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There Is No Safety In Hiding. Like My Brothers Before Me, I Pick Up A Fallen Standard. Sustained By The Memory Of Our Priceless Years Together, I Shall Try To Carry Forward That Special Commitment To Justice, Excellence And Courage That Distinguished Their Lives.

The More Our Feelings Diverge, The More Deeply Felt They Are, The Greater Is Our Obligation To Grant The Sincerity And Essential Decency Of Our Fellow Citizens On The Other Side.

If A Legislator Is Safe From Competition, Or If He Represents Groups With The Same Economic And Political Beliefs, He Does Not Have To Change His Ideas Or Respond To The Needs Of The Broader Population. He Can Rest Content With A Mediocre, Absentee Performance Knowing He Will Be Returned To Office. And As He Is Returned Year After Year The Seniority System Gives Him Immense Control Over People From Other Parts Of The Country Whose Views He Need Not Heed At All.

We Were Taught Never To Give Up, Never To Passively Accept Fate, But To Exhaust Every Last Ounce Of Will And Hope In The Face Of Any Challenge.

I Won't Yield To Anyone About Guns In Our Society. I Know Enough About It.