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And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle-management, despite years of being passed over for promotions because she was a woman. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it.
It's not enough, but it's helping. But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table. 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.
His values - and his record - affirm what is best in us. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America. It's the wisdom Moses imparted to those who would succeed him. She knew that food was one of their most expensive costs, and so Ashley convinced her mother that what she really liked and really wanted to eat more than anything else was mustard and relish sandwiches. I know there has been controversy about the promotion of democracy in recent years, and much of this controversy is connected to the war in Iraq. No matter where it takes hold, government of the people and by the people sets a single standard for all who hold power: you must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must respect the rights of minorities, and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party.
And just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. So let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America.
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. And all across the country, communities of faith are sponsoring day care programs, building senior centers, and in so many other ways, taking part in the project of American renewal. Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us.
God bless you.