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America, our work will not be easy. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. This is a difficult responsibility to embrace.
Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be." So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable.
They are moral problems, rooted in both societal indifference and individual callousness - in the imperfections of man. This is a problem that's brought together churches and synagogues and mosques and people of all faiths as part of a grassroots movement. We're not going to agree on everything, but we can disagree without being disagreeable. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.
Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam. But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change. Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. They endure the daily humiliations - large and small - that come with occupation. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear.
But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of the American Dream, there were many who didn't make it - those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination. But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. These challenges are not all of government's making. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. On economic development, we will create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.