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

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.

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

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.

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.

There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind...

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers.

Danger for danger's sake is senseless.

We enter the world alone we leave it alone.

To take arms against a sea of troubles.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

Karma means changing planes of reality or changing fields of attention. There will be perhaps a resulting physical action stemming from the change of these fields of attention.

It's not always important to do a "show," but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes.

We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters.