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It's that folks are hungry for change - they're hungry for something new. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that's when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush. We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off to look after a sick kid without losing her job - an economy that honors the dignity of work. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation.
Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women - students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors - found the courage to keep it alive. But I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors.
That's why pastors, friends of mine like Rick Warren and T.D. Jakes and organizations like World Vision and Catholic Charities are wielding their enormous influence to confront poverty, HIV/AIDS, and the genocide in Darfur. Today, America has a dual responsibility: to help Iraq forge a better future - and to leave Iraq to Iraqis.
So let us agree that patriotism has no party. So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed.
But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. And then another one. Because that was the cheapest way to eat. It's not because John McCain doesn't care. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations - to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God.
God bless you.