We are always in deep trouble. Thank God for that. Thank God we are each given such important work to do in our lifetimes for the survival of our people and of our still brightly shining ideals of equality and mutual freedom. It is supposed to be like this. We are supposed to give ourselves body and soul to our beliefs, and we cannot do so where there is no challenge, no fight.
Dark clouds are simply the proper backdrops for our best exercise of courage.
In the coming week we have an opportunity for a great victory or a great defeat in Congress. Let's not conserve or spare ourselves. Let's do all that we can the next few days to fight for what we believe. And throughout the coming year and into the coming new century, let us not specialize too narrowly in our concerns. Let us work together to keep all the cornerposts of our democracy in good condition, by working as great friends, and in great coalitions as fellow Americans and as fellow citizens of the world.