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God is still speaking. It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. They are anxious about their futures, and feel their dreams slipping away; in an era of stagnant wages and global competition, opportunity comes to be seen as a zero sum game, in which your dreams come at my expense. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur.
Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.
I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag.
Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream. Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. 9/11 was an enormous trauma to our country.
John Kerry believes in the Constitutional freedoms that have made our country the envy of the world, and he will never sacrifice our basic liberties, nor use faith as a wedge to divide us. And until we do, our conscience cannot rest.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.