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We're not going to agree on everything, but we can disagree without being disagreeable. 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. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. So America will defend itself respectful of the sovereignty of nations and the rule of law. America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them.
People don't expect government to solve all their problems. Let me be clear. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. This time we want to talk about the shuttered mills that once provided a decent life for men and women of every race, and the homes for sale that once belonged to Americans from every religion, every region, every walk of life. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.
Like the anger within the black community, these resentments aren't always expressed in polite company. That won't keep America safe. That promise is our greatest inheritance. It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women. Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam.
I was too young to be involved in that movement, but I felt I could play a small part in the continuing battle for justice by helping rebuild some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. And finally, just as America can never tolerate violence by extremists, we must never alter our principles.
People don't expect government to solve all their problems. It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity one day and affirm my Christian faith. Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. And just as it devastates Palestinian families, the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza does not serve Israel's security; neither does the continuing lack of opportunity in the West Bank. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
God bless you.