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Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it. Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend. Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
I've been speaking to a lot of churches recently, so it's nice to be speaking to one that's so familiar. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. Now let me be clear: issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam.
My mother, whose parents were non-practicing Baptists and Methodists, was one of the most spiritual souls I ever knew. What we have already achieved gives us hope - the audacity to hope - for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.
And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election. The fundamentals we use to measure economic strength are whether we are living up to that fundamental promise that has made this country great - a promise that is the only reason I am standing here tonight. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.
But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one. On one end of the spectrum, we've heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap.
Thank you, and God bless America.