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But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. And I've seen it in this campaign. As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.
If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America's goals, and our need to work together. Each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded in the traditions of its own people. 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.
He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin-roof shack. And they want that choice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam.
I've been speaking to a lot of churches recently, so it's nice to be speaking to one that's so familiar. I have made a solemn pledge that I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year. It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort.
I'm not talking about blind optimism here - the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't think about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. I learned that those things I was too weak to accomplish myself, He would accomplish with me if I placed my trust in Him. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. Indeed, none of us should tolerate these extremists. We cannot impose peace.
Thank you.