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It's that we all have it within our power to make this a better world. We can dismiss Reverend Wright as a crank or a demagogue, just as some have dismissed Geraldine Ferraro, in the aftermath of her recent statements, as harboring some deep-seated racial bias. We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. This is not simply about America's interests.
While studying here, my father met my mother. And occasionally it finds voice in the church on Sunday morning, in the pulpit and in the pews. In the young people who voted for the first time, and in those who got involved again after a very long time. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them.
In a sense, what brought me to Chicago in the first place was a hunger for some sort of meaning in my life. So it's 1985, and I'm in Chicago, and I'm working with these churches, and with lots of laypeople who are much older than I am. There is real evil and hardship and pain and suffering in the world and we should be humble in our belief that we can eliminate them. And yet, to wish away the resentments of white Americans, to label them as misguided or even racist, without recognizing they are grounded in legitimate concerns - this too widens the racial divide, and blocks the path to understanding. Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience. We must always examine the ways in which we protect it.
And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. That commitment is at the core of the Treaty, and it must be kept for all who fully abide by it.
Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past.
Thank you, and God bless America.