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This year, in this election, we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we are measuring up, to the legacy of our forbearers, and the promise of future generations. A belief that there are better days ahead. It's the wisdom Moses imparted to those who would succeed him. Let's come together - Protestant and Catholic, Muslim and Hindu and Jew, believer and non-believer alike. America, our work will not be easy. It is about preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that could lead this region and the world down a hugely dangerous path.
Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. Finally, I want to discuss economic development and opportunity.
These are the policies I will pursue. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk. The fourth issue that I will address is democracy. This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.
When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of the American Dream, there were many who didn't make it - those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination. But it also means binding our particular grievances - for better health care, and better schools, and better jobs - to the larger aspirations of all Americans - the white woman struggling to break the glass ceiling, the white man whose been laid off, the immigrant trying to feed his family. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.
Yet what we also understand is that our values should express themselves not just through our churches or synagogues, temples or mosques; they should express themselves through our government. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.