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This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. Make no mistake: we do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. 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.
So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. And Ashley asks him why he's there. Unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America. We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world - tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons.
There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America. I'm hearing from evangelicals who may not agree with progressives on every issue but agree that poverty has no place in a world of plenty; that hate has no place in the hearts of believers; and that we all have to be good stewards of God's creations. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us.
When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world. God is still speaking. But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. On science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs.
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. There is real evil and hardship and pain and suffering in the world and we should be humble in our belief that we can eliminate them. It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country - a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old - is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.
Thank you, and God bless America.