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It is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or education to our children. This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
That's not what I'm talking about. It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. I have made a solemn pledge that I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year. Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons.
For we have a choice in this country. The second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world. In all nations - including my own - this change can bring fear.
That is the true genius of America - a faith in simple dreams,, an insistence on small miracles. "If you're organizing churches," they said, "it might be helpful if you went to church once in a while." And I thought, "Well, I guess that makes sense." Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. To the love of my life, our next First Lady, Michelle Obama, and to Sasha and Malia - I love you so much, and I'm so proud of all of you. 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?
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. But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. For we have a choice in this country. As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do - to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.