QUOTES
Are
we to be one people bound together by common spirit, sharing in a common endeavor;
or will we become a divided nation?
We
must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the
belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national
endeavor. It can be done.
we
must restore our belief in ourselves. We are a generous people, so why can't we
be generous with each other?
A
nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility
for upholding the common good. A government is invigorated when each one of us
is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
How
do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance
-- the one value that is indispensable in creating community.
“I
live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning
I say: "What is my exciting thing for today?" Then, I do the day. Don't ask me
about tomorrow.”
“All
my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing,
and if you play by the rules, and if you've got good enough, solid judgment and
common sense, that you're going to be able to do whatever you want to do with
your life.”
Education
remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.”
“We
must exchange the philosophy of excuse -- what I am is beyond my control for the
philosophy of responsibility.”
“There
is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority
groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.”
The
American dream is not dead. It is gasping for breath, but it is not dead.
We,
as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
Just remember
the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education.
One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.
If
the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created
that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.
What
the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise.
The
majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in
this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every
other individual.
We
are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our
future. We are a people in search of a national community. We are a people trying
not only to solve the problems of the present, unemployment, inflation, but we
are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. We are attempting
to fulfill our national purpose, to create and sustain a society in which all
of us are equal.
we
believe in equality for all and privileges for none
Many
fear the future. Many are distrustful of their leaders, and believe that their
voices are never heard. Many seek only to satisfy their private work -- wants;
to satisfy their private interests. But this is the great danger America faces
-- that we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest
groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual;
each seeking to satisfy private wants. If that happens, who then will speak for
America? Who then will speak for the common good?
