From a Transcript of Remarks by John Kerry, A Contract with America’s Middle Class
I know that every four years people who are running for president tell you that this is the most important election. Well this one is different: It’s the most important election in our lifetime. Today, we confront challenges as great as any in our history.
If you don’t believe that this is the most important election in our lifetime, then all you have to do is look at your front pages. We see the haunting images of our soldiers loading flagged draped coffins. We see rows of them in the belly of a cargo plane for their long flight home. We see images of them being saluted on their final march to their final resting place. And those images are paired with a story about a husband and wife who took photos to show the world the touching way we honor our fallen. And they were fired for their openness and honesty. My friends truth is on the line in the election.