【正文】 ster of Israel for being here today. I did all I could. 　　But when we had seven years of progress toward peace, there was one whole year when, for the first time in the history of the state of Israel, not one person died of a terrorist attack, when the Palestinians began to believe they could have a shared future. And so, Mr. President, again, I say: I hope you get to cross over into the promised land of Middle East peace. We have a good opportunity, and we are all praying for you. (Applause) 　　Finally, let me say this. Quite apart from all the details, the thing I want most is for people who e to this library, whether theyre Republicans or Democrats, liberals or conservatives, to see that public service is noble and important, that the choices and decisions leaders make affect the lives of millions of Americans and people all across the world. 　　I want young people to want to see not only what I did with my life, but to see what they could do with their lives. Because this is mostly the story of what we, the people, can do when we work together. 　　Yes, this library is the symbol of a bridge, a bridge to the 21st century. Its been called one of the great achievements of the new age, and a British magazine said it looked like a glorified house trailer. And I thought, well, thats about me, you know? Im a little red and a little blue. (Laughter) 　　What it is to me is the symbol of not only what I tried to do but what I want to do with the rest of my life building bridges from yesterday to tomorrow, building bridges across racial and religious and ethnic and ine and political divides. 　　Building bridges. 　　I believe our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We cant escape each other. And while we have to fight our enemies, we cant possibly kill, jail or occupy all of them. Therefore, we have to spend our lives building a global munity and an American munity of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared benefits. 　　What are those values? And I want to say this. This is important. I dont want to be too political here, but it bothers me when America gets as divided as it was. I once said to a friend of mine, about three days before the election I heard all these terrible things I said, You know, am I the only person in the entire United States of America who likes both George W. Bush and John Kerry, who believes theyre both good people, who believes they both love our country and they just see the world differently? 　　What should our shared values be? Everybody counts. Everybody deserves a chance. Everybodys got a responsibility to fulfill. We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our mon humanity matters more. 　　So I tell you we can continue building our bridge to tomorrow. It will require some red American linedrawing and some blue American barrierbreaking, but we can do it together. 　　Thank you and God bless you. (Applause)7 /