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SPEAKER:?ALBERT?GORE?JR.,?VICE?PRESIDENT?OF?THE?UNITED?STATES,?DEMOCRATIC?PARTY?PRESIDENTIAL?CANDIDATE?－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－????Good?evening.?????Just?moments?ago,?I?spoke?with?George?W.?Bush?and?congratulated?him?on?becoming?the?43rd?president?of?the?United?States,?and?I?promised?him?that?I?wouldnt?call?him?back?this?time.?????I?offered?to?meet?with?him?as?soon?as?possible?so?that?we?can?start?to?heal?the?divisions?of?the?campaign?and?the?contest?through?which?we?just?passed.?????Almost?a?century?and?a?half?ago,?Senator?Stephen?Douglas?told?Abraham?Lincoln,?who?had?just?defeated?him?for?the?presidency,?Partisan?feeling?must?yield?to?patriotism.?Im?with?you,?Mr.?President,?and?God?bless?you.?????Well,?in?that?same?spirit,?I?say?to?President-elect?Bush?that?what?remains?of?partisan?rancor?must?now?be?put?aside,?and?may?God?bless?his?stewardship?of?this?country.?????Neither?he?nor?I?anticipated?this?long?and?difficult?road.?Certainly?neither?of?us?wanted?it?to?happen.?Yet?it?came,?and?now?it?has?ended,?resolved,?as?it?must?be?resolved,?through?the?honored?institutions?of?our?democracy.?????Over?the?library?of?one?of?our?great?law?schools?is?inscribed?the?motto,?Not?under?man?but?under?God?and?law.?Thats?the?ruling?principle?of?American?freedom,?the?source?of?our?democratic?liberties.?Ive?tried?to?make?it?my?guide?throughout?this?contest?as?it?has?guided?Americas?deliberations?of?all?the?complex?issues?of?the?past?five?weeks.?????Now?the?U.S.?Supreme?Court?has?spoken.?Let?there?be?no?doubt,?while?I?strongly?disagree?with?the?courts?decision,?I?accept?it.?I?accept?the?finality?of?this?outcome?which?will?be?ratified?next?Monday?in?the?Electoral?College.?And?tonight,?for?the?sake?of?our?unity?of?the?people?and?the?strength?of?our?democracy,?I?offer?my?concession.?????I?also?accept?my?responsibility,?which?I?will?discharge?unconditionally,?to?honor?the?new?president?elect?and?do?everything?possible?to?help?him?bring?Americans?t