Highlights from the Democratic National Convention: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.: Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration, and he and running mate Joe Biden basked in the cheers. Watch video of Obama taking the stage in Denver.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: "In the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory," Clinton asked the convention delegates to make Sen. Barack Obama's nomination unanimous. When they did, he claimed a prize never held by a black American, and thousands of delegates stood and cheered his improbable triumph. Watch video of Obama's nomination by acclamation.

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.: "You know, I believe the measure of a man isn't just the road he's traveled; it's the choices he's made along the way. Barack Obama could have done anything after he graduated from college. With all his talent and promise, he could have written his ticket to Wall Street. But that's not what he chose to do. He chose to go to Chicago. The South Side. There he met men and women who had lost their jobs. Their neighborhood was devastated when the local steel plant closed. Their dreams deferred. Their dignity shattered. Their self-esteem gone. And he made their lives the work of his life." Watch video of Biden's speech here.

Former President Bill Clinton: "He will work for an America with more partners and fewer adversaries. He will rebuild our frayed alliances and revitalize the international institutions which help to share the costs of the world's problems and to leverage our power and influence. He will put us back in the forefront of the world's fight to reduce nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and to stop global warming. He will continue and enhance our nation's global leadership in an area in which I am deeply involved, the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria, including a renewal of the battle against HIV/AIDS here at home. He will choose diplomacy first and military force as a last resort." Read a transcript of Bill Clinton's speech here. And, watch video of Bill Clinton endorsing Obama.

Dolores Huerta: "She has stood with hardworking people and knows how important it is to keep fighting and keep going," Huerta said of Clinton. For Hillary Clinton, no American is invisible." Watch video of Huerta nominating Clinton here.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "For the past eight years, the man in the Oval Office has tipped his hat over his eyes, kicked back his chair, and snoozed at his desk. Charged with protecting our national interests, he slept on duty while his vice president conspired with oil industry cronies. Tasked with cutting off funding to terrorists, he slept on duty while oil shortages worsened, oil prices soared, and dollars by the ton were delivered to terrorists' banks in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. Faced with a new kind of war, this president and his vice president helped their friends the old-fashioned way: through war profiteering, tax cuts for billionaires, and in many cases out-and-out corruption." Read the full transcript of Reid's remarks here. Watch uncut video of Reid's speech here.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass: "No one can question Barack Obama's patriotism. Like all of us, he was taught what it means to be an American by his family: his grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line in World War II, his grandfather who marched in Patton's army, and his great uncle who enlisted in the army right out of high school at the height of the war. And on a spring day in 1945, he helped liberate one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald." Read a transcript of Kerry's remarks. Watch uncut video of Kerry's remarks.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "Senator McCain claims to already know everything a president needs to know, but the first qualification any leader needs to have is the ability to learn. We need a president who is not wedded to 20th century thinking, who can forge a network of power and principle that will keep America strong and safe in the 21st century." Watch uncut video of Albright's speech here.

Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen: "All of us have been inspired by Senator Obama's candidacy," Shaheen said. "I stand here so proud of our party, so proud of our country, so awed by the journey our nation has taken to arrive at this moment. But our historic journey will not be over until we elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States!" Watch uncut video of Shaheen here.

Iraq war veteran and Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Penn.: "When I returned from Iraq, I realized we didn't just need change over there, we also needed to change how we treat our veterans here at home. For eight long years, we've had a president who rushed to stand with soldiers at political rallies but abandoned them at Walter Reed. We've had a president who spent billions on private contractors but not on body armor for our troops. We've had a president who was there for the photo ops, but AWOL when it came to doing right by our veterans. It is time for a change." Watch uncut video of Murphy's speech here.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.: "Real national security is not bought with arsenals of weapons, miles of chain-link fences or endless tirades of shallow tough-talking. Real national security begins with the heart and soul of every American. It is earned by dismantling the fortress of mistrust and deceit which has been constructed by this administration. It begins by tearing down the barriers of human intolerance and suspicion that have been erected by this administration." Watch uncut video of Clyburn's speech here.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.: "No matter where we stood at the beginning of this campaign, Democrats stand together today. We believe passionately in Barack Obama's message of changing the direction of our country. We support enthusiastically his plans to restore the American dream for American families. And we stand united, proudly, in our determination to elect Barack Obama." Read uncut video of speeches other women members of the House here.