I Am Convinced That We Will Never

When A Man Has His Heart In The Right Place And Good Taste, He Can Not Only Do Well In Politics But Is Even Predetermined For It. If Someone Is Modest And Does Not Yearn For Power, He Is Certainly Not Ill-equipped To Engage In Politics; On The Contrary, He Belongs There. What Is Needed In Politics Is Not The Ability To Lie But Rather The Sensibility To Know When, Where, How And To Whom To Say Things.

People, Your Government Has Returned To You!

Our Social And Economic Statistics Are Telling Us What We Already Know In Our Hearts: We Have Created A World That Works For Only A Few. To Change This, We Must Learn To Act Toward Each Other And Our Environment In Profoundly Different Ways.

The Role Of The Writer Is Not Simply To Arrange Being According To His Own Lights; He Must Also Serve As A Medium To Being And Remain Open To Its Often Unfathomable Dictates. This Is The Only Way The Work Can Transcend Its Creator And Radiate Its Meaning...

My Dear Fellow Citizens: For Forty Years You Have Heard From My Predecessors On This Day Different Variations Of The Same Theme: How Our Country Flourished, How Many Millions Of Tons Of Steel We Produced, How Happy We All Were, How We Trusted Our Government, And What Bright Perspectives Were Unfolding In Front Of Us. I Assume You Did Not Propose Me For This Office So That I, Too, Would Lie To You.