I Have Fallen Short In My Life,

Dad, I'm In Some Trouble. There's Been An Accident And You're Going To Hear All Sorts Of Things About Me From Now On. Terrible Things.

If I Can Leave A Single Message With The Younger Generation, It Is To Lash Yourself To The Mast, Like Ulysses If You Must, To Escape The Siren Calls Of Complacency And Indifference.

Through Periodic Increases Over The Next Three Decades Under Democratic And Republican Administrations Alike, The Nation Achieved One Of The Fundamental Goals Of A Just Society, Which Is That No One Who Works For A Living Should Have To Live In Poverty.

Keep Your Tax-cutting, Greedy Hands Off Our Medicare

We Were Taught Never To Give Up, Never To Passively Accept Fate, But To Exhaust Every Last Ounce Of Will And Hope In The Face Of Any Challenge.