Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.

We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch.

We must take the time to do what needs to be done now, what is right, instead of passing a bad bill.

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.

The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.

If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.

There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.

You’re still a little shy, I see, the wizard noted. I think if you ignore evil, my friend, it tends to grow stronger. (Quinhelm, the wizard - from BRIGGEN)

Why do we want other people to like us, even if we don't really care about them all that much?

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

I know exactly what I'm doing on the ice, and I'm in my element.

The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.

The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator.

In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.

Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.

I have strong feelings for you, I just haven't decided if their positive or negitive yet.A

I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.