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We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. I don't know what Bible they're reading, but it doesn't jibe with my version. It is not up in heaven. And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted at least, most of the time. And I heard Reverend Jeremiah A. This was one of the tasks we set forth at the beginning of this campaign - to continue the long march of those who came before us, a march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous America. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives.
But I also get the sense that there's a hunger that's deeper than that - a hunger that goes beyond any single cause or issue. What we have already achieved gives us hope - the audacity to hope - for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. 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. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.
America, this is one of those moments. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew.
Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.