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This is a problem that's brought together churches and synagogues and mosques and people of all faiths as part of a grassroots movement. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end. In all nations - including my own - this change can bring fear.
But as Americans, we also know that this is a nation of laws, and we cannot have those laws broken when more than 2,000 people cross our borders illegally every day. In fact, it isn't even past." We do not need to recite here the history of racial injustice in this country. America, this is one of those moments. And that is why we are providing more than $2.8 billion to help Afghans develop their economy and deliver services that people depend upon. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul.
And in time, I came to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death, but rather as an active, palpable agent in the world and in my own life. It means continuing to insist on a full measure of justice in every aspect of American life. Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
Back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. Although I believe that the Iraqi people are ultimately better off without the tyranny of Saddam Hussein, I also believe that events in Iraq have reminded America of the need to use diplomacy and build international consensus to resolve our problems whenever possible. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.
Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time. We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she's playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. 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. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with. People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, heart, and soul.
God bless you.