But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.

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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe...

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we...

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we...

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are...

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are...

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and...

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and...

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...

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

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

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders...

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital...

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital...

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.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept...

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept...

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...

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

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