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We have to do what we can, knowing it's hard and not swinging from a naive idealism to a bitter defeatism - but rather, accepting the fact that we're not going to solve every problem overnight, but we can still make a difference. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew.
We will all have to make concessions to achieve this. Because that was the cheapest way to eat. 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. Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.
My father, who I didn't know, returned to Kenya when I was just two. Now, some of you may have heard me talk about the Joshua generation. For while Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, I stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats we face.
That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality.
That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. He was a good-looking kid, six two, six three, clear eyed, with an easy smile. We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more.
Thank you.