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I'm hearing from evangelicals who may not agree with progressives on every issue but agree that poverty has no place in a world of plenty; that hate has no place in the hearts of believers; and that we all have to be good stewards of God's creations. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality. For more than sixty years they have endured the pain of dislocation.
While studying here, my father met my mother. And as a consequence, so did I. But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress.
If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. That is why the United States will partner with any Muslim-majority country to support expanded literacy for girls, and to help young women pursue employment through micro-financing that helps people live their dreams.
The hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores. There was even a time when the Christian Coalition determined that its number one legislative priority was tax cuts for the rich. Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work. The issues that I have described will not be easy to address.
The people I meet - in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks - they don't expect government to solve all their problems. I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans. And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. And that's what we have to restore.
Thank you very much everybody.