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They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension.
They stood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, as the blows of billy clubs rained down. They are moral problems, rooted in both societal indifference and individual callousness - in the imperfections of man. Because it's not who we are. But what the people heard instead - people of every creed and color, from every walk of life - is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked. For peace to come, it is time for them - and all of us - to live up to our responsibilities. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere.
But it is where we start. That's why I stand here tonight. But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. America, this is one of those moments. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. There is no straight line to realize this promise.
On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike. That is true genius of this nation. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation.
I wanted to be part of something larger. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. But we have a responsibility to join together on behalf of the world we seek - a world where extremists no longer threaten our people, and American troops have come home; a world where Israelis and Palestinians are each secure in a state of their own, and nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes; a world where governments serve their citizens, and the rights of all God's children are respected.
God bless you.