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And fellow Americans, Democrats, Republicans, Independents - I say to you tonight: we have more work to do. God is still speaking. But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union. If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives. This history is well known.
The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty; joined Patton's army, marched across Europe. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. And you know what - it's worked before. They have killed in many countries.
That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. On economic development, we will create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries.
And that man is John Kerry. It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial.
The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. That is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience that the task requires.
Thank you.