this country to be a part of our team. Well ask the democrats who believe in our cause to come forward, but well look to, among the ranks of independents and republicans who are willing to roll up their sleeves, be a part of a new partnership and get on with the business of dealing with this nations problems. I remind you again tonight, this victory was more than a victory of party but a vuctry for the people that work hard and play by the rules. People who feel left out and left behind but want to do better. A victory for the people ready to compete and win in a Global Economy but who need a government that offers a hand up, not a handout. That is what we offer, and that is what tomorrow we will begin to work to provide to all of you. Today, the steel worker and stenographer, the teacher and the nurse had as much power in the mystery of our democracy as the president , the billionaire and the governor. You all spoke with equal voices for change. And tomorrow, we will try to give you that. You can trust us to wake up every day, remembering the people we saw on the bus trips. The people we saw in the town meetings. The people who never voted before. The people who never voted for a democrat. The people who had given up hope. All of them together are saying we want our future back and i intend to help give it to you. I say to all those who voted for us, this was a remarkable coalition for change. Many of you had to put aside this or that personal ambition to be a part of a broad, deep commitment to change this country. I ask you to keep that commitment as we move from election to governing. We need more than ever for those of you who said lets put the Public Interest over personal interest to keep it right there for four years so we can turn this country around. I say to all those who voted for mr. Bush or mr. Perot, those who voted for the president , those who voted for ross perot, you love your country, too. I ask you to listen to the voice of your leaders. I ask you to join with us and creating a reUnited States. A United Country with a new sense of patriotism to face the challenges of this new time. We need your help, too, and we will do our best to serve it. Deserve it. When we seek to offer young people the opportunity to borrow the money they need to go to college and the challenge to pay it back through national service, when we challenge the insurance companies, the drug companies, the providers and the consumers, the government to give us a new health care system, when we offer those on welfare new opportunity and the challenge to move to work, when we Ask Companies to take the incentives we offer to put American People to work and export american products, not american jobs, all of this is a part of a new patriotism to lift our people up and enable all of us to live up to the fullest of our potential. I accept tonight the responsibility that you have given me to be the leader of this, the greatest country in human history. I accept it with a full heart and a joyous spirit. I ask you to be americans again, too. To be interested not just in getting but in giving. Not just in placing blame but now in assuming responsibility. Not just in looking out for yourself, but in looking out for others, too. In this very place, one year and one month ago today, i said we need more than new laws, new promises or new programs. We need a new spirit of community. A sense that were all in this together. If we have no sense of community, the American Dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every american. Were all in this together, and we will rise or fall together. That has been my message to the American People for the past 13 months, and it will be my message for the next four years. Together we can do it. Together we can make the country that we love, everything it was meant to be. I still believe in a place called hope. God bless america. Thank you all. This is American History tv on cspan3. Road to the white house rewind continues with the concession speech from president george h. W. Bush in november 1992. He lost to bill clinton. This was reported in houston. Its about ten minutes. Thank you very much. Hey listen, you guys thank you, george thank you, george thank you so much. Heres the way i see it. Heres the way we see it and the country should see it that the people have spoken, and we respect the majesty of the democratic system. I just called governor clinton over in little rock and offered my congratulations. He did run a strong campaign. I wish him well in the white house, and i want the country to know that our entire administration will work closely with his team to ensure the smooth transition of power. There is important work to be done, and america must always come first so we will get behind this new president and wish him well. And to all who voted for us, voted for me, here especially here but all across the country, thank you for your support. And we have fought the good fight, and weve kept the faith. And i believe i have upheld the honor of the presidency of the United States. Now and now i ask that we stand behind our new president , and regardless of our differences, all americans share the same purpose to make this the worlds greatest nation more safe and more secure and to guarantee every american a shot at the American Dream. And i would like to thank so many of you who have worked beside me to improve america and to literally change the world. Let me thank our great Vice President , dan quayle. [ cheers and applause ] in the face of a tremendous pounding, he stood for what he believes in, and he will always have my profound gratitude and certainly my respect. And i would like to salute so many that did special work. Rich bond up at the rnc, bob teeter who ran the campaign, bob mossbacker, our entire campaign team. And theyve run a valiant effort in a very, very difficult year. And i also want to salute the members of the cabinet, all of whom who have served this nation with honor, with integrity and with great distinction. And i would like to single out two leaders who represent the ideal in Public Service. Together theyve helped lead the world through a period of unprecedented transition. Im talking, of course, about my National Security adviser, Brent Scowcroft and jim baker. [ applause ] and my good friend and fellow texan, our secretary of state, jim baker. Finally, of course, i want to thank my entire family with a special emphasis on a woman named barbara. [ cheers and applause ] shes inspired this entire nation, and i think the country will always be grateful. But tonight is really not a night for speeches. But i want to share a special message with the young people of america. I am absolutely you see, i remain absolutely convinced that we are a rising nation. We have been in an extraordinarily difficult period, but do not be deterred, kept away from Public Service by the smoke and fire of a Campaign Year or the ugliness of politics. As for me, i plan to get im going to serve and try to find ways to help people. But i plan to get very active in the grandchild business. And in finding ways to help others. But i urge you, the young people of this country, to participate in the political process. It needs your idealism. It needs your drive. It needs your conviction. And again, my thanks, my congratulations to governor clinton, to his running mate, senator gore, and a special thanks to each and every one of you, many of you who have been at my side in every political battle. May god bless may god bless the United