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verb

1 make or become different

- alter in terms of: america began to change shape

noun

1 the act or instance of becoming different : the change from a society within an economic depression to a respected society.

- the substitution of one thing for another: a change of presidency

- a new or refreshingly different experience: Obama makes an interesting change from president Bush

An excerpt from -- 

Barack Obama: A New Era

A collection of quotes and sayings from the inauguration of the first African-American and forty fourth president of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama.

Ballot over bullet -

a more just, a more healthy nation.

History is your story,

faithful to the ideals,

they will be met.

Forty-four American citizens,

we, the people,

this generation of Americans,

humbled by the task before us.

Prosperity and the still waters of peace,

or 

gathering clouds, raging storms,

subjects of data and statistics

strangled our politics.

The challenges we face are real -

we have chosen hope over fear.

The time has come,

all are equal, all deserve a chance.