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And in all these ways, they helped make this country more decent and more just. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain.
That legacy of defeat was passed on to future generations - those young men and increasingly young women who we see standing on street corners or languishing in our prisons, without hope or prospects for the future. Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest - a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours - Hillary Rodham Clinton. Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. As Commander-in-Chief, I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home.
John Kerry believes in the Constitutional freedoms that have made our country the envy of the world, and he will never sacrifice our basic liberties, nor use faith as a wedge to divide us. We are a better country than this. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists. But we will support a secure and united Iraq as a partner, and never as a patron. And while America in the past has focused on oil and gas in this part of the world, we now seek a broader engagement.
They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives. And so they need an assurance that somebody out there cares about them, is listening to them - that they are not just destined to travel down that long road toward nothingness. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism.
I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. As such, Reverend Wright's comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity; racially charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems - two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change; problems that are neither black or white or Latino or Asian, but rather problems that confront us all. Many bring up a specific issue. And just as we keep our keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.