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I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld - whether it is for Maronites in Lebanon or the Copts in Egypt.
That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. And John Kerry believes that in a dangerous world war must be an option sometimes, but it should never be the first option. In a sense, what brought me to Chicago in the first place was a hunger for some sort of meaning in my life. But we also know that government initiatives are not enough. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America. I am aware that some question or justify the events of 9/11.
Because the Iraq war is not just a security problem, it's a moral problem. And if we can do that - if we can embrace a common destiny - then I believe we'll not just help bring about a more hopeful day in America, we'll not just be caring for our own souls, we'll be doing God's work here on Earth. Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, black and white, I have never been so naive as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidacy - particularly a candidacy as imperfect as my own. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination.
They're deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough. They stood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, as the blows of billy clubs rained down. Because I've lived it. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. There need not be contradiction between development and tradition.
From his heroic service to Vietnam, to his years as a prosecutor and lieutenant governor, through two decades in the United States Senate, he has devoted himself to this country. And nothing will change. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend.
Thank you, and God bless America.