Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. Many Gulf States have enjoyed great wealth as a consequence of oil, and some are beginning to focus it on broader development.
Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. But it also means binding our particular grievances – for better health care, and better schools, and better jobs – to the larger aspirations of all Americans – the white woman struggling to break the glass ceiling, the white man whose been laid off, the immigrant trying to feed his family.
Thank you.
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