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And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver slaves from bondage, or provide men and women of every color and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of the United States. We cannot impose peace.
We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back." It was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment. Now let me be clear: issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam.
Hall in East Moline, Ill.. That is true genius of this nation. 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. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve. Fear that because of modernity we will lose of control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities - those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.
These enemies must be found. I'm hearing from evangelicals who may not agree with progressives on every issue but agree that poverty has no place in a world of plenty; that hate has no place in the hearts of believers; and that we all have to be good stewards of God's creations. It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. This country is more generous than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment he's worked on for twenty years and watch it shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a failure when he went home to tell his family the news.
In that time, I've had the chance to talk with Americans all across this country. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you. Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits.
Thank you, and God bless America.