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I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible. Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. It got hijacked. So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed.
I'd been inspired by the civil rights movement - by all the clear-eyed, straight-backed, courageous young people who'd boarded buses and traveled down South to march and sit at lunch counters, and lay down their lives in some cases for freedom. I don't know what Bible they're reading, but it doesn't jibe with my version. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
And that's what we have to restore. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. And despite the costs involved, America's commitment will not weaken. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. troops and civilians.
His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights.
That's not simply a matter of policy or ideology - it's a moral commitment. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. And despite the costs involved, America's commitment will not weaken. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.
Thank you very much everybody.