I Know I Am Getting Better At

Nothing In Life Is More Important Than The Ability To Communicate Effectively.

I Once Told You That I Am Not A Saint, And I Hope Never To See The Day That I Cannot Admit Having Made A Mistake. So I Will Close With Another Confession. Frequently, Along The Tortuous Road Of Recent Months From This Chamber To The Presidents House, I Protested That I Was My Own Man. Now I Realize That I Was Wrong. I Am Your Man, For It Was Your Carefully Weighed Confirmation That Changed My Occupation. The Truth Is I Am The Peoples Man, For You Acted In Their Name, And I Accepted And Began My New And Solemn Trust With A Promise To Serve All The People And Do The Best That I Can For America.

In A Political Sense, There Is One Problem That Currently Underlies All Of The Others. That Problem Is Making Government Sufficiently Responsive To The People. If We Don't Make Government Responsive To The People, We Don't Make It Believable. And We Must Make Government Believable If We Are To Have A Functioning Democracy.

I Am Committed To Furthering The Self-determination Of Indian Communities But Without Terminating The Special Relationship Between The Federal Government And The Indian People. I Am Strongly Opposed To Termination. Self-determination Means That You Can Decide The Nature Of Your Tribe's Relationship With The Federal Government Within The Framework Of The Self-determination Act, Which I Signed In January Of 1975.

It's More Like It Is Now Than It Ever Has Been.