If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.

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

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.

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