Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.

Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well.

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.

Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing.

Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice.

I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway.

If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.

I did not write it (Uncle Tom's Cabin). God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

The Ideal Consumer is someone who is constantly dissatisfies, constanly needs more and more products in order to feel better.

A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

Imagine that Christianity is about loving God.

The enemy of joy is not suffering, it is idolatry.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them.

We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience

For me, one I love the 80's, I love 80's music, I'm sort of a baby of the 80's, I grew up in the 80s