My fellow Americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you.
I won't stop; in fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen,
for all my days that remain.
For now, whether you're young or young at heart,
I do have one final ask of you as your President – the same thing I asked when you took a chance on me eight years ago.
I am asking you to believe.
Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours.
I am asking you to hold fast to that faith written into our founding documents;
that idea whispered by slaves and abolitionists;
that spirit sung by immigrants and homesteaders and those who marched for justice;
