E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us
the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics
of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, 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.
The pundits, 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 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. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are
patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us
pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending
the United States of America.
Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in
a politics of hope?
Barack Obama: 2004 Democratic National Convention Address
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