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America! Tonight, if you feel the same energy that I do, if you feel the same urgency that I do, if you feel the same passion I do, if you feel the same hopefulness that I do - if we do what we must do, then I have no doubts that all across the country, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November, and John Kerry will be sworn in as president, and John Edwards will be sworn in as vice president, and this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come. It's the wisdom Moses imparted to those who would succeed him. America, we are better than these last eight years. This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
We can tackle race only as spectacle - as we did in the OJ trial - or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina - or as fodder for the nightly news. Because it feeds into the cynicism we all have about government. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk.
And it's a lesson we need to remember today - as members of another Joshua generation. With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
John Kerry believes in America. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. And that's to be expected. We cannot walk alone.
Hall in East Moline, Ill.. It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. They all have different stories and reasons. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.