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　　by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show

　　purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we

　　will speak for the valuesss that gave our nation birth.

　　America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is

　　unworthy of our nation's promise.

　　And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.

　　And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.

　　Where there is suffering, there is duty. Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems,

　　but priorities. And all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.

　　Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.