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So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street on the South Side of Chicago. This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work. That's the change we need right now. I do so recognizing that change cannot happen overnight. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have responsibilities. But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose.
John Kerry believes in an America where all Americans can afford the same health coverage our politicians in Washington have for themselves. They are full of dancing, clapping, screaming and shouting that may seem jarring to the untrained ear. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk. That is the spirit we need today.
More to do for the father that I met who was losing his job and choking back the tears, wondering how he would pay $4,500 a month for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on. His values - and his record - affirm what is best in us.
You know, a while back, I met a young man named Shamus [Seamus?] in a V.F.W. God is still speaking. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."
Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. So when they are told to bus their children to a school across town; when they hear that an African American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed; when they're told that their fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time. But she didn't. Some suggest that it isn't worth the effort - that we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash.
Thank you.