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I DON’T BELIEVE IN CARRYING THOSE WHO CAN WALK; NEITHER DO I BELIEVE IN REFUSING A HAND TO THOSE WHO STUMBLE.

I BELIEVE INSTEAD THAT ALL OF US MUST ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY -- FOR OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND IF WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, WE MUST ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS. WE DON’T GET TO CHOOSE THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE, BUT WE DO GET THE CHANCE TO DETERMINE HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE TIMES. WE CAN CONSIGN OUR CHILDREN TO INADEQUATE SCHOOLS, OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER.

WE CAN STAND BY AND WATCH OUR ECONOMY SLOWLY CRUMBLE, OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO IN VEST AGAIN IN OUR PEOPLE AND THEIR POTENTIAL. WE CAN COWER AT THE THREATS OF POWERFUL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS WHO WOULD PUT THE DEADLIEST WEAPONS INTO THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS, OR WE CAN DARE TO BREAK THEIR GRIP AND TAKE BACK OUR DEMOCRACY.

IT’S UP TO US. IN NEW JERSEY, WE’RE TRYING TO LIVE UP TO OUR RESPONSIBITJTY BY STANDING UP TO TI-IF GUN LOBBY ON BEHALF OF SAFETY AND SANITY, AND STANDING UP FOR THE RIGHT OF EVERY CHILD TO GET THE EDUCATION THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO LIVE UP TO THEIR BOLDEST DREAMS.

YOU KNOW, TI-IF FIRST THING I LEARNED AS GOVERNOR IS THAT YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYBODY. THE SECOND THING I LEARNED IS, SOME DAYS, YOU CAN’T PLEASE ANYBODY.

SO BE IT. CONFLICT IS INEVITABLE. IT’S THE PRICE WE PAY FOR CHANGE IN A DEMOCRACY. IF I’VE TAKEN STANDS THAT HAVE SOMETIMES UPSET SOME PEOPLE -- AND I HAVE -- IT’S NOT BECAUSE I HOLD THEiR OPINION IN CONTEMPT.

IT IS BECAUSE, AS PRESIDENT KENNEDY WROTE TN PROFILES, I HAVE ‘FAITH IN PEOPLE’S ULTIMATE SENSE OP JUSTJCE, PATTI.. IN 9EIE AmL.TTY TO HONOR COTAE AND RPSPDT J IT :1\Ff’IT \T 11 T,’tT ‘I I RUN THEY WILL ACT UNSELEI.SJ-J.L I T- Ti IIj T TT—1J. I, I •T ‘I -3-

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I’VE SEEN REAL COURAGE IN PARENTS WHO ARE WORKING TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF WELFARE DEPENDENCY AND GIVE THEJR CHILDREN A BETTER LIFE. I’VE SEEN COURAGE IN ENTREPRENUERS WHO ARE TAKING CHANCES AND CREATING JOBS DURING THE WORST RECESSION IN OUR LIFETIME. I’VE SEEN COURAGE IN TEACHERS WHO ARE INSPIRING CHILDREN TO LEARN AND TO BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE CAN BE BETTER EVEN IN THE MIDST OF OPPRESSIVE POVERTY. AND I’VE SEEN IT IN THE MOTHER OF A YOUNG GIRL KILLED WITH AN ASSAULT WEAPON WHO STOOD UP TO THE NRA. HER SADNESS WAS SO OVERWHELMING SHE COULDN’T SPEAK; SHE JUST STOOD EMBRACING A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER MURDERED DAUGHTER. YET HER GRIEF AND HER COURAGE SAID MORE THAN I EVER COULD ABOUT THE HORROR OF GUN VIOLENCE, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY EACH OF US HAS TO END IT. COURAGE MAY BE BORN FROM THE PRINCIPLES AT THE CORE OF OUR BEING. BUT FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN NURTURED BY PEOPLE LIKE THOSE WHOM I HAVE JUST MENTIONED. AND SO, TO YOU, AND PARTICULARLY TO THEM, I SAY THANK YOU.

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