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It seems to me that each day, thousands of Americans are going about their lives - dropping the kids off at school, driving to work, shopping at the mall, trying to stay on their diets, trying to kick a cigarette habit - and they're coming to the realization that something is missing. The UCC is still listening. She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable.
He was a good-looking kid, six two, six three, clear eyed, with an easy smile. It's not consistent with our traditions of justice and fairness. I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95% of all working families. And we will do so in partnership with Muslim communities which are also threatened.
Imagine Lincoln's Second Inaugural without its reference to "the judgments of the Lord." Or King's "I Have a Dream" speech without its reference to "all of God's children." Or President Kennedy's Inaugural without the words, "here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own." At each of these junctures, by summoning a higher truth and embracing a universal faith, our leaders inspired ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. Our conscience cannot rest so long as nearly 45 million Americans don't have health insurance and the millions more who do are going bankrupt trying to pay for it. What's remarkable is not how many failed in the face of discrimination, but rather how many men and women overcame the odds; how many were able to make a way out of no way for those like me who would come after them. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared. There need not be contradiction between development and tradition.
We have to do what we can, knowing it's hard and not swinging from a naive idealism to a bitter defeatism - but rather, accepting the fact that we're not going to solve every problem overnight, but we can still make a difference. That's why organizations are rising up across the country to reclaim the language of faith to bring about change. 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. Iraq's sovereignty is its own. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
But what my former pastor too often failed to understand is that embarking on a program of self-help also requires a belief that society can change. America's strong bonds with Israel are well known.
Thank you.