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They're deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough. No health care? The market will fix it. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores - that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not.
And I found that I recognized in these folks a part of myself. So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story - of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities.
His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.
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. Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it. That is the world we seek.
His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. What is that promise? If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know. Threatening Israel with destruction - or repeating vile stereotypes about Jews - is deeply wrong, and only serves to evoke in the minds of Israelis this most painful of memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.