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Author and Fox News host Glenn Beck told the crowd on the Mall Saturday that Americans must look to God and find the strength within themselves to confront the problems facing the nation rather than relying on others to address them.

"This day is the day that we can start the heart of America again. And it has nothing to do with politics, it has everything to do with God," Beck said.

Speaking at the conclusion of the "Restoring Honor" at the Lincoln Memorial Beck framed the current political climate as a turning point in American history and urged the crowd to remain focused on the nation's future rather than lingering over its faults. He cited media estimates of the crowd ranging from tens of thousands to more than a half million attendees.

"Let's be honest. If you look at history, America has been both terribly good and terribly bad. It has been both," Beck said. "But we concentrate on the bad instead of learning from the bad and repairing the bad and then looking to the good that is still out in front of us within our reach."

Beck said God has been sending the American people many wakeup calls, including the terrorists attacks on 9/11. But he said fear only wakes people up for a very short period of time.

"I know that many in this country think that I'm a fear monger. It is not a label that I think applies," he said, comparing himself to the watchman on the Titanic who first spotted the iceberg. He asked for Americans of all political parties to come together to confront the nation's problems.

Beck said in spite of media reports, the rally was not "only a bunch of Tea Partiers" but included an unidentified Democratic speaker who took a great personal risk to appear.

"That person stood on this stage because of honor. There's a lot we can disagree on, but our values and our principles can unite us. We must discover them again," Beck said.

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