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Because it's not who we are. It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. We are a better country than this.
And I found that I recognized in these folks a part of myself. It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most. And that's to be expected. And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
John Kerry believes in an America where all Americans can afford the same health coverage our politicians in Washington have for themselves. Our government should work for us, not against us. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk. There is so much fear, so much mistrust.
My mother, whose parents were non-practicing Baptists and Methodists, was one of the most spiritual souls I ever knew. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible. That has been my experience at Trinity.
E pluribus unum. And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. No health care? The market will fix it. I get it.
Thank you.