[Y]

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TO IT THAT OUR NATION REMAINS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. WHEN I WAS A BOY LIVING UNDER A DICTATORSHIP, AMERICA ACQUIRED FOR ME A QUALITY OF HOPE WHICH IT HAS NEVER LOST. IT WAS THEN AND IS NOW A WONDROUS PLACE WHERE TOLERANCE IS NATURAL AND FREEDOM FUNDAMENTAL. IT IS THE COUNTRY WHOSE STRENGTH AND DECENCY AND COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IF THERE IS TO BE PEACE, SECURITY AND JUSTICE ANYWHERE. I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THOSE WHO USE EVERY IMPERFECTION AS AN EXCUSE TO ASSAULT OUR INSTITUTIONS AND VALUES. AMERICA, ALONE AMONG THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES, IS IN A POSITION TO PROTECT THE PEACE AND TO LEAD IN THE BUILDING OF A JUST WORLD ORDER. WHAT WE DO MATTERS FOR ALL MANKIND. AND WE CAN HAVE ONLY ONE PRESIDENT AT A TIME. HE REPRESENTS THE HOPES OF ALL AMERICANS. FREEDOM AND PROGRESS EVERYWHERE DEPEND ON HIS DECISIONS. IF HE SUCCEEDS, WE ALL SUCCEED, DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS, ALFALFANS.

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[Y]

WE CANNOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH OUR GOVERNMENT. BUT AFTER
A DECADE OF TURMOIL WE MUST ALWAYS SHOW COMPASSION AND
UNDERSTANDING. THE WORLD NEEDS OUR STRENGTH AND OUR PURPOSE
WHICH COME ONLY FROM OUR UNITY. AND I KNOW THAT I SPEAK
FOR ALL ALFALFANS WHEN I SAY THAT WE SHALL ALWAYS DEDICATE
OURSELVES TO THIS END.

IN CONCLUSION MY FELLOW ALFALFANS, YOU HAVE MADE ME
VERY HAPPY BY INVITING ME TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT. LIKE ALL
OF YOU, I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR ME.

THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.

I WILL END THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY OF FIRING US ATTORNEYS FROM THE *OPPOSITE* PARTY AND RETURN TO THE NON-PARTISAN APPROACH OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WHICH GOT RID OF THREE ATTORNEY GENERALS OF ITS *OWN* PARTY.