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King delivered his prayer for our country. Understanding this reality requires a reminder of how we arrived at this point. If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums.
Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. The sooner the extremists are isolated and unwelcome in Muslim communities, the sooner we will all be safer.
And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver slaves from bondage, or provide men and women of every color and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of the United States. I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.
Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust. On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.
And slowly, I came to realize that something was missing as well - that without an anchor for my beliefs, without a commitment to a particular community of faith, at some level I would always remain apart, and alone. America, we are better than these last eight years. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class. And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.
Thank you.