How Should We Democrats Select The Next

Behind All The Years Of Practice And All The Hours Of Glory Waits That Inexorable Terror Of Living Without The Game.

We Need To Get Beyond The Politics Of The Moment, The Deficit Of The Hour, The Military Count Of The Day, The Numbers That Rarely Shape Events. Our Long-term Interests Must Be In People And In The Values Of Democracy And Individual Liberty.

When You Make Speeches You Elicit Expectations Against Which You Will Be Held Accountable.

The Taste Of Defeat Has A Richness Of Experience All Its Own.

Working With The Un's Diplomacy And Development Arms, We Can Prevent Minor Differences From Escalating Into Wars. When Conflicts Do Break Out, Un Peacekeepers Should Play A Role In Defusing And Settling Them. Without Giving Up Our Sovereignty, We Can Help The Un With Better Training And Better Command And Control In Order To Develop More Effective Peacekeeping Forces.