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And just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure. We're not going to agree on everything, but we can disagree without being disagreeable. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve. Fear that because of modernity we will lose of control over our economic choices, our politics, and most importantly our identities - those things we most cherish about our communities, our families, our traditions, and our faith.
It's not enough, but it's helping. We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned. Now, that must be our work here on Earth.
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. The hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds. I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Finally, the Arab States must recognize that the Arab Peace Initiative was an important beginning, but not the end of their responsibilities. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit - for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear.
John Kerry believes in the Constitutional freedoms that have made our country the envy of the world, and he will never sacrifice our basic liberties, nor use faith as a wedge to divide us. That legacy of defeat was passed on to future generations - those young men and increasingly young women who we see standing on street corners or languishing in our prisons, without hope or prospects for the future. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one." That is why we are forging service projects in America that bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
The UCC is still listening. Understanding this reality requires a reminder of how we arrived at this point. For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. The people of the world can live together in peace.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.