○  1988 democratic national convention keynote address  ○

we’ve been told -- we’ve been told that the interests of the south and the southwest are not the same interests as the north and the northeast.  they pit one group against the other.  they've divided this country, and in our isolation we think government isn’t gonna help us, and we're alone in our feelings.  we feel forgotten. well, the fact is that we are not an isolated piece of their puzzle.  we are one nation. we are the united states of america.

now, we democrats believe that america is still the county of fair play; that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn’t matter whether we are black or hispanic or disabled or a women [sic].  we believe that america is a country where small business owners must succeed, because they are the bedrock, backbone of our economy.

we believe that our kids deserve good daycare and public schools.  we believe our kids deserve public schools where students can learn and teachers can teach.  and we wanna believe that our parents will have a good retirement and that we will too.  we democrats believe that social security is a pact that can not be broken.

we wanna believe that we can live out our lives without the terrible fear that an illness is going to bankrupt us and our children.  we democrats believe that america can overcome any problem, including the dreaded disease called aids.  we believe that america

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