Byron Dorgan: “I don't despair about what is happening in this country. I think we have incredible challenges to meet, and we must. We…”

“I don't despair about what is happening in this country. I think we have incredible challenges to meet, and we must. We have a big globe with 6 billion people on it. One-half of them have never made a telephone call. One-half of them live on less than $2 a day. One hundred fifty million kids are not in school. One and one-half billion people don't have access to clean, potable water. Somehow, in this big challenging Earth of ours, we ended up right here right now. What a remarkable thing for us. It is our time and our responsibility to nurture and protect this democracy of ours. There is no other democracy like it on the face of this Earth. At a time when our country faces challenges, this country somehow provides leadership.”