It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.