"There are only two kinds of politics. They are not radical or reactionary, or conservative and liberal, or even Democratic and Republican. There are only the politics of fear and the politics of trust.
One says: You are encircled by monstrous dangers. Give us power over your freedom that we may protect you.
The other says: The world is a baffling and hazardous place, but it can be shaped by the will of men.
Ordinarily that division is not between parties, but between men and ideas. But this year the leaders of the Republican Party have intentionally made that line a party line. They have confronted you with exactly that choice.
Thus, in voting for the Democratic party tomorrow, you cast your vote for trust, not just in leaders or policies, but for trusting your fellow citizens, in the anciety tradition of this home for freedom and, most of all, for trust in yourself." -- Edmund Muskie, November 2, 1970
