【正文】 conomy. It wasnamp。39。t easy. There were determined leaders in both government and businessthat wanted to raise the standard of living and recruit businesses, make life better.
　　When the closing of Central High School in Little Rock happened, and President Eisenhower hadto send in federal troops to keep peace, that sent a message of urgency but also opportunity.
　　I remember Andy ing to Little Rock some years later, and saying that in Atlanta when folkssaw what was going on in Little Rock and saw some of the continuing resistance to enforcingcivil rights laws, opening up closed doors, creating the chance for Blacks and whites to studytogether, to work together, to live together, Atlanta made a different decision.
　　The leadership of Atlanta came together, looked out across the South and said, amp。quot。Some place inthe South is really going to make it big. We need to be that place.amp。quot。 And they adopted a slogan, amp。quot。the city too busy to hate.amp。quot。
　　Well, we need to be cities, states and a country too busy to hate. We need to get about thework of tearing down the barriers and the obstacles, roll up our sleeves together, look at whatamp。39。sworking across our country, and then share it and scale it.
　　As all of us reeled from the news in Charleston this past week, a friend of mine shared thisobservation with a number of us. Think about the hearts and values of those men and womenof Mother Emanuel, he said.
　　amp。quot。A dozen people gathered to pray. Theyamp。39。re in their most intimate of munities and astranger who doesnamp。39。t look or dress like them joins in. They donamp。39。t judge. They donamp。39。t donamp。39。t reject. They just wele. If heamp。39。s there, he must need something: prayer, love,munity, something. During their last hour, nine people of faith weled a stranger inprayer and fellowship.amp。quot。
　　For those of us who are Christians, we remember the words of the scripture: amp。quot。I was hungry andyou gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you weledme.amp。quot。
　　Thatamp。39。s humanity at its best. Thatamp。39。s also America at its best. And thatamp。39。s the spirit we need tonurture our lives and our families and our munities.
　　I know itamp。39。s not usual for somebody running for president to say what we need more of in thiscountry is love and kindness. But thatamp。39。s exactly what we need more of.
　　We need to be not only too busy to hate but too caring, too loving to ignore, to walk away, togive up.
　　Part of the reason Iamp。39。m running for president is I love this country. I am so grateful for each andevery blessing and opportunity Iamp。39。ve been given.
　　I did not pick my parents. I did not decide before I arrived that I would live in a middle classfamily in the middle of America, be given the opportunity to go to good public schools withdedicated teachers and a munity that supported me and all of the other kids.
　　I came of age at a time when barriers were falling for women, another benefit.
　　I came of age as the Civil Rights movement was beginning to not only change laws but changehearts.
　　Iamp。39。ve seen the expansion of not just rights but opportunities to so many of our fellow men andwomen who had been left out and left behind.
　　But we have unfinished business. And I am absolutely confident and optimistic we can getthat done.
　　I stand here ready to work with each and every one of you to support your efforts, to stand withyou, to put the task of moving beyond the past at the head of our national agenda. Iamp。39。m excitedabout what we can acplish together.
　　I thank you for what youamp。39。ve already done and I look forward to all that you will be doing in thefuture.
　　Thank you. God bless you, and God bless America.