I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

When there is spirit and light, the dark forces of whatever is hidden and suppressed - like hatred and separation - become more powerful.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

If individuals can be born again, why can't cities, made up of many individuals, be born again?

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

When you focus with soul eyes, / You will see home in many, many places.

I do not believe in objects. I believe only in their relationships.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.

You'll never stand out if your goal in life is to fit in.

Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .