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It is that promise that has always set this country apart - that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well. I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. That is what it means to share this world in the 21st century. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action - whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster. In all nations - including my own - this change can bring fear.
A common dream, born of two continents. They must be pursued - and they must be defeated. But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of the American Dream, there were many who didn't make it - those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination.
But we also know our conscience cannot rest so long as the war goes on in Iraq. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary.
And until we do, our conscience cannot rest. 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. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead. I know there are many - Muslim and non-Muslim - who question whether we can forge this new beginning.
And so they need an assurance that somebody out there cares about them, is listening to them - that they are not just destined to travel down that long road toward nothingness. That anger may not get expressed in public, in front of white co-workers or white friends. Because I've lived it.
God bless you.