When we talk about the future of this state, ladies and gentlemen, what we are really talking about is responsibility.

We are talking about protecting our children.

We are talking about the kind of legacy we leave behind, a legacy of honor, of integrity, of family—”

“Does that legacy include the eighteen-year-old intern you threatened ten years ago, Julian?”

I did not shout it.

I have thought about that since, that I did not scream or wail or lose control.

My voice came out quiet and clear and very, very steady, and somehow that quietness carried across the whole enormous room, I have wondered, since, why I did not shout, and I think it is because I had finally, after ten years, stopped being afraid, and a person who has stopped being afraid does not need to shout.