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If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know. Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
"If you're organizing churches," they said, "it might be helpful if you went to church once in a while." And I thought, "Well, I guess that makes sense." We can affirm our faith without endangering the separation of church and state, as long as we understand that when we're in the public square, we have to speak in universal terms that everyone can understand. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
I'm not talking about blind optimism here - the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't think about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul.
Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change. For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco.
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. We must always examine the ways in which we protect it. On economic development, we will create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries.
Thank you, and God bless America.