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Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope? 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. She had been working to organize a mostly African-American community since the beginning of this campaign, and one day she was at a roundtable discussion where everyone went around telling their story and why they were there. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President. To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, and to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, and recognize Israel's right to exist.
Louis, and thousands more like her, who has the grades, has the drive, has the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. And so this will be a difficult debate next week. Indeed, we can recall the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: "I hope that our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be." But this much is clear: governments that protect these rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure.
And I think they recognized a part of themselves in me too. Imagine Lincoln's Second Inaugural without its reference to "the judgments of the Lord." Or King's "I Have a Dream" speech without its reference to "all of God's children." Or President Kennedy's Inaugural without the words, "here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own." At each of these junctures, by summoning a higher truth and embracing a universal faith, our leaders inspired ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. We're not going to agree on everything, but we can disagree without being disagreeable. And Ashley asks him why he's there. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.
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. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. But it should be their choice.
And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. Finally, I want to discuss economic development and opportunity. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress.
Thank you very much everybody.