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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 To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; I'll recruit an army of new teachers, and pay them higher salaries and give them more support. When John McCain said we could just "muddle through" in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. The Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems. And we will match promising Muslim students with internships in America; invest in on-line learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo.
But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal.
That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. John Kerry calls on us to hope. Let us be our sister's keeper. You have shown what history teaches us - that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world - tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. And I want to particularly say this to young people of every faith, in every country - you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.
Like the anger within the black community, these resentments aren't always expressed in polite company. Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. When I listen to another worker tell me that his factory has shut down, I remember all those men and women on the South Side of Chicago who I stood by and fought for two decades ago after the local steel plant closed. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody.
It's what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family. But she didn't. She poured everything she had into me. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.
Thank you.