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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. As William Faulkner once wrote, "The past isn't dead and buried. You have shown what history teaches us - that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. That is the responsibility we have to one another as human beings. We see it in the history of Andalusia and Cordoba during the Inquisition.
I learned that those things I was too weak to accomplish myself, He would accomplish with me if I placed my trust in Him. Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. This is where we are right now.
That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretense of liberalism.
There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America. Yet what we also understand is that our values should express themselves not just through our churches or synagogues, temples or mosques; they should express themselves through our government. Our government should work for us, not against us. Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own.
The hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism. In that time, he's said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, no to investments in renewable energy, no to renewable fuels. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.