"All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished
in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even
perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin."
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) (from his Inaugural Address)
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike
that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born
in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter
peace, proud of our ancient heritage -- and unwilling to witness or
permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has
always been committed....