Growing Up In Politics I Know That

The Biggest Problem Is People Are Afraid Of Poetry, Think They Can't Understand It Or That It Will Be Boring.

Many People Remember That Spirit That President Kennedy Summoned Forth. Many People Look To Me As Somebody Who Embodies That Sense Of Possibility.

Sometimes It Takes A While To Recognize That Someone Has A Special Ability To Get Us To Believe In Ourselves, To Tie That Belief To Our Highest Ideals And Imagine That Together We Can Do Great Things. In Those Rare Moments, When Such A Person Comes Along, We Need To Put Aside Our Plans And Reach For What We Know Is Possible.

To The Extent That We Are All Educated And Informed, We Will Be More Equipped To Deal With The Gut Issues That Tend To Divide Us.

John And I Were Lucky Because Our Mother Was A Strong Woman With High Expectations And A Strong Sense Of Values. She Encouraged Us To Pursue Things We Were Interested In And Not Think About What Other People Wanted Us To Do.