I Am One Of Those People Who

We Have To Preserve It And Use It Sustainably. And The Short-term Use Of Resources At The Destruction Of The Long-term Heritage Of This Country Is Not A Policy That We Can Pursue.

We Do Not Put Enough Emphasis On Early Childhood Years. We Neglect Children In This Society; As A Society We're Guilty Of Child Neglect. If We Could Eliminate The Vestiges Of Racism, If We Could Develop A More Powerful Agenda For Child Care, Child Development, And A More Powerful Education System, We Could Prevent A Lot Of The Incapacities Which In Turn Tend To Generate Structural Unemployment.

When I Was At Notre Dame Studying Under Joe Evans, Frank O'malley, And Others, There Was A Very Lively Debate About The Distinction Between Natural Law And Revealed Truth. Most Of The Philosophers Of Church And State Expected That What Was Going To Be Advocated As The Law Of The Land Would Be Related To Natural Law. If You Attempted To Draw Lines About Certain General Moral Truths That Were Derivative Of Logic And Reason, They Would Prove To Be Widely Shared, And Therefore Suitable To Be Enacted Into Law On Both The Civic And Religious Sides.

Broadly Speaking, It Is My Conclusion That A Pretty Good Guide To Most Issues Of Natural Law Is To Look At Those Areas Where You Find A Consensus In The Judeo-christian Tradition. I Think That Is Roughly, Not Unerringly, The Outline Of What I Would Call Natural Law.there Must Be Some Moral Values Underlying Any Civilization; That's My Guide.

Well, I Actually Wrote Her A Letter A Couple Of Days Ago Congratulating Her. The Tone I Tried To Convey In The Letter Is, Look, You Are A Part Of A Great American Historical Process.