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It is that fundamental belief, it is that fundamental belief, I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper that makes this country work. They're telling me that their conversation about what it means to be Catholic continues. It's the wisdom Moses imparted to those who would succeed him. But privately, many Muslims recognize that Israel will not go away.
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. That's not what I'm talking about. 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. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people.
But by the time he was a young adult, he was an atheist. And I think they recognized a part of themselves in me too. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith. Indeed, faith should bring us together.
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. It's not enough, but it's helping. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government. And I will host a Summit on Entrepreneurship this year to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.
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. The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend.
Thank you.