Make no mistake about it, Ross Perot's candidacy served this country and our political debate well. It was he who forced the issue of a balanced budget on the Republicans and Democrats, and it was he who introduced campaign finance reform into serious debate. I tell them our country needs more genuine political debate, not less, but we won't get it if we allow the two parties to sterilize the political process. I say that right now U.S. public policy is up for sale to the highest bidder. The problem is that life is not disjointed, life is not fragmented.
Life is a seamless whole.
We know from science that everything is connected together, everything influences everything else. What we do to the water supply in the wheat fields of the upper Midwest influences the soil and forests and air in New England, Canada, the whole world. The Natural Law Party recognizes the wholeness of nature and believes that public policy must be based on this integrated platform of life, not broken up into bits and pieces and sold off to special interests. That is why, if you look at our platform, you will see the constant themes of sustainability, prevention, renewability, natural. And you and your generation, I say, if you agree with this, then you have to work to make sure that these are your public policies, because no one is going to hand them to you.