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I learned that everyone's got a sacred story when you take the time to listen. It got hijacked. These people are a part of me. These are my heroes. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has played a role in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S.
I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription drugs, and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandparent. This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work. I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours - a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west; a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur.
Hope in the face of difficulty. With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. So let us agree that patriotism has no party.
And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. The same is true for the astonishing progress within Muslim-majority countries from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai.
But we cannot walk away this time. For we have a choice in this country. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. We all put our country first. The issues that I have described will not be easy to address.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.