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People don't expect government to solve all their problems. If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. Part of it's because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, who've been all too eager to exploit what divides us. That's why I stand here tonight. That promise is our greatest inheritance. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur.
That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe. It's not consistent with our traditions of justice and fairness. It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. You're on your own. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words - within our borders, and around the world. But that is not yet the case.
"If you're organizing churches," they said, "it might be helpful if you went to church once in a while." And I thought, "Well, I guess that makes sense." We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong.
But I think they also sensed that a part of me remained removed and detached - that I was an observer in their midst. And when these battles were overtaken by others and when the wars they opposed were waged and won, these faithful foot soldiers for justice kept marching. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq's democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012.
Thank you very much everybody.