We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.

I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.