What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

Many good people serve in Congress. They are patriotic, hard-working, and devoted to the public good as they see it, but the institutional and cultural impediments to change frustrate the intentions of these well-meaning people as rarely before.

Our success as a party will be determined largely by how well we do here,

Our success as a party will largely be determined by how well we do here in the heartland. ... The time has come to be secure about our values. The time has come to lead.

Our success as a party will in large part be determined by how we do right here in the heartland of America,

The year 1998 is an important year to comprehensively carry out the spirit of the 15th National Party Congress, and implement the policies and guidelines set forth by the Party Central Committee,