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I've Come To Realize That Protecting Freedom Of Choice In Our Everyday Lives Is Essential To Maintaining A Healthy Civil Society.

I Don't Think The American People Had A Clear Picture Of Either Nixon Or Me. I Think They Thought That Nixon Was A Strong, Decisive, Tough-minded Guy And That I Was An Idealist And Antiwar Guy Who Might Not Attach Enough Significance To The Security Of The Country. The Truth Is, I Was The Guy With The War Record, And My Opposition To Vietnam Was Because I Was Interested In The Nation's Well-being.

It Doesn T Require Any Particular Bravery To Stand On The Floor Of The Senate And Urge Our Boys In Vietnam To Fight Harder And If This War Mushrooms Into A Major Conflict And A Hundred Thousand Young Americans Are Killed It Won T Be U.s. Senators Who Die. It Will Be American Soldiers Who Are Too Young To Qualify For The Senate.

It Is Not Patriotic To Commit Young Americans To War Unless Our National Security Clearly Requires It.

Empathy Is Born Out Of The Old Biblical Injunction 'love The Neighbor As Thyself.'