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My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. That is the true genius of America - a faith in simple dreams,, an insistence on small miracles. People don't expect government to solve all their problems. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely. I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal, but I do believe that a woman who is denied an education is denied equality. 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.
She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. His values - and his record - affirm what is best in us. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. Today there are 12 million undocumented immigrants in America, most of them working in our communities, attending our churches, and contributing to our country. It comes from Deuteronomy 30 when Moses talks to his followers about the challenges they'll find when they reach the Promised Land without him. But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring.
And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons. That promise is our greatest inheritance. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. Too much blood has been shed.
My mother, whose parents were non-practicing Baptists and Methodists, was one of the most spiritual souls I ever knew. From Willow Creek to the 'emerging church,' from the Southern Baptist Convention to the National Association of Evangelicals, folks are realizing that the four walls of the church are too small for a big God.God is still speaking. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, "Not this time." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.
I'm not talking about blind optimism here - the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't think about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life. Michelle and I are only here tonight because we were given a chance at an education.
Thank you very much everybody.