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If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription drugs, and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandparent. I believe that we can give our middle class relief and provide working families with a road to opportunity. But we also know that government initiatives are not enough. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. But we can only achieve it together.
Like other black churches, Trinity's services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a person, it is as if he has saved all mankind. We are taking concrete actions to change course.
It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. 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. And that's to be expected. The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists.
More to do for the father that I met who was losing his job and choking back the tears, wondering how he would pay $4,500 a month for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.
John Kerry believes in energy independence, so we aren't held hostage to the profits of oil companies, or the sabotage of foreign oil fields. They all have different stories and reasons. 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. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all. They have killed in many countries.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.