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Too Often Critics Seem More Intent On Seeking New Ways To Alter Congress Than To Truly Learn How It Functions. They Might Well Profit From The Advice Of Thomas Huxley, Who Said A Century Ago: Sit Down Before Facts As A Little Child, Be Prepared To Give Up Every Preconceived Notionor You Shall Learn Nothing.

When A Man Is Asked To Make A Speech, The First Thing He Has To Decide Is What To Say.

To Know John Kennedy, As I Did, Was To Understand The True Meaning Of The Word. He Understood That Courage Is Not Something To Be Gauged In A Poll Or Located In A Focus Group. No Adviser Can Spin It. No Historian Can Backdate It. For, In The Age Old Contest Between Popularity And Principle, Only Those Willing To Lose For Their Convictions Are Deserving Of Posterity's Approval.

Let America Symbolize Humanity's Struggle To Conquer Nature And Master Technology. The Time Has Now Come For Our Government To Facilitate The Individual's Control Over His Or Her Future - And Of The Future Of America.

To Me, The Presidency And The Vice-presidency Were Not Prizes To Be Won, But A Duty To Be Done.