For of those to whom much is given, much is required. And when at some future date 
the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us--recording whether in our brief 
span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state--our success or failure, in 
whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions:

  First, were we truly men of courage--with the courage to stand up to one's enemies--
and the courage to stand up, when necessary, to one's associates--the courage to resist 
public pressure, as well as private greed?

  Secondly, were we truly men of judgment--with perceptive judgment of the future as 
well as the past--of our own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others--with enough 
wisdom to know that we did not know, and enough candor to admit it?

  Third, were we truly men of integrity--men who never ran out on either the principles in 
which they believed or the people who believed in them--men whom neither financial gain 
nor political ambition could ever divert from the fulfillment of our sacred trust?

  Finally, were we truly men of dedication--with an honor mortgaged to no single individual 
or group, and compromised by no private obligation or aim, but devoted solely to serving the 
public good and the national interest.