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I Was Nurtured In The Church; I Went To A Catholic School; I Was An Altar Boy; I Went To A Catholic University; I Was Steeped In The Moral Tradition Of The Catholic Church. My Catholicism Plays A Very Strong Role. But I Thought President John F.kennedy Answered Rather Well When He Said That Ultimately My Conduct As A Public Official Does Not Come Ex Cathedra From Rome; It Comes From My Conscience.

If The Bishops Are Saying That It Is Divine Revelation That Seven Percent Of Unemployment Is Morally Unacceptable And That That Is A Teaching Which Must As A Matter Of Faith Be Accepted By All Catholics, I Respectfully Dissent.

Well, I Actually Wrote Her A Letter A Couple Of Days Ago Congratulating Her. The Tone I Tried To Convey In The Letter Is, Look, You Are A Part Of A Great American Historical Process.

Taxes Are The Flip Side Of Expenditures. The Same Issues Apply On Both Sides. There Are Questions Of Fairness And Justice As Much In The Way You Take Money Away As In The Way You Disburse It.

We Have To Preserve It And Use It Sustainably. And The Short-term Use Of Resources At The Destruction Of The Long-term Heritage Of This Country Is Not A Policy That We Can Pursue.