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That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. Hall in East Moline, Ill.. But I'm hopeful because I think there's an awakening taking place in America. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change.
And yet, I know that, on this night, they look down on me with great pride. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia.
Because whether it's poverty or racism, the uninsured or the unemployed, war or peace, the challenges we face today are not simply technical problems in search of the perfect ten-point plan. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush.
His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. And that man is John Kerry. In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. Out of work? Tough luck. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours - a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west; a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot.
Bill, bought a house through F.H.A., and later moved west all the way to Hawaii in search of opportunity. And so long as we're not doing everything in our personal and collective power to solve them, we know the conscience of our nation cannot rest. And it is on their behalf that I intend to win this election and keep our promise alive as President of the United States.
Thank you very much everybody.