Improbable experiments

Here is the transcript of a speech by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, delivered March 18, 2008, in Philadelphia. He speaks about the improbable experiment in democracy from 221 years ago, and the continuing experiment in race relations that is much younger and more raw. Politics aside, someone had to put the aspirations and struggles of the various races in a larger context, and this transcript does it, to some extent. Now, I wish someone would stand up and start the improbablest experiments of all, to erase borders between countries, let the notion of countries fade away, and let people just be, no passports.