Speeches Are More Important In Politics Than

Great Speeches Have Always Had Great Soundbites. The Problem Now Is That The Young Technicians Who Put Together Speeches Are Paying Attention Only To The Soundbite, Not To The Text As A Whole, Not Realizing That All Great Soundbites Happen By Accident, Which Is To Say, All Great Soundbites Are Yielded Up Inevitably, As Part Of The Natural Expression Of The Text. They Are Part Of The Tapestry, They Aren't A Little Flower Somebody Sewed On.

What Conservatives And Republicans Must Recognize Is That The White House Has Broken With Them. What President Bush Is Doing, And Has Been Doing For Some Time, Is Sundering A Great Political Coalition.

The Irish Are Often Nervous About Having The Appropriate Face For The Occasion. They Have To Be Happy At Weddings, Which Is A Strain, So They Get Depressed; They Have To Be Sad At Funerals, Which Is Easy, So They Get Happy.

Do Not Be Afriad! I Can See That Americans Are Not Afraid. They Are Not Afraid Of The Sun, They Are Not Afraid Of The Wind, They Are Not Afraid Of 'today'. They Are, Generally Speaking, Brave, Good People. And So I Say To You Today, Always Be Brave. Do Not Be Afraid. Do Not Be Afraid. God Is With You. Do Not Be Afraid To Search For God-then You Will Truly Be The Land Of The Free, The Home Of The Brave. God Bless America.

Politicians, Please, Think Of Yourselves! Move To Help Terri Schiavo, And No One Will Be Mad At You, And You'll Keep A Human Being Alive.