The Citizens Of America Expect More. They

If You Had To Work In The Environment Of Washington, D.c., As I Do, And Watch Those Men Who Are So Imprisoned And So Confined By Their Eighteenth-century Thought Patterns, You Would Know That If Anybody Is Going To Be Liberated, It's Men Who Must Be Liberated In This Country.

There Is No Executive Order; There Is No Law That Can Require The American People To Form A National Community. This We Must Do As Individuals And If We Do It As Individuals, There Is No President Of The United States Who Can Veto That Decision.

I Spent My Entire Career Trying To Protect The Constitution, The Civil Rights And The Civil Liberties Of American Citizens And People Who Are Here Lawfully. I, As Chair Of This Commission, Would Not Be A Party To Any System That I Felt Was An Unpardonable Intrusion Into The Private Lives Of People. If I Felt That What We Are Recommending Would Be Such An Intrusion I Can Assure You That Recommendation Would Never Have Seen The Light Of Day, Not Even As A Pilot Program.

Even As I Stand Here And Admit That We Have Made Mistakes I Still Believe That As The People Of America Sit In Judgment On Each Party, They Will Recognize That Our Mistakes Were Mistakes Of The Heart. They'll Recognize That.

The Majority Of The American People Still Believe That Every Single Individual In This Country Is Entitled To Just As Much Respect, Just As Much Dignity, As Every Other Individual.