There is just so much a wonderful life out there. And incidentally, I think that you're going to be working these problems in a world that will be much more peaceful. With the implosion of the Soviet Union, I honestly feel that your kids and my grandkids have a chance to grow up in a much more peaceful world. Rather, it rests on the enduring propensity of the American people to respond to adversity, and act in the spirit of good will when the duty calls. For we live in an era that's true of an era illuminated by the promise of peace as mankind has never known it before.
Tomorrow is promised to no one.
And the point is, we still have much to accomplish as a country. We have so much more to do, which is why we still need good and decent people to get involved, to get off the sidelines, roll up their sleeves and give something back. He understood that accepting the mantle of greatness also meant shouldering the burdens of responsibility. Much has been given to us, and much is rightly expected of us. We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we must shirk neither.