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They stood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, as the blows of billy clubs rained down. People are coming together around a simple truth - that we are all connected, that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain.
The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. It's not because John McCain doesn't care. And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose - our sense of higher purpose. 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.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. The hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds. They are moral problems, rooted in both societal indifference and individual callousness - in the imperfections of man. And the lack of basic services in so many urban black neighborhoods - parks for kids to play in, police walking the beat, regular garbage pick-up and building code enforcement - all helped create a cycle of violence, blight and neglect that continue to haunt us. But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union.
You know, a while back, I met a young man named Shamus [Seamus?] in a V.F.W. 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. And we will keep our promise to every young American - if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education. The issues that I have described will not be easy to address.
This country is more generous than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment he's worked on for twenty years and watch it shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a failure when he went home to tell his family the news. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans - Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy. America, we cannot turn back. 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. Indeed, faith should bring us together. 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.
God bless you.