We Must Try Again To Be Alive

The Thing Political Figures Fear Most Is A Terror Event That Will Ruin Their Careers. The Biggest Thing They Fear Is That A Bomb Goes Off And It Can Be Traced To Something They Did Or Didn’t Do, An Action They Did Or Didn’t Support. They All Fear Being Accused Of Not Doing Enough To Keep The Citizenry Safe.

What We Need Most Right Now, At This Moment, Is A Kind Of Patriotic Grace - A Grace That Takes The Long View, Apprehends The Moment We're In, Comes Up With Ways Of Dealing With It, And Eschews The Politically Cheap And Manipulative. That Admits Affection And Respect. That Encourages Them. That Acknowledges That The Small Things That Divide Us Are Not Worthy Of The Moment; That Agrees That The Things That Can Be Done To Ease The Stresses We Feel As A Nation Should Be Encouraged, While Those That Encourage Our Cohesion As A Nation Should Be Supported.

The Democratic Party's Complete Obeisance To [the Abortion] Lobby Makes Democrats Look Bought, Frightened And Craven.

What I Got Was Not So Much Gifts And Whishes Come Trues But A Feeling Of Peace. I Got Peace Itself, Actually. And When You Have Peace, You Can Be Strong; And When You Are Strong, You Can Get Through What You Have To Get Through, And Not With Exhaustion And Frown Marks And Slumped Shoulders But With Relative Happiness, And Humor, And Sometimes Even Gaiety.

A Great Speech Is Literature.