new technologies, new forms of trina kaisha and -- communication. new breakthroughs in science and medicine. all of these promise to expand the frontiers of life in ways a few years ago. amidst all of this that is new, may i respectfully suggest that you never lose the old faith. president kennedy's faith. that is better, fairer, and more humane with each passing generation. imperfections, andwe have many, we remain very much were in the process. i hope that all of you will reject those on both extremes who mistake the honest clash of ideas for a holy war. the bigger the issue, the greater the need for political courage. it was true when i entered the political arena, in defiance of those who believed the united states was divinely placed between two oceans to avoid foreign confrontations. probably, in my first political 1948, i for congress in was one of the original compassionate conservatives. [laughter] >> it was true when john f. kennedy rallied his countrymen for the long twilight struggle to ensure freedom survived on the very narrow window l