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He told me he'd joined the Marines, and was heading to Iraq the following week. And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life. But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. These people are a part of me. She sought out allies in her fight against injustice.
Most working- and middle-class white Americans don't feel that they have been particularly privileged by their race. Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions.
Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires. I know there are many - Muslim and non-Muslim - who question whether we can forge this new beginning.
They would give me an African name, Barack, or "blessed," believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. Now don't get me wrong. John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded; so instead of offering tax breaks to companies shipping jobs overseas, he offers them to companies creating jobs here at home. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody.
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. And I've seen it in this campaign. We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world - tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.