I Said I Didn't Want

There Are Some Who Ask Us To Believe That If We Want The Best Of Times For Ourselves, The Fit And The Fortunate, Then We'll Just Have To Learn To Live With The Worst Of Times For Millions Of Other Americans - That We're Doomed To Be A Nation Of The Lucky And The Left-out. I Don't Believe It. My Mother Didn't Believe It. Your Ancestors Didn't Believe It. And I Don't Think You Should Believe It.

I Protect My Right To Be A Catholic By Preserving Your Right To Believe As A Jew, A Protestant, Or Non-believer, Or As Anything Else You Choose. We Know That The Price Of Seeking To Force Our Beliefs On Others Is That They Might Some Day Force Theirs On Us.

It's An Old Story; It's As Old As Our History. The Difference Between Democrats And Republicans Has Always Been Measured In Courage And Confidence. The Republicans Believe That The Wagon Train Will Not Make It To The Frontier Unless Some Of The Old, Some Of The Young, Some Of The Weak, Are Left Behind By The Side Of The Trail. The Strong, The Strong They Tell Us, Will Inherit The Land. We Democrats Believe In Something Else. We Democrats Believe That We Can Make It All The Way With The Whole Family Intact, And We Have More Than Once.

Most Of Us Have Achieved Levels Of Affluence And Comfort Unthought Of Two Generations Ago. We've Never Had It So Good, Most Of Us. Nor Have We Ever Complained So Bitterly About Our Problems.

If You Can Manipulate News, A Judge Can Manipulate The Law. A Smart Lawyer Can Keep A Killer Out Of Jail, A Smart Accountant Can Keep A Thief From Paying Taxes, A Smart Reporter Could Ruin Your Reputation - Unfairly.