erican dream is all about. the promise of our country is that the rules are fair. if you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of
america's blessings. those are the beliefs i learned from my parents. and those are the values i taught my students as a teacher in the public schools of
new york city.
at night, i went to law school. i became an assistant district attorney, and i put my share of criminals behind bars. i believe if you obey the law, you should be protected. but if you break the law, you must pay for your crime.
when i first ran for congress, all the political experts said a democrat could not win my home district in queens. i put my faith in the people and the values that we shared. together, we proved the political experts wrong. in this campaign, fritz mondale and i have put our faith in the people. and we are going to prove the experts wrong again. we are going to win. we are going to win because americans across this country believe in the same basic dream.
last week, i visited elmore, minnesota, the small town where fritz mondale was raised. and soon fritz and joan will visit our family in queens. nine hundred people live in elmore. in queens, there are 2,000 people on one block. you would think we would be different, but we're not. children walk to school in elmore past grain elevators; in queens, they pass by subway stops. but, no matter where they live, their future depends on education, and their parents are willing to do their part to make those schools as good as they can be.
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