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Tonight is a particular honor for me because - let's face it - my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. They saw that I knew the Scriptures and that many of the values I held and that propelled me in my work were values they shared. We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. Among some Muslims, there is a disturbing tendency to measure one's own faith by the rejection of another's.
Now don't get me wrong. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well. He does not say education or the war. 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.
Their experience is the immigrant experience - as far as they're concerned, no one's handed them anything, they've built it from scratch. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition.
For the African-American community, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. I've seen it in Washington, when we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans and keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands. And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.
Because the Iraq war is not just a security problem, it's a moral problem. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear.
Thank you very much everybody.