How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern.

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.

The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but obstruct and inhibit the peace process.

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.

As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement.

Any Congressional agreement of an arbitrary time table to bring our troops home before we have accomplished our mission is unacceptable and could potentially increase the risk to our soldiers.

Everyone agrees that our ultimate goal is to establish a free, open and democratic Iraqi government and bring our men and women in uniform home as soon as possible.

Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy.

The U.S. Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped fighting forces in the world.

Rest assured that my support for any eventual reform package will be based firmly upon what is in the best interests of the people of Upstate New York, not any party or president.

And yet 50 percent of the kids who start high school in the United States today do not finish high school.

If you cannot peacefully coexist with many different cultures and beliefs, then you should probably not be living in the USA.

On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.

I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.

It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy.

The microscopes that magnified the tears, studied warts and all. Still life flows on.

My late father used to say that they started out without two nickles to rub together and lived in that little house in Everroad Park West.

What we teach our children is that earth is your mother that provides; she's a giver. So, please first ask forgiveness from the mother earth before you step on to it and cause it pain.

Dialogue cannot exist without humility.

True revival can only be ignited by God, but God will always move through men.

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible