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And that man is John Kerry. And today I am announcing a new global effort with the Organization of the Islamic Conference to eradicate polio.
Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, and who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end. But I also know that human progress cannot be denied.
It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. 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. It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. The issues that I have described will not be easy to address.
His values - and his record - affirm what is best in us. And I've found that no matter where I am, or who I'm talking to, there's a common theme that emerges. And there's another issue we must confront as well. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. And when one of his chief advisors - the man who wrote his economic plan - was talking about the anxiety Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a "mental recession," and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners."
He's still speaking to our Catholic friends - who are holding up a consistent ethic of life that goes beyond abortion - one that includes a respect for life and dignity whether it's in Iraq, in poor neighborhoods, in African villages or even on death row. Not just with words, but with deeds - by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. Because in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's Army, and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the GI Bill.
Thank you, and God bless America.