Key speakers on the final day of the convention:
“John McCain is not a maverick. John McCain is a ‘yes man.’ Like George Bush, John McCain would let companies that ship American jobs overseas keep their tax giveaways. Barack Obama would end those tax breaks and instead reward companies that create jobs in America.”
Howard Dean,
Democratic Party chairman
“With the nomination of Sen. Barack Obama tonight, the man who will lead the Democratic Party in its march toward the White House, we are making a major down payment on the fulfillment of that dream. We prove that a dream still burns in the hearts of every American, that this dream was too right, too necessary, too noble to ever die.”
Rep. John Lewis, Georgia
“Tonight, freedom rings! From the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado, freedom rings! Forty-five years ago today, my father delivered his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Tonight, we witness in part what has become of his dream, the acceptance of a Democratic presidential nominee, decided not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.”
Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Then let us look forward to the next 50 years as we stand together, because our potential as a people is limitless. Work together, because our ability to do good in the world is boundless. And live together, because of our values of fairness, full justice, opportunity and the majesty of the dream.”
Martin Luther King III
