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It's that folks are hungry for change - they're hungry for something new. I'm hearing from progressives who understand that if we want to communicate our hopes and values to Americans, we can't abandon the field of religious discourse. The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. That's why I stand here tonight.
But I also get the sense that there's a hunger that's deeper than that - a hunger that goes beyond any single cause or issue. I learned that my sins could be redeemed. The fact is that the comments that have been made and the issues that have surfaced over the last few weeks reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through - a part of our union that we have yet to perfect. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us. Trade can bring new wealth and opportunities, but also huge disruptions and changing communities.
That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. He told me he'd joined the Marines, and was heading to Iraq the following week. In the Republicans who never thought they'd pick up a Democratic ballot, but did. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription drugs, and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandparent. The fundamentals we use to measure economic strength are whether we are living up to that fundamental promise that has made this country great - a promise that is the only reason I am standing here tonight. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class. Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. America, we cannot turn back. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur.
They're deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough. This is where we are right now. You're on your own. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and appoint new Science Envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, and grow new crops.
Thank you.