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They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. We cannot impose peace. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.
Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And despite the costs involved, America's commitment will not weaken.
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. Wright deliver a sermon called "The Audacity of Hope." And during the course of that sermon, he introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. We will all have to make concessions to achieve this. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. There is no straight line to realize this promise. Fear that because of modernity we will lose of control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities - those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.
We have real enemies in the world. E pluribus unum. On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. I've seen it in the workers who would rather cut their hours back a day than see their friends lose their jobs, in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb, in the good neighbors who take a stranger in when a hurricane strikes and the floodwaters rise. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.
He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state; to recognize Israel's legitimacy; and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past. I know there is debate about this issue.
Thank you, and God bless America.