States of america. Thank you very, very much. Thank you so much. [ applause ] this is american huistory t on cspan3. Road to the white house re wind continues with the concession speech from independent president ial candidate ross perot. He lost the election to democratic nominee bill clinton. This was recorded in dallas. Its about ten minutes. Now wait just a minute. First thing we want to do, well be talking about this in a minute. First thing we want to do is all team up together and try to make it work now, right . Absolutely. Youre not too happy, we can make some changes in 94, right . The main thing is time is precious. Lets try to make it work. And texas all working together to make it work. Ill be talking about that in a minute. So weve got work to do starting right away because our country needs all of our help. I want to thank all of you who are here tonight, and all the people who have come together across the nation. Starting last february, you did something that everybody said couldnt be done. Millions of you came together to take your country back. You gave washington a laserlike message to listen to the people. You have done an incredible job of getting this country turned back around to the tight country our founders established. A country that came from the people. And you have changed this country through your massive efforts. And i compliment you for it. And it was brilliant the way you did it. As i have said on a number of occasions, my role in life is that of a grain of sand to the oyster. It irstates the oyster and out comes the pearl. I have been your grain of sand that you chose. Its been an honor to be your grain of sand in this process. And we will continue to Work Together to make pearls as necessary in the future. Fair enough . [ applause ] the American People have spoken. They have chosen governor clinton. Congratulations. [ booing ] whoa, no, nose. Wait a minute. The only way were going to make it work is if we all team up together. So lets give governor clinton a big round of applause. [ applause ] thank you. Forget the election. Forget the election. Its behind us. The hard work is in front of us. And we must all Work Together to rebuild our great country. You, the American People, are the greatest people on the face of the earth. If wed just put aside our differences and Work Together, we can rebuild our job base. We can eliminate the deficit. We can eliminate the debt and, most importantly, we can pass on the American Dream to our children, right . And on the way, we can reform our government and get rid of some of these problems so damaging to us. Now to the millions of volunteers who asked me to serve as your candidate, as long as i live, one of the happiest memories of my life will be the memory of working with you. That memory will never dim. Its the nicest honor ive received in my life. Thank you very much. [ applause ] there are people here tonight, and there are people across the country who literally gave it everything they had seven days a week since last february to take this country back and give it to the people to pay its debts, to pass the American Dream on to our children, and i want you to know how proud i am of you, and how much all of us owe you for the tremendous effort you made. So god bless you, and thank you very much. [ applause ] now its just the beginning, but the next step is we need to take all of our energy and harness it and see, time is not our friend. Time is our enemy. These problems our country faces need to be solved immediately. We need to all Work Together and work with the new administration and give it a world class best effort to get these problems solved now. Because if we do, you benefit. The country benefits. Your children benefits, and everybody wins. Weve got to do it. Spend about ten minutes getting frustrated that your candidate didnt win then take all this creativity that you displayed and lets make it work at the national, state, county, local and neighborhood level and at every Single School across the country, right . Absolutely now the fact that we will go anywhere any time and do anything thats good for our country to help the administration as an organization does not mean that we will compromise our principles or integrity in terms of what this organization stands for. [ applause ] we will never change that one filter that everything has to go through in united we stand america. And that is, is it good for our country, right . Is it good for the country . If it gets to that, then well back it hard and use all the enormous ability that you have to get things done for the benefit of our people and our country. Now the main thing, the main thing is dont lose your enthusiasm. Dont lose your idealism. Dont lose your great love for this country. And please dont feel, gee, im powerless again. As long as were together, nationwide, you have enormous voice in this country. So we will Stay Together and you will be a force for good for our country and our children. Thank you. You remember, the little children that are here tonight, the College Students that have been at all the rallies all across the country, when you look at them, you are looking at tomorrow. And we must give them a brighter tomorrow than any other generation has ever had in our country. If we keep it that simple and that pure and that clean, then we can make an enormous contribution and thats what we must do. We will have our organization establish we have a nationwide network, a state by state network, a community by community network, and we will keep it intact to be a force for constructive good throughout our country. Tnchts best is in front of us. Believe me. This is now time to get discouraged or though in the towel and this is time to redouble our efforts and work with the new administration to make sure that our country is a beacon to the rest of the world. To make sure that our cities undimmed by human tears and to make sure that every little child across america is only limited by his or her dreams and their willingness to pay the price and make the effort to make those treatments come true. Thats what america is all about. And thats what youre all about. God bless you. We love you. I want you to know that our love for you and my love for you is permanent and i will carry the memory of the past few months with me for the rest of my life and i am available to you any time, any place, anywhere as long as im around. God bless you. Thank you very much. Wednesday night on American History tv highlights from the annual International Churchill conference in washington d. C. 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This years deadline is january 20th, 2017. So mark your calendars and help us spread the word to student film makers. For more information go to our website student cam. Org. Road to the white house rewind continues with the victory speech by george w. Bush in 2000. They defeated al gore in one of the most highly contested races in history. It wasnt decided until five months after they stopped a florida recount and awarded the states electoral votes and presidency to governor bush. This was recorded in the texas house of representatives in austin. Its about ten minutes. Thank you. Thank you very much. Good evening my fellow americans. I appreciate so very much the opportunity to speak with you tonight mr. Speaker, friends, distinguished guests. Our country has been through a long and trying period with the o outcome of the president ial election not finalize for not longer than any of us