Obama Ipsum

With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. These things we share. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal.

I was too young to be involved in that movement, but I felt I could play a small part in the continuing battle for justice by helping rebuild some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. He contains within him the contradictions - the good and the bad - of the community that he has served diligently for so many years. These challenges are not all of government's making. Finally, the Arab States must recognize that the Arab Peace Initiative was an important beginning, but not the end of their responsibilities. I know there is debate about this issue.

That's what compromise is about. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women - students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors - found the courage to keep it alive. They work hard and give back and keep going without complaint. The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores - that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average. But I also know that human progress cannot be denied.

That has been my experience at Trinity. What we have already achieved gives us hope - the audacity to hope - for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. In the Republicans who never thought they'd pick up a Democratic ballot, but did.

And in exchange, I'll ask for higher standards and more accountability. When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations.

Thank you, and God bless America.