English transcript

From time to time we've been tempted to

believe that society has become too complex

to be managed by self-rule,

that government by an elite group is superior to government for,

by, and of the people.

Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself,

then who among us

has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together,

in and out of government,

must bear the burden.

The solutions we seek must be equitable,

with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.

We hear much of special interest groups.

Well, our concern must be for a special interest group

that has been too long neglected.

It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions,

and it crosses political party lines.

It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets,

man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes,

and heal us when we're sick. Professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers,

clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, "We

the people."