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We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty; that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes. They have fought in our wars, served in government, stood for civil rights, started businesses, taught at our Universities, excelled in our sports arenas, won Nobel Prizes, built our tallest building, and lit the Olympic Torch. And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. Those are mutual interests.
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. The truth is, on issue after issue that would make a difference in your lives - on health care and education and the economy - Senator McCain has been anything but independent. You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim-majority country to support expanded literacy for girls, and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams. In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions.
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. They cheered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial when Dr. I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed. This is the hope of all humanity.
We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's black and white students. So when they are told to bus their children to a school across town; when they hear that an African American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed; when they're told that their fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights.
These are the policies I will pursue. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
Thank you.