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They know those things. But we cannot walk away this time. But it is where we start. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. You can't truly stand up for Georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save.
It's that folks are hungry for change - they're hungry for something new. What would be needed were Americans in successive generations who were willing to do their part - through protests and struggle, on the streets and in the courts, through a civil war and civil disobedience and always at great risk - to narrow that gap between the promise of our ideals and the reality of their time. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights.
He was nominally a Muslim since there were a number of Muslims in the village where he was born. And if we can do that - if we can embrace a common destiny - then I believe we'll not just help bring about a more hopeful day in America, we'll not just be caring for our own souls, we'll be doing God's work here on Earth.
But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table. That is one option. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.