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23.10.2008 Bono speaks at CA Women’s Conference
"This is exactly the right time to think about the world, and even to change it.
Nothing is set in stone; everything is up for grabs. It's times like
these -- times of challenge, strain, disruption -- when America often
discovers its true legs. Right when everyone's full of fear, it's when
Americans rediscover who they are, what they believe, what their
values are, what they're really about. And these are the questions all
of us, not just Americans, ought to be asking tonight: who we are,
what we're about, and by the way, what we're not about.
For example, we are not about having our scientists come up with
miracle drugs and then failing to get them to the people who need
them. We are not about mosquitos or dirty water as a death sentence.
We are not about politicians making promises and failing to keep them,
which is what they're doing right now. Because one more thing we're
not about -- we're not about charity. We're about justice and
equality. That's what we're about.
Amen? Powerful, that word, amen.
Do we actually believe that a child's life in Africa has the same
value as a child's life in America or Ireland? That's what it says in
that beautiful poetic tract of yours, the Declaration of Independence,
the inalienable rights. Isn't it "all men created equal"? That's what
is says in the holy scriptures, doesn't it? And isn't "love thy
neighbor" a command, not a suggestion?
When Dr. King said, "I have a dream," he wasn't just talking about a
American dream, because I thought it was an Irish dream. People in
Mexico thought it was a Latin American dream. People in Africa, they
think it was an African dream. Because guess what? It was. Dr. King's
dream was a dream big enough to include all of us, of you.
And if you really believe that -- if we're really ready to say, yes,
we are equal, Africans are our brothers and sisters -- then we're
going to have to make some changes. We're going to need some new
ideas, or maybe just revisit some old ideas, like the
two-centuries-old idea of America. You see, America is not just a
country; it's an idea. Think about that. Your country is not just a
geographical location; your country is an idea, and it's a great idea.
The idea that all men and women are created equal, that the poorest
matter as much as the richest, and in a world of plenty, no one should
die for lack of food in their belly, that where you live should not
determine whether you live, or whether you die. The idea that our
dreams are one and our fates are one. The idea that anything is
possible, anything is possible -- that is the America the world needs
right now, that's the America I've always loved. Amen?"
