Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

Riding a Dragon is amazing, exhilarating, and murder on the thighs.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

It's in the private places of the heart that freedom is made or unmade by the discipline we create there.

If you want to do something, try it! The worst anyone you ask for help can do is say no.

I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words.

My mum doesn't enjoy sometimes listening to me tell staff off, and I say to my mum, it's a kitchen, not a hair-dressing salon.

Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing the songs of another shore.

It's very unlikely that a writer is going to make a living by writing. So then the question is: how do you balance work, life, and writing? If you find out, please tell me.

The information was correct but the interpretations were not. I did my duty up to the last minute.

It thrills observers and makes the wearer feel a million dollars.