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My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. And I'm glad to see that. We cannot ignore that we have a right and a duty to protect our borders. But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. Tomorrow, I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich.
I can assure you it is not. It is that promise that has always set this country apart - that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well. If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty.
This time we want to talk about how the lines in the Emergency Room are filled with whites and blacks and Hispanics who do not have health care; who don't have the power on their own to overcome the special interests in Washington, but who can take them on if we do it together. That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries.
Our conscience cannot rest until we not only secure our borders, but give the 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country a chance to earn their citizenship by paying a fine and waiting in line behind all those who came here legally. But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future.
E pluribus unum. It wasn't until after college, when I went to Chicago to work as a community organizer for a group of Christian churches, that I confronted my own spiritual dilemma. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office. Not even close.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.