Obama Ipsum

Our government should work for us, not against us. And finally, just as America can never tolerate violence by extremists, we must never alter our principles. Many Gulf States have enjoyed great wealth as a consequence of oil, and some are beginning to focus it on broader development. All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today. The Holy Koran tells us, "O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."

It's a war I'm proud I opposed from the start - a war that should never have been authorized and never been waged. That is in Israel's interest, Palestine's interest, America's interest, and the world's interest.

I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. But privately, many Muslims recognize that Israel will not go away.

But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. These are not whiners. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. The Talmud tells us: "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace." Now, that must be our work here on Earth.

Now let me be clear. 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 as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.

Thank you very much everybody.