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After the war, they studied on the G.I. Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save.
But we also know our conscience cannot rest so long as the war goes on in Iraq. They work hard and give back and keep going without complaint. Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be." Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.
But my personal story is not so unique. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security. For decades, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive. I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not.
That's not what I'm talking about. In my first book, Dreams From My Father, I described the experience of my first service at Trinity: Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer.
My father, who I didn't know, returned to Kenya when I was just two. I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. And it means taking full responsibility for own lives - by demanding more from our fathers, and spending more time with our children, and reading to them, and teaching them that while they may face challenges and discrimination in their own lives, they must never succumb to despair or cynicism; they must always believe that they can write their own destiny. Finally, I want to discuss economic development and opportunity.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.