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I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. America, we cannot turn back.
That is one option. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future.
It's because John McCain doesn't get it. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
A nation of whiners? Tell that to the proud auto workers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up every day and working as hard as ever, because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. In all nations - including my own - this change can bring fear.
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.