have alwaysore, i believed that what sets america apart from every other nation is that we, ordinary americans, belief in possibilities. unlimited possibilities. a kidssibilities for growing up in a poor inner-city neighborhood, or a spanish-speaking home, or a kid from mayfield in delaware, or pennsylvania like jill and i. to be able to be anything we wanted to be, to do anything that we want. that's what we were both taught and what the president was taught. it was real. that is what i grew up. believing. it has always been true in this country. if we lose that, we have lost something very special. we will have lost the very soul of this country. when i was growing up, my parents, in tough times, looked at me and would say to me and my brothers and sister, honey, it is going to be ok. and they meant it. they meant it. it was going to be ok. saysome of you cover me, i go back to your old neighborhoods and talk to your contemporaries. there are too many people in america today, too many parents who don't believe they can look their kid in the eye and they certainty, isith going to be