We must w in this case on the mer its. We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship -to reality to the hard substance of things And we will do that not so much with speeches that sound good as with speeches that are good and sound. Not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as w ith speeches that bring people to their senses. We must make the American people hear ourTa le of Two Cities. We must conv ince them that we dont have to settle for two cities, that we can have one city indiv isible, shining for all of its people Now we will have no chance to do that if what comes out of this convention is a babel of arguing voices. If that' s what's heard throughout the campa ign - ident voices from all sides- we will have no chance to tell our message. To succeed we will have to surrender small parts of our individual interests to build a platform we can all stand on, at once, comfortably -proudly sing ing out the truth for the nation to hear, in chorus, its logic so clear and command ing that no slick commercial, no amount of geniality no martial music will be able to muf fle the sound of the truth. We Democrats must unite We democrats must unite so that the entire nation can unite because surely the Republicans wont bring this country together. The ir po licies div ide the nation-into the lucky and the left-out into the royalty and the rabble. The republicans are willing to treat that division as victory. They would cut this nation in half, into those temporarily better off and those worse off than before, and they would call that division recovery We should not we should not be embarrassed or dismayed or chagrined if the process of unif ying is dif ficult, even wrenching at times. Remember that unlike any other party we embrace men and women of every color, every creed, every orientation, every economic class. In our family are gathered everyone from the abject poor of Essex County in New York, to the enlightened af f luent of the gold coasts at both ends of the nation And in betwee n is the heart of our constituency The middle class - the people not rich enough to be worry-free, but not poor enough to be on welfare. The middle class, those people who work for a living because they have to not because some psychia trist told them it was a convenient ay to fill the interval between birth and eternity White collar and blue collar. Young prof essionals. Men and women in small business desperate for the capital and contracts that they need to prove their worth We speak for the minorities who have not yet entered the mainstream We speak for ethnics who want to add the ir culture to the magn if icent mosaic that is America. we speak, we speak for women who are indig nant that this nation ref uses to etch into its governmental commandments the simple rule thou shalt not sin against equality,"a rule so simple-- I was going to say, and i perhaps dare not but I will, it's a commandment so simple it can be spelled in three letters--ER A.We must win this case on the merits. We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship - to reality, to the hard substance of things. And we will do that not so much with speeches that sound good as with speeches that are good and sound. Not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses. We must make the American people hear our "Tale of Two Cities." We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two cities, that we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all of its people. Now we will have no chance to do that if what comes out of this convention is a babel of arguing voices. If that's what's heard throughout the campaign - dissident voices from all sides - we will have no chance to tell our message. To succeed we will have to surrender small parts of our individual interests, to build a platform we can all stand on, at once, comfortably - proudly singing out the truth for the nation to hear, in chorus, its logic so clear and commanding that no slick commercial, no amount of geniality, no martial music will be able to muf fle the sound of the truth. We Democrats must unite. We Democrats must unite so that the entire nation can unite because surely the Republicans won't bring this country together. Their policies divide the nation - into the lucky and the lef t-out, into the royalty and the rabble. The Republicans are willing to treat that division as victory. They would cut this nation in half , into those temporarily better of f and those worse of f than before, and they would call that division recovery. We should not, we should not be embarrassed or dismayed or chagrined if the process of unifying is dif ficult, even wrenching at times. Remember that, unlike any other party, we embrace men and women of every color, every creed, every orientation, every economic class. In our family are gathered everyone f rom the abject poor of Essex County in New York, to the enlightened af fluent of the gold coasts at both ends of the nation. And in between is the heart of our constituency. The middle class -- the people not rich enough to be worry-f ree, but not poor enough to be on welfare. The middle class, those people who work for a living because they have to, not because some psychiatrist told them it was a convenient way to fill the interval between birth and eternity. White collar and blue collar. Young professionals. Men and women in small business desperate for the capital and contracts that they need to prove their worth. We speak for the minorities who have not yet entered the mainstream. We speak for ethnics who want to add their culture to the magnificent mosaic that is America. We speak, we speak for women who are indignant that this nation refuses to etch into its governmental commandments the simple rule "thou shalt not sin against equality," a rule so simple -- I was going to say, and I perhaps dare not but I will, it's a commandment so simple it can be spelled in three letters -- E.R.A.!