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She had this enormous capacity for wonder, and lived by the Golden Rule. I'm hearing from progressives who understand that if we want to communicate our hopes and values to Americans, we can't abandon the field of religious discourse. Throughout the first year of this campaign, against all predictions to the contrary, we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity. This has bred more fear and mistrust. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron.
I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents' dreams live on in my two precious daughters. Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. It's a journey that takes us back to our nation's founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party and helped bring an Empire to its knees. And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money.
In that time, I've had the chance to talk with Americans all across this country. 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. Those stories - of survival, and freedom, and hope - became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. Let us be our sister's keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars.
We have real enemies in the world. But I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors. 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.
We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she's playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies. America, this is one of those moments.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.