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A belief in things not seen. And we cannot ignore the very real concerns of Americans who are not worried about illegal immigration because they are racist or xenophobic, but because they fear it will result in lower wages when they're already struggling to raise their families. It means continuing to insist on a full measure of justice in every aspect of American life. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women - students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors - found the courage to keep it alive. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims." And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.
They saw that I knew the Scriptures and that many of the values I held and that propelled me in my work were values they shared. But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.
And meeting them won't be easy. Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations. It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus.
But I'm hopeful because I think there's an awakening taking place in America. America, this is one of those moments.
Thank you very much everybody.