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They're ready to turn the page on the old politics and the old policies - whether it's the war in Iraq or the health care crisis we're in, or a school system that's leaving too many kids behind despite the slogans. And all across the country, communities of faith are sponsoring day care programs, building senior centers, and in so many other ways, taking part in the project of American renewal. Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. We can play Reverend Wright's sermons on every channel, every day and talk about them from now until the election, and make the only question in this campaign whether or not the American people think that I somehow believe or sympathize with his most offensive words.
King delivered his prayer for our country. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. Because it feeds into the cynicism we all have about government. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. It is time for these settlements to stop.
"If you're organizing churches," they said, "it might be helpful if you went to church once in a while." And I thought, "Well, I guess that makes sense." Now, some of you may have heard me talk about the Joshua generation. This is where we are right now. And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future. As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do - to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.
I wanted to be part of something larger. I suppose the politically safe thing would be to move on from this episode and just hope that it fades into the woodwork. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.
The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. It is not up in heaven. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.
Thank you.