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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. Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that's when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom. These challenges are not all of government's making.
Let me be clear. It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American. It requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper. It is time for these settlements to stop.
But there's a story I want to share that takes place before Moses passed the mantle of leadership on to Joshua. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam.
If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. These are the Americans that I know.
His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. It's not because John McCain doesn't care. That won't keep America safe. 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.
Thank you, and God bless America.