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And John Kerry believes that in a dangerous world war must be an option sometimes, but it should never be the first option. The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.
And fellow Americans, Democrats, Republicans, Independents - I say to you tonight: we have more work to do. Imagine Lincoln's Second Inaugural without its reference to "the judgments of the Lord." Or King's "I Have a Dream" speech without its reference to "all of God's children." Or President Kennedy's Inaugural without the words, "here on Earth, God's work must truly be our own." At each of these junctures, by summoning a higher truth and embracing a universal faith, our leaders inspired ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced. This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq's democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012. That is the world we seek.
And it's a lesson we need to remember today - as members of another Joshua generation. 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.
If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers - Thomas Jefferson - kept in his personal library. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations - to live in peace and security; to get an education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities, and our God. Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.
E pluribus unum. That's the promise we need to keep. 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.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.