Obviously, It's A Great Privilege And Pleasure

I Do Believe That The Buck Stops Here, That I Cannot Rely Upon Public Opinion Polls To Tell Me What Is Right.

There Is An Old Saying, The Harder You Try The Luckier You Get. I Kind Of Like That Definition Of Luck.

It's The Quality Of The Ordinary, The Straight, The Square, That Accounts For The Great Stability And Success Of Our Nation. It's A Quality To Be Proud Of. But It's A Quality That Many People Seem To Have Neglected.

I Am The First To Admit That I Am No Great Orator Or No Person That Got Where I Have Gotten By Any William Jennings Bryan Technique.

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.