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His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. She sought out allies in her fight against injustice. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. This history is well known. This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.
That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. This is a problem that's brought together churches and synagogues and mosques and people of all faiths as part of a grassroots movement. For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. And it is on their behalf that I intend to win this election and keep our promise alive as President of the United States. Now is the time to help families with paid sick days and better family leave, because nobody in America should have to choose between keeping their jobs and caring for a sick child or ailing parent.
It is on your lips and in your heart. In the end, then, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world's great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. That's why we're partnering with a coalition of forty-six countries. And we will welcome all elected, peaceful governments - provided they govern with respect for all their people.
His values - and his record - affirm what is best in us. I thought of the families I've met who were struggling to get by without a loved one's full income, or whose loved ones had returned with a limb missing or nerves shattered, but who still lacked long-term health benefits because they were Reservists. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.
A belief that we're all connected as one people. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. What is that promise? The challenges we face require tough choices, and Democrats as well as Republicans will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past.
Thank you.