If We Promise As Public Officials, We

More Is Required Of Public Officials Than Slogans And Handshakes And Press Releases. More Is Required. We Must Hold Ourselves Strictly Accountable. We Must Provide The People With A Vision Of The Future.

It Is Reason, And Not Passion, Which Must Guide Our Deliberations, Guide Our Debate, And Guide Our Decision.

Throughout Out History, When People Have Looked For New Ways To Solve Their Problems, And To Uphold The Principles Of This Nation, Many Times They Have Turned To Political Parties. They Have Often Turned To The Democratic Party.

We Should Face Reality And Our Past Mistakes In An Honest, Adult Way. Boasting Of Glory Does Not Make Glory, And Singing In The Dark Does Not Dispel Fear. King Hussein Reason And Free Inquiry Are The Only Effectual Agents Against Error. - Thomas Jefferson We Have Made Mistakes. In Our Haste To Do All Things For All People, We Did Not Foresee The Full Consequences Of Our Actions. And When The People Raised Their Voices, We Didn't Hear. But Our Deafness Was Only A Temporary Condition, And Not An Irreversible Condition.

Let's All Understand That These Guiding Principles Cannot Be Discarded For Short-term Political Gains. They Represent What This Country Is All About. They Are Indigenous To The American Idea. And These Are Principles Which Are Not Negotiable.