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And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy. I've seen it in Washington, when we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans and keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.
They're looking to relieve a chronic loneliness. Part of it's because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, who've been all too eager to exploit what divides us. But we shouldn't use our humility as an excuse for inaction. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America's story.
God is still speaking. In my first book, Dreams From My Father, I described the experience of my first service at Trinity: I am a Christian, but my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims.
For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world. We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and appoint new Science Envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, and grow new crops. The Talmud tells us: "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace."
They know we can do better. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways. Meanwhile, the struggle for women's equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.