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The hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta. It is not up in heaven. I just think he doesn't know. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington. America, we cannot turn back.
Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. We can recognize the truth that's at the heart of the UCC: that the conversation is not over; that our roles are not defined; that through ancient texts and modern voices, God is still speaking, challenging us to change not just our own lives, but the world around us. But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know. Because I've seen it.
Now don't get me wrong. 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. Last time we took up immigration reform, it failed. We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off to look after a sick kid without losing her job - an economy that honors the dignity of work. And that's what we have to restore. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities.
So doing the Lord's work is a thread that's run through our politics since the very beginning. It is not up in heaven. This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. We seek no military bases there. This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. Let me also address the issue of Iraq.
God bless you.