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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. Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest - a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours - Hillary Rodham Clinton. No matter where it takes hold, government of the people and by the people sets a single standard for all who hold power: you must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must respect the rights of minorities, and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party.
So let's rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics - a politics of conscience. Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. And we will keep our promise to every young American - if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education.
The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and started being used to drive us apart. I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty.
Let me be clear. Most working- and middle-class white Americans don't feel that they have been particularly privileged by their race. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. America will align our policies with those who pursue peace, and say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs.
The people I meet - in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks - they don't expect government to solve all their problems. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, "Not this time." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.