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It's a promise that says the market should reward drive and innovation and generate growth, but that businesses should live up to their responsibilities to create American jobs, look out for American workers, and play by the rules of the road. Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. And that's what we have to restore. This has bred more fear and mistrust. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations - to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires.
The hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds. These are my heroes. America will align our policies with those who pursue peace, and say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. A belief that there are better days ahead. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.
That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted at least, most of the time. Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story - of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The Holy Koran tells us, "O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."
It got hijacked. And finally they come to this elderly black man who's been sitting there quietly the entire time.
Thank you.