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Bill, bought a house through F.H.A., and later moved west all the way to Hawaii in search of opportunity. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." 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. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
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. 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. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests.
John Kerry believes in an America where all Americans can afford the same health coverage our politicians in Washington have for themselves. And he knows that it's not enough for just some of us to prosper. In fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. This country is more generous than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment he's worked on for twenty years and watch it shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a failure when he went home to tell his family the news. And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation.
He was nominally a Muslim since there were a number of Muslims in the village where he was born. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be." We are taking concrete actions to change course. 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.
More to do for the father that I met who was losing his job and choking back the tears, wondering how he would pay $4,500 a month for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on. But I'm hopeful because I think there's an awakening taking place in America.
Thank you.