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n of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for
hope and order in our souls.

where there is suffering, there is duty. americans in need are not
strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities. and all of us
are diminished when any are hopeless.

government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health,
for civil rights and common schools. yet compassion is the work of a
nation, not just a government.

and some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's
touch or a pastor's prayer. church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend
our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our
plans and in our laws.

many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to
those who do.

and i can pledge our nation to a goal: when we see that wounded traveler
on the road to jericho, we will not pass to the other side.

america, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued
and expected.

encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to
concience. and though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper
fulfillment. we find the fullness of life not only in options, but in
commitments. and we find that children and community are the commitments
that set us free.

our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family
bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which
give direction to our freedom.

sometimes in life we are called to do great things. but as a saint of our
times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great
love. the most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.

i will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with
civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater
justice

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