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They know they have to work hard to get ahead - and they want to. And it's a lesson we need to remember today - as members of another Joshua generation. Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores - that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average.
And it's around this time that some pastors I was working with came up to me and asked if I was a member of a church. There is one story in particularly that I'd like to leave you with today - a story I told when I had the great honor of speaking on Dr.
And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life. We have to do what we can, knowing it's hard and not swinging from a naive idealism to a bitter defeatism - but rather, accepting the fact that we're not going to solve every problem overnight, but we can still make a difference. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground. We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
And in all these ways, they helped make this country more decent and more just. And we should close Guantanamo Bay and stop tolerating the torture of our enemies. And despite the costs involved, America's commitment will not weaken. In all nations - including my own - this change can bring fear.
Our conscience cannot rest so long as nearly 45 million Americans don't have health insurance and the millions more who do are going bankrupt trying to pay for it. That history helps explain the wealth and income gap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today's urban and rural communities. He does not say education or the war. But that is not yet the case.
Thank you, and God bless America.