A balance of the arts, the balance of humanism, the balance of survival in staying in business. Our society seems to have a certain amount of guilt from the abundance of the 1960s and early 70s. Perhaps, although I wouldn t have wished it upon us, that shock which came from OPEC was a new reality that was somewhat needed, to help us realize there is no such thing in this country as a free lunch, and that we need to work to achieve what we have achieved, as the government cannot legislate it. Keep the faith baby was a very common civil rights expression, but it was never defined as to what faith was. The faith was the belief in ourselves that we can achieve, that we can accomplish and not necessarily by hurting others to do so.
Recognition is less important than doing the good deed.
Our President s new plaque on his desk marvelously exemplifies that It is not important who gets the credit, it is getting the job done that counts. Jefferson said that he felt that it was a promise of the future that was preferable to the realities of the past. I think that with the plaque that you have created this evening, Dr. Turner, and that is before us here, we have represented several of the strengths our country needs. You are helping to build warm, strong, quality, human beings at Northwood Institute.