"This Is our moment... to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth-that out of many, we are one; that ... where we are met with . .. those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can.
-President-Elect Barack Obama, November 4, 2008
1) Explain what you think Barack Obama was trying to say in this quoted statement.