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It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. Change comes to Washington.
This year, in this election, we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we are measuring up, to the legacy of our forbearers, and the promise of future generations. We will help Iraq train its Security Forces and develop its economy. Without these ingredients, elections alone do not make true democracy.
There is a young, twenty-three year old white woman named Ashley Baia who organized for our campaign in Florence, South Carolina. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President.
These enemies must be found. And when the Civil War was fought and our country dedicated itself to a new birth of freedom, they took on the problems of an industrializing nation - fighting the crimes against society and the sins against God that they felt were being committed in our factories and in our slums. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. And fault lines must be closed among Muslims as well, as the divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence, particularly in Iraq.
That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. They saw that I knew the Scriptures and that many of the values I held and that propelled me in my work were values they shared. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. They endure the daily humiliations - large and small - that come with occupation. But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose. The people of the world can live together in peace.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.