Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely.

My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya.

My parents shared not only an improbable love; they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this

nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or "blessed," believing that in a tolerant America

your name is no barrier to success.

I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents' dreams live on in

my precious daughters.

I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America.

There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there's the

United States of America.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our

libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we've got some gay

friends in the Red States.

The pundits like to slice and dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans,

Blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We are one people, all of us pledging

allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

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