[My position] is not designed to win votes. It is designed to address itself to what I think is a problem of crisis proportions. I believe that when you are facing that kind of emergency, you have to be willing to prescribe some pretty tough action. I think the American people are ready for some straight answers… When you are confronted with a genuine emergency, then I think you have to look at the interest of the country first.
After spending an adult life of unfulfilled dreams and promises, a man has to prove something to himself.
The time has come to stop telling the American people only what they want them to hear, and start talking frankly about the sacrifices we must all make.