Obama Ipsum

The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

And it means taking full responsibility for own lives - by demanding more from our fathers, and spending more time with our children, and reading to them, and teaching them that while they may face challenges and discrimination in their own lives, they must never succumb to despair or cynicism; they must always believe that they can write their own destiny. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. Not with so much work to be done. We are taking concrete actions to change course.

Consensus and compromise will not come easy. God is still speaking. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.

These enemies must be found. A belief that there are better days ahead. We're not going to agree on everything, but we can disagree without being disagreeable. Unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America. These things we share. It is time for these settlements to stop.

She had this enormous capacity for wonder, and lived by the Golden Rule. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us.

God bless you.