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It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington. The obligations that the parties have agreed to under the Road Map are clear. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
This was one of the tasks we set forth at the beginning of this campaign - to continue the long march of those who came before us, a march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous America. That legacy of defeat was passed on to future generations - those young men and increasingly young women who we see standing on street corners or languishing in our prisons, without hope or prospects for the future. We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty; that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes. Unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways.
That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe. From his heroic service to Vietnam, to his years as a prosecutor and lieutenant governor, through two decades in the United States Senate, he has devoted himself to this country. But I'm hopeful because I think there's an awakening taking place in America. That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries.
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. The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. And we cannot ignore the very real concerns of Americans who are not worried about illegal immigration because they are racist or xenophobic, but because they fear it will result in lower wages when they're already struggling to raise their families. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." And the lack of basic services in so many urban black neighborhoods - parks for kids to play in, police walking the beat, regular garbage pick-up and building code enforcement - all helped create a cycle of violence, blight and neglect that continue to haunt us. What's remarkable is not how many failed in the face of discrimination, but rather how many men and women overcame the odds; how many were able to make a way out of no way for those like me who would come after them.
Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. And so this will be a difficult debate next week.
Thank you very much everybody.