I Thought They'd Get One

Too Often We Honor Swagger And Bluster And The Wielders Of Force; Too Often We Excuse Those Who Are Willing To Build Their Own Lives On The Shattered Dreams Of Others.

What We Need In The United States Is Not Division; What We Need In The United States Is Not Hatred; What We Need In The United States Is Not Violence Or Lawlessness; But Love And Wisdom, And Compassion Toward One Another, And A Feeling Of Justice Toward Those Who Still Suffer Within Our Country, Whether They Be White Or They Be Black.

The Gross National Product Includes Air Pollution And Advertising For Cigarettes, And Ambulances To Clear Our Highways Of Carnage. It Counts Special Locks For Our Doors, And Jails For The People Who Break Them ... It Does Not Allow For The Health Of Our Families, The Quality Of Thier Education, Or The Joy Of Their Play.

We Can Master Change Not Though Force Or Fear, But Only Though The Free Work Of An Understanding Mind, Though An Openness To New Knowledge And Fresh Outlooks, Which Can Only Strengthen The Most Fragile And Most Powerful Of Human Gifts: The Gift Of Reason.

The Greatest Truth Must Be Recognition That In Every Man, In Every Child Is The Potential For Greatness.