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Elizabeth Dole Exploratory Committee Announcement
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler May 13, 2006 06:53am |
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| Category | Speech |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 10, 1999 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Hello. Thank you for tuning in.
I know your life is busy: so many things you need to do and not enough time for what you want to do, so, thanks for choosing to spend a few minutes with me. I promise to be brief. But I have some thoughts I'm eager to share with you about the future of our country. And I'd like to talk a little about my own sense of obligation as a citizen of the freest land on earth.
As you know, I have been thinking about running for President.
Since I left the American Red Cross, January 15th, I've been traveling around the country, and I've been humbled by the response. It's been inspiring to appear before overflow crowds in such places as New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado, Florida, and Texas. It's been that way everywhere, but I don't think I'm the cause. I think the crowds and the enthusiasm are evidence of a great American yearning to make our nation a better place.
Yes, I've seen many Presidential campaigns up close. I know what they entail. And I know a run for the Presidency should be undertaken only if you believe in something so strongly that its accomplishment makes everything worthwhile.
And if I run, this will be why: I believe our people are looking for leaders who will call America to her better nature. Yes, we've been let down -- and by people we should have been able to look up to. But it's not just that. Politics and the politics of governing have become so negative, so paralyzed by special interests, that as a people we're beginning to lose faith in our own institutions. It's only a short step to losing faith in ourselves, and then we would be lost.
When I entered public service as a young woman, it was considered a noble thing to do. Today, too many of our young men and women can't see the wondrous possibilities of public life for the ugliness of politics. And they turn away from public service.
We must rekindle a spirit in our hearts -- something very American, something still alive but buried beneath a thickeni |
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