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For alongside our famous individualism, there's another ingredient in the American saga. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. That history helps explain the wealth and income gap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today's urban and rural communities. Tomorrow, I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. But all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century, and in too many Muslim communities there remains underinvestment in these areas.
In a sense, what brought me to Chicago in the first place was a hunger for some sort of meaning in my life. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong.
We shouldn't use the obstacles we face as an excuse for cynicism. And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East. 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.
More work to do for the workers I met in Galesburg, Ill., who are losing their union jobs at the Maytag plant that's moving to Mexico, and now are having to compete with their own children for jobs that pay seven bucks an hour. Our conscience can't rest so long as 37 million Americans are poor and forgotten by their leaders in Washington and by the media elites. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America. In Ankara, I made clear that America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam.
But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. People are coming together around a simple truth - that we are all connected, that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. That's the change we need right now. Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals.
Thank you very much everybody.