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Consensus and compromise will not come easy. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. But what the people heard instead - people of every creed and color, from every walk of life - is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked. These things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.
Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. We are the party of Roosevelt. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with. It is easy to point fingers - for Palestinians to point to the displacement brought by Israel's founding, and for Israelis to point to the constant hostility and attacks throughout its history from within its borders as well as beyond.
Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation. There need not be contradiction between development and tradition.
Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. It is where our union grows stronger.
In the end, that's what this election is about. I've been speaking to a lot of churches recently, so it's nice to be speaking to one that's so familiar. They're ready to turn the page on the old politics and the old policies - whether it's the war in Iraq or the health care crisis we're in, or a school system that's leaving too many kids behind despite the slogans. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. And just as it devastates Palestinian families, the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza does not serve Israel's security; neither does the continuing lack of opportunity in the West Bank.
Thank you very much everybody.