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Our government should work for us, not against us. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.
I learned that everyone's got a sacred story when you take the time to listen. The skeptical bent of my mind didn't suddenly vanish.
And I'm glad to see that. They stood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, as the blows of billy clubs rained down. He simply says to everyone in the room, "I am here because of Ashley." For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal.
The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. But my journey is part of a larger journey - one shared by all who've ever sought to apply the values of their faith to our society. My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want, but I won't be fulfilling God's will unless I go out and do the Lord's work. Those stories - of survival, and freedom, and hope - became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough." And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance.
I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us. And as a consequence, so did I. That's why I've been fighting to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and the minimum wage. 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. We are the party of Kennedy. And it is no coincidence that countries where women are well-educated are far more likely to be prosperous.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.