You Campaign In Poetry. You Govern In

For Too Many, The Dream Of Economic Mobility Has Been Replaced With A Nightmare Of Economic Stagnation.

The Problems Of A Retired Schoolteacher In Duluth Are Our Problems. That The Future Of The Child In Buffalo Is Our Future. That The Struggle Of A Disabled Man In Boston To Survive And Live Decently Is Our Struggle. That The Hunger Of A Woman In Little Rock Is Our Hunger. That The Failure Anywhere To Provide What Reasonably We Might To Avoid Pain Is Our Failure.

We Are Disgusted By The Things That We Desire, And We Desire What Disgusts Us.

The Values Derived From Religious Belief Will Not - And Should Not - Be Accepted As Part Of The Public Morality Unless They Are Shared By The Pluralistic Community At Large, By Consensus.

We Believe In Only The Government We Need, But We Insist On All The Government We Need.