Every Time I've Done Something That Doesn't

I Said I Didn't Want To Run For President. I Didn't Ask You To Believe Me.

Most Of Us Have Achieved Levels Of Affluence And Comfort Unthought Of Two Generations Ago. We've Never Had It So Good, Most Of Us. Nor Have We Ever Complained So Bitterly About Our Problems.

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 Must Get The American Public To Look Past The Glitter, Beyond The Showmanship, To The Reality, The Hard Substance Of Things. And We'll Do It Not So Much With Speeches That Will Bring People To Their Feet As With Speeches That Bring People To Their Senses.

We Believe In A Government That Is Characterized By Fairness And Reasonableness, A Reasonableness That Goes Beyond Labels, That Doesn't Distort Or Promise To Do Things That We Know We Can't Do.