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And I think they recognized a part of themselves in me too. This is not to say that race has not been an issue in the campaign.
Hope in the face of uncertainty. Our conscience cannot rest so long as nearly 45 million Americans don't have health insurance and the millions more who do are going bankrupt trying to pay for it. He does not say health care or the economy. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits.
They imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren't rich, because in a generous America you don't have to be rich to achieve your potential. The children of America are not those kids, they are our kids, and we will not let them fall behind in a 21st century economy. No health care? The market will fix it. 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. We will help Iraq train its Security Forces and develop its economy. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.
America! Tonight, if you feel the same energy that I do, if you feel the same urgency that I do, if you feel the same passion I do, if you feel the same hopefulness that I do - if we do what we must do, then I have no doubts that all across the country, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November, and John Kerry will be sworn in as president, and John Edwards will be sworn in as vice president, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come. I have made a solemn pledge that I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year. The third source of tension is our shared interest in the rights and responsibilities of nations on nuclear weapons. This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has played a role in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
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. "I'm here because of Ashley." By itself, that single moment of recognition between that young white girl and that old black man is not enough. And when one of his chief advisors - the man who wrote his economic plan - was talking about the anxiety Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a "mental recession," and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners." Not with so much work to be done. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. We are taking concrete actions to change course.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.