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Tonight is a particular honor for me because - let's face it - my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. It's been about you. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
And slowly, I came to realize that something was missing as well - that without an anchor for my beliefs, without a commitment to a particular community of faith, at some level I would always remain apart, and alone. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. Anyway, Ashley finishes her story and then goes around the room and asks everyone else why they're supporting the campaign. These are the policies I will pursue. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.
King delivered his prayer for our country. Our conscience cannot rest until we not only secure our borders, but give the 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country a chance to earn their citizenship by paying a fine and waiting in line behind all those who came here legally. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." But she didn't. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders.
It's what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family. The hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores. We can dismiss Reverend Wright as a crank or a demagogue, just as some have dismissed Geraldine Ferraro, in the aftermath of her recent statements, as harboring some deep-seated racial bias. Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build. I know that for many, the face of globalization is contradictory. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.
Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Like the anger within the black community, these resentments aren't always expressed in polite company. It's not because John McCain doesn't care. We all put our country first. But I am convinced that in order to move forward, we must say openly the things we hold in our hearts, and that too often are said only behind closed doors.
God bless you.