Think of your own experiences. How the marvels of discovery during our lifetimes made it possible to experience the thrill of cure of previously incurable diseases and injuries. Our capacity for achievement is limited only by our imagination and courage. We must keep alive for the youth of America the dream and enthusiasm of high achievement. As we have been privileged, so we must preserve for them the privilege to use the unlimited creativity of the human mind to solve the mysteries of the universe and blaze new trails in uncharted territories.
Vision is the ability to imagine what's beyond the horizon and make it real.
Leaders, artists, scientists, and physicians who have vision not only see, they create. Our job and the job of the AMA is together to create our future. My dad was a policeman. When I was a boy, my friends and I would sit fascinated as Dad entertained us with stories of capturing the seemingly uncapturable criminals. We saw a good illustration of that third value last year in the movie Apollo 13, as the NASA team and the three astronauts marshalled their collective wills and creativity to return safely home.