When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood.

Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans -- the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public, the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, and a witness said: "It rang as if it meant something."

What I really think is going to happen over time is technology is going to change the way we live for the good for the environment.

Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a point of choosing.

It's going to require numerous IRA agents.