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And it's around this time that some pastors I was working with came up to me and asked if I was a member of a church. For eighteen long months, you have stood up, one by one, and said enough to the politics of the past.
I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible. But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table. No matter where it takes hold, government of the people and by the people sets a single standard for all who hold power: you must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must respect the rights of minorities, and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party.
That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. There was even a time when the Christian Coalition determined that its number one legislative priority was tax cuts for the rich. So let us agree that patriotism has no party.
Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that shone as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground. It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America's founding.
It's that folks are hungry for change - they're hungry for something new. We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
Thank you, and God bless America.