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And all across the country, communities of faith are sponsoring day care programs, building senior centers, and in so many other ways, taking part in the project of American renewal. But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction. We all put our country first.
Hope in the face of difficulty. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is indeed a tumultuous history between us.
I understand you switched venues at considerable expense and inconvenience because of unfair labor practices at the place you were going to be having this synod. What would be needed were Americans in successive generations who were willing to do their part - through protests and struggle, on the streets and in the courts, through a civil war and civil disobedience and always at great risk - to narrow that gap between the promise of our ideals and the reality of their time. But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. In the young people who voted for the first time, and in those who got involved again after a very long time. Likewise, many Israelis recognize the need for a Palestinian state.
To the Joshua generation, these challenges seem momentous - and they are. They've worked hard all their lives, many times only to see their jobs shipped overseas or their pension dumped after a lifetime of labor. We know that is God's vision.
We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests.
Thank you very much everybody.