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This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. Many bring up a specific issue. Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations. Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility - that's the essence of America's promise. You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. So let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America.
And we should close Guantanamo Bay and stop tolerating the torture of our enemies. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves. So I've got news for you, John McCain. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
The hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds. As William Faulkner once wrote, "The past isn't dead and buried. King's birthday at his home church, Ebenezer Baptist, in Atlanta. This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us. 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.
What we have already achieved gives us hope - the audacity to hope - for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.
I thought of the families I've met who were struggling to get by without a loved one's full income, or whose loved ones had returned with a limb missing or nerves shattered, but who still lacked long-term health benefits because they were Reservists. Their experience is the immigrant experience - as far as they're concerned, no one's handed them anything, they've built it from scratch. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco.
Thank you very much everybody.