Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences. Instead, we should begin now to treat them as scarce resources, which we are no more free to contaminate than we are free to throw garbage into our neighbor's yard.

We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when each person has a fair chance to fulfill his own dreams. This means equal voting rights, equal employment opportunity and new opportunities for expanded ownership, because in order to be secure in their human rights, people need access to property rights.

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.