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It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. Legalized discrimination - where blacks were prevented, often through violence, from owning property, or loans were not granted to African-American business owners, or black homeowners could not access FHA mortgages, or blacks were excluded from unions, or the police force, or fire departments - meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
They're looking to relieve a chronic loneliness. And then another one. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. The Internet and television can bring knowledge and information, but also offensive sexuality and mindless violence.
And John Kerry believes that in a dangerous world war must be an option sometimes, but it should never be the first option. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. We are taking concrete actions to change course. But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose.
I'm talking about something more substantial. And finally they come to this elderly black man who's been sitting there quietly the entire time. It's not because John McCain doesn't care. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores - that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
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 was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment. That is what it means to share this world in the 21st century. That is why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses, and hundreds of millions to help those who have been displaced.
Thank you very much everybody.