Oregon Is An Inspiration. Whether You Come

We Who Are Privileged To Be In These Chambers Today Can View The Challenges We Face As Opportunities, Not As Reasons For Despair. We Can Do This Only If We Blend Our Independent Spirits In Terms Of Reverence For The Life And Respect For Nature. Each Of You Might Suggest Different Words, But Our Goal Certainly Is The Same: A Better Oregon.

. . . The Solution Is Not To Toss Youthful Offenders Into Jail Or Prisons. We Long Ago Recognized Alcoholism To Be A Disease, And Abondoned Efforts To Treat Alcoholics Simply By Locking Them Up.

You All Know I Have Terminal Cancer - And I Have A Lot Of It. But What You May Not Know Is That Stress Induces Its Spread And Induces Its Activity. Stress May Even Bring It On.

Oregon Is Demure And Lovely, And It Ought To Play A Little Hard To Get. And I Think You'll Be Just As Sick As I Am If You Find It Is Nothing But A Hungry Hussy , Throwing Herself At Every Stinking Smokestack That's Offered.

You And I Shouldn't Claim We Love Oregon More Than Anyone Else, But That We Love Oregon As Much As Anyone. Our Thoughts Today, And Our Deliberations To Come, Must Spring From Our Determination To Keep Oregon Lovable And To Make It Even More Livable.