old, younger, than any of us, you have forced us to look at today's world and to look at the repatienceness and to understand that we must engage actively in the defense of human and economic rights, and your words inspired. i love the women in italy carrying your book in protest against the corruption or those in the squares in greece or spain, and to those in our country in wisconsin or on wall street, and i would just close by saying one of the great things you have done as a citizen of what i think of as the united states of am amnesia, i am so especially grateful to you for calling upon us to remember the best in our history and to defend its highest achieve. s in our case, you give strength to those who are fighting the forces in our country who are intent on repealing the new deal, the great society, even the enlightenment and reason. there's a new spark in the world lit by you, and we await your next book. [applause] >> would you like to answer that? yes, by all means. >> i can't go up there because i'm bound here. i'll stay here and that you hear katrina and bill and so many people