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As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith. And it is no coincidence that countries where women are well-educated are far more likely to be prosperous.
They know they have to work hard to get ahead - and they want to. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security. That is why I ordered the removal of our combat brigades by next August.
And as I listened to him explain why he'd enlisted, the absolute faith he had in our country and its leaders, his devotion to duty and service, I thought this young man was all that any of us might hope for in a child. 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. Unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America. So let us agree that patriotism has no party.
I was not raised in a particularly religious household. And that it's not enough to just believe this - we have to do our part to make it a reality. Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. Perhaps somebody told her along the way that the source of her mother's problems were blacks who were on welfare and too lazy to work, or Hispanics who were coming into the country illegally. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable.
If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. And there's another issue we must confront as well. 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.
Thank you, and God bless America.