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I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. In all nations - including my own - this change can bring fear.
John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded; so instead of offering tax breaks to companies shipping jobs overseas, he offers them to companies creating jobs here at home. For we have a choice in this country. This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people.
And in time, I came to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death, but rather as an active, palpable agent in the world and in my own life. There was even a time when the Christian Coalition determined that its number one legislative priority was tax cuts for the rich. America, we cannot turn back. Without these ingredients, elections alone do not make true democracy. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into Interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action - whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or providing relief after a natural disaster. The sixth issue that I want to address is women's rights.
That's why organizations are rising up across the country to reclaim the language of faith to bring about change. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect. Because I've lived it. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead.
They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives. She had this enormous capacity for wonder, and lived by the Golden Rule. I'd been inspired by the civil rights movement - by all the clear-eyed, straight-backed, courageous young people who'd boarded buses and traveled down South to march and sit at lunch counters, and lay down their lives in some cases for freedom. 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. That together, our dreams can be one. That is why I ordered the removal of our combat brigades by next August.
Thank you very much everybody.