He told his son-in-law in December: "I will not say I would not serve if the good people were to be so unwise as to elect me."

VOA: special.2009.03.05

It's that progress that made it possible for me to be here today, for the good people of this country to elect an African-American the 44th President of the United States of America,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.17