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But there's a story I want to share that takes place before Moses passed the mantle of leadership on to Joshua. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities. And we will also expand partnerships with Muslim communities to promote child and maternal health.
He does not say education or the war. Change comes to Washington. That promise is our greatest inheritance. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."
And you know what - it's worked before. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful.
It's a journey that takes us back to our nation's founding, when none other than a UCC church inspired the Boston Tea Party and helped bring an Empire to its knees. And in all these ways, they helped make this country more decent and more just. That's why organizations are rising up across the country to reclaim the language of faith to bring about change. And that's to be expected.
That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. And when the Civil War was fought and our country dedicated itself to a new birth of freedom, they took on the problems of an industrializing nation - fighting the crimes against society and the sins against God that they felt were being committed in our factories and in our slums. Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's black and white students. Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state; to recognize Israel's legitimacy; and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past.
Thank you, and God bless America.