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I don't know what Bible they're reading, but it doesn't jibe with my version. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time. And I've seen it in this campaign. The fourth issue that I will address is democracy. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld - whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt.
And it's around this time that some pastors I was working with came up to me and asked if I was a member of a church. They all have different stories and reasons. Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. Trade can bring new wealth and opportunities, but also huge disruptions and changing communities.
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. I can assure you it is not. King's birthday at his home church, Ebenezer Baptist, in Atlanta. 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. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress.
It's a promise that says the market should reward drive and innovation and generate growth, but that businesses should live up to their responsibilities to create American jobs, look out for American workers, and play by the rules of the road. Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion.
Our conscience cannot rest until we not only secure our borders, but give the 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country a chance to earn their citizenship by paying a fine and waiting in line behind all those who came here legally. It should help us, not hurt us.
Thank you, and God bless America.