and he was able to tap into his own sense of renewal. >> as we look at america, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame. we hear sirens in the night. we see americans dying on distant battlefields abroad. we see americans hating each other, fighting each other, killing each other at home. and as we see and hear these things, millions of americans cry out in anguish, did we come all this way for this? >> nixon's speech was designed to say, you know, i hear you. unless we stop shouting at one another, we can't hear one another. i mean, very powerful, powerful words. >> it is the quiet voice in the tumult of the shouting, it is the voice of the great majority of americans, the forgotten americans, the non shouters, the non demonstrators. >> nixon wrote that speech contrary to a lot of his speeches where he would be getting help from his