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I didn't fall out in church, as folks sometimes do. We believe that everyone, everywhere should be loved, and given the chance to work, and raise a family. But privately, many Muslims recognize that Israel will not go away.
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. For the men and women of Reverend Wright's generation, the memories of humiliation and doubt and fear have not gone away; nor has the anger and the bitterness of those years. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy. This is the hope of all humanity.
The hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds. I've seen it in the workers who would rather cut their hours back a day than see their friends lose their jobs, in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb, in the good neighbors who take a stranger in when a hurricane strikes and the floodwaters rise. Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit - for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear.
Because the Iraq war is not just a security problem, it's a moral problem. Let us be our sister's keeper. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. These things we share. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires.
And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most. I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America's story.
Thank you.