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But we also know that government initiatives are not enough. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well.
Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough." And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain.
John Kerry believes in the Constitutional freedoms that have made our country the envy of the world, and he will never sacrifice our basic liberties, nor use faith as a wedge to divide us. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. I've seen it in Washington, when we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans and keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims." And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. On science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs.
She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. There is a young, twenty-three year old white woman named Ashley Baia who organized for our campaign in Florence, South Carolina. I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal, but I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality.
I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the United States of America. But I think they also sensed that a part of me remained removed and detached - that I was an observer in their midst. It is that promise that has always set this country apart - that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well. Israel must also live up to its obligations to ensure that Palestinians can live, and work, and develop their society.
Thank you very much everybody.