Obama Ipsum

And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.

Those stories - of survival, and freedom, and hope - became our story, my story; the blood that had spilled was our blood, the tears our tears; until this black church, on this bright day, seemed once more a vessel carrying the story of a people into future generations and into a larger world. Perhaps somebody told her along the way that the source of her mother's problems were blacks who were on welfare and too lazy to work, or Hispanics who were coming into the country illegally. And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy.

While studying here, my father met my mother. God is still speaking. There is one story in particularly that I'd like to leave you with today - a story I told when I had the great honor of speaking on Dr. We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world - tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change. And nothing will change. I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. Our daughters can contribute just as much to society as our sons, and our common prosperity will be advanced by allowing all humanity - men and women - to reach their full potential.

And until we do, our conscience cannot rest. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere.

Thank you very much everybody.