We also recognize that no one organization, nor any group of organizations, can accomplish these tasks alone. Millions of individual citizens, other concerned organizations, and the League must work together worldwide to plant the seed for sustained community - wide collaborations and greater citizen participation. While this is an ambitious campaign, we know that in each of our communities there are tremendous resources - including people like those of you here today. Democracy is a promise, not a guarantee. It is a promise that each of us as citizens make to one another.
Democracy means engaging in the struggle to find the common good.
Let me share with you my philosophy on life and generations. My answer reflects the theme of my remarks this afternoon and the theme of this conference. I stand before you this afternoon because of the hope of my grandmother's generation. The generation without electricity or technology but hope for the next generations that transmitted values and worked to strengthen community. I stand before you this afternoon because of the promise of my mother's generation.