Louis, and thousands more like her who have the grades, have the drive, have the will, but doesn't have the money to go to college. more work to do, for the workers I met in Galesburg, Illinois, who are losing their union jobs at the Maytag plant that's moving to Mexico, and now they're having to compete with their own children for jobs that pay 7 bucks an hour more to do for the father I met who was losing his job and chocking back the tears wondering how he would pay $4,500 a months for the drugs his son needs without the health benefits that he counted on more to do for the young woman in East St.
OBAMA: And fellow Americans, Democrats, Republicans, independents, I say to you, tonight, we have more work to do. This year, in this election, we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality and see how we are measuring up, to the legacy of our forbearers and the promise of future generations. a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution and that our votes will be counted - or at least, most of the time. That is the true genius of America, a faith. that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." OBAMA: Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible. And yet I know that, on this night, they look down on me with great pride.Īnd I stand here today grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents' dreams live on in my two precious daughters. They imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren't rich, because in a generous America you don't have to be rich to achieve your potential. They would give me an African name, Barack, or "blessed," believing that in a tolerant America, your name is no barrier to success. OBAMA: My parents shared not only an improbable love they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. After the war, they studied on the GI Bill, bought a house through FHA and later moved west, all the way to Hawaii, in search of opportunity.Īnd they too had big dreams for their daughter, a common dream born of two continents. Back home my grandmother raised a baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. The day after Pearl Harbor, my grandfather signed up for duty, joined Patton's army, marched across Europe. Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. While studying here my father met my mother. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that's shown as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before him. OBAMA: But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. He grew up herding goats, went to school in a tin- roof shack. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya.
Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely.
crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention. On behalf of the great state of Illinois. Senate in Illinois, Barack Obama, delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston Tuesday night. Transcript: Illinois Senate Candidate Barack ObamaĬandidate for U.S.
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