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Bill, bought a house through F.H.A., and later moved west all the way to Hawaii in search of opportunity. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity one day and affirm my Christian faith. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President. And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream. We cannot walk alone.
I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents' dreams live on in my two precious daughters. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children.
John Kerry knows this. It is on your lips and in your heart. Not just with words, but with deeds - by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year? How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than one hundred million Americans? How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people's benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement? I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. America will align our policies with those who pursue peace, and say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs.
And until we do, our conscience cannot rest. We can do that.
Thank you, and God bless America.