It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should...

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: For Men Only.

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does...

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does...

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap...

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They...

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is...

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is...

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must...

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must...

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept...

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept...

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control...

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the...

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the...

In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the...

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had...

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me...

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me...

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in...

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in...

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as...

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th...

I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th...