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For alongside our famous individualism, there's another ingredient in the American saga. And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life. This time we want to talk about the men and women of every color and creed who serve together, and fight together, and bleed together under the same proud flag. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook.
But my journey is part of a larger journey - one shared by all who've ever sought to apply the values of their faith to our society. It's a war I'm proud I opposed from the start - a war that should never have been authorized and never been waged. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere.
And as I listened to him explain why he'd enlisted, the absolute faith he had in our country and its leaders, his devotion to duty and service, I thought this young man was all that any of us might hope for in a child. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. And today I am announcing a new global effort with the Organization of the Islamic Conference to eradicate polio.
They're ready to turn the page on the old politics and the old policies - whether it's the war in Iraq or the health care crisis we're in, or a school system that's leaving too many kids behind despite the slogans. But as Americans, we also know that this is a nation of laws, and we cannot have those laws broken when more than 2,000 people cross our borders illegally every day. I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work.
And I'm glad to see that. There is real evil and hardship and pain and suffering in the world and we should be humble in our belief that we can eliminate them.
Thank you very much everybody.