【正文】 squo。re supposedto act. Too often, theyamp。rsquo。re either left under the hard light of scrutiny, or cloaked in a kind ofinvisibility.
　　So in addition to the new efforts on My Brotheramp。rsquo。s Keeper, the White House Council for Womenand Girls has for years been working on issues affecting women and girls of color, fromviolence against women, to pay equity, to access to health care. And you know Michelle hasbeen working on that. (Applause.) Because she doesnamp。rsquo。t think our daughters should be treateddifferently than anybody elseamp。rsquo。s son. Iamp。rsquo。ve got a vested interest in making sure that our daughtershave the same opportunities as boys do. (Applause.)
　　So thatamp。rsquo。s the world weamp。rsquo。ve got to reach for the world where every single one of our childrenhas the opportunity to pursue their measure of happiness. Thatamp。rsquo。s our unfinished work. Andweamp。rsquo。re going to have to fight for it. Weamp。rsquo。ve got to stand up for it. And we have to vote for it. Wehave to vote for it. (Applause.)
　　All around the country, wherever I see folks, they always say, oh, Barack, weamp。rsquo。re praying for you boy, youamp。rsquo。re so great。 look, you got all gray hair, you looking tired. (Laughter.) Weamp。rsquo。re prayingfor you. Which I appreciate. (Laughter.) But I tell them, after President Johnson signed theCivil Rights Act, he immediately moved on to what he called “。the meat in the coconut”。 avoting rights act bill. And some of his administration argued thatamp。rsquo。s too much, itamp。rsquo。s too the movement knew that if we rested after the Civil Rights Act, then all we could do waspray that somebody would enforce those rights. (Applause.)
　　So whenever I hear somebody say theyamp。rsquo。re praying for me, I say “。thank you.”。 Thank you Ibelieve in the power of prayer. But we know more than prayer. We need to vote. (Applause.)We need to vote. That will be helpful. It will not relieve me of my gray hair, but it will help mepass some bills. (Laughter.)
　　Because people refused to give in when it was hard, we get to celebrate the 50th anniversaryof the Voting Rights Act next year. Until then, weamp。rsquo。ve got to protect it. We canamp。rsquo。t just celebrateit。 weamp。rsquo。ve got to protect it. Because there are people still trying to pass voter ID laws to makeit harder for folks to vote. And weamp。rsquo。ve got to get back to our schools and our offices and ourchurches, our beauty shops, barber shops, and make sure folks know thereamp。rsquo。s an electioning up, they need to know how to register, and they need to know how and when to vote.
　　Weamp。rsquo。ve got to tell them to push back against the cynics。 prove everybody wrong who says thatchange isnamp。rsquo。t possible. Cynicism does not fix anything. Cynicism is very popular in Americasometimes. Itamp。rsquo。s propagated in the media. But cynicism didnamp。rsquo。t put anybody on the didnamp。rsquo。t pass the Voting Rights Act. Hope is what packed buses full of freedom is what led thousands of black folks and white folks to march from Selma to is what got John Lewis off his back after being beaten within an inch of his life, and choseto keep on going. (Applause.)
　　Cynicism is a choice, but hope is a better choice. And our job right now is to convince thepeople who are privileged to represent to join us in finishing that fight that folks like Johnstarted. Get those souls to the polls. Exercise their right to vote. And if we do, then Iguarantee you weamp。rsquo。ve got a brighter future ahead.
　　Thank you, God bless you. Keep praying. But go out there and vote. God bless America. (Applause.)