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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. In the end, that's what this election is about. No, the word is very near. It is on your lips and in your heart. It's the wisdom Moses imparted to those who would succeed him. The Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems.

He was a good-looking kid, six two, six three, clear eyed, with an easy smile. That's why organizations are rising up across the country to reclaim the language of faith to bring about change. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans. Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. We cannot impose peace.

I didn't fall out in church, as folks sometimes do. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible. Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.

I thought of the families I've met who were struggling to get by without a loved one's full income, or whose loved ones had returned with a limb missing or nerves shattered, but who still lacked long-term health benefits because they were Reservists. As William Faulkner once wrote, "The past isn't dead and buried. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. That together, our dreams can be one.

Now let there be no doubt. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't.

Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.