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People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But I've got news for them, too. Last time we took up immigration reform, it failed.
A common dream, born of two continents. Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. America, our work will not be easy. America, we cannot turn back. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
But at the end of the day, we cannot walk away - not for the sake of passing a bill, but so that we can finally address the real concerns of Americans and the persistent hopes of all those brothers and sisters who want nothing more than their own chance at our common dream. We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul. That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
It was stained by this nation's original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations. The fact is that the comments that have been made and the issues that have surfaced over the last few weeks reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through - a part of our union that we have yet to perfect. And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle-management, despite years of being passed over for promotions because she was a woman. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient.
That history helps explain the wealth and income gap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today's urban and rural communities. Because that was the cheapest way to eat. I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow. We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people.
God bless you.