Secret Honor Page #2

He was the worst.

God, he was so cute.

Goddamn TB!

That's the reason that we came to California

in the first place-because of the climate.

And they all died anyway.

I used to lay awake at night

trying to figure out how the hell I got -

[Stammers]

When I was a child...

the sweetest sound I ever heard...

was the sound...

of the Santa Fe Railway.

"Tonight I see

the face of a child.

"He is black. He is white.

He is Mexican, Italian, Polish.

"None of that matters.

"What does matter is that

he is an American child.

"He is American.

"He sleeps the sleep of childhood...

"and dreams its dreams.

"But when he awakens...

"he awakens to a living nightmare

of poverty, neglect and despair.

"For him, the American system

is one that feeds his stomach...

and starves his soul."

[Chuckles]

That's very good!

That's -That's my favorite.

That's a -

"It breaks - It -

"It breaks his heart...

and in the end it may take his life

on some distant battlefield."

I see the face...

of another child.

He lies awake at night...

and he hears the train go by...

and he dreams...

of faraway places

that he would like to go.

Seems like an impossible dream.

But he is helped

on his journey through life...

by his father,

by a gentle Quaker mother...

by a great football coach...

courageous wife...

and loyal children.

- [Crowd Cheering, Faint]

- Tonight, ladies and gentlemen...

he stands before you...

nominated for president

of the United States.

You can see why I believe deeply

in the American dream.

For most of us,

the American revolution has been won.

The American dream has come true.

Well, I ask you to help me

make that dream come true...

for millions to whom

it is an impossible dream today.

[Laughing]

[Clock Chimes Once]

Uh, Roberto?

Would you, uh, erase everything,

please, back to, uh...

"I see the face of a...

child."

Oh, yes, um, would you also

send Fernando's wife a, uh -

Sh*t!

Goddamn Kennedys!

They stole the 1960 election

in Chicago.

Then they told me to go in there

and blow it wide open.

And I would have!

I could have - Sh*t!

Um, yes, Roberto,

would you, um...

send Fernando's wife a, uh -

a basket of fruit also.

Would you make that

a big basket, please?

Poor woman. She, uh -

She had a, uh -

Because of the, uh - She -

Your Honor, the Watergate

was nothing more than a misdemeanor...

copping a plea,

a third-rate burglary.

It was nothing more

than a convenient hook...

upon which to hang

my client's political body.

Because before anybody in the world

ever heard the word "Watergate"...

the Nixon presidency was over.

Your Honor, my client had faced,

as you know...

the acid test of six major crises.

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