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And just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure. 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. And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam. Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust.
The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty; joined Patton's army, marched across Europe. It's not because John McCain doesn't care. But that is not yet the case.
For some, nagging questions remain. Well it's time for them to own their failure. When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. I know there is debate about this issue.
Some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable. Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. King's birthday at his home church, Ebenezer Baptist, in Atlanta. They have killed people of different faiths - more than any other, they have killed Muslims. But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward.
In this election, we offer that choice. Now is the time to help families with paid sick days and better family leave, because nobody in America should have to choose between keeping their jobs and caring for a sick child or ailing parent.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.