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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. And we cannot ignore the very real concerns of Americans who are not worried about illegal immigration because they are racist or xenophobic, but because they fear it will result in lower wages when they're already struggling to raise their families. It is on your lips and in your heart. And it's a lesson we need to remember today - as members of another Joshua generation. Let's come together - Protestant and Catholic, Muslim and Hindu and Jew, believer and non-believer alike. She poured everything she had into me.
I've been speaking to a lot of churches recently, so it's nice to be speaking to one that's so familiar. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.
In this election, we offer that choice. 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. The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. They endure the daily humiliations - large and small - that come with occupation. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable.
Clearly, the past 50 years have not weakened your resolve as faithful witnesses of the gospel. I learned that those things I was too weak to accomplish myself, He would accomplish with me if I placed my trust in Him.
It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves - protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology. So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President. In Ankara, I made clear that America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.