So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

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.

What I cannot tough, remains a memory, I am blinded by an imagined light. A remembrance of what can never be

Thank God I've wasted my youth already. I don't want to do that again.

No one can escape slavery

So you wish me to forget that you are a sheikh and a prince and a crown prince and soon to be King? That is a lot to forget.

All men would be cowards if they durst.

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

I don't have designer clothes in my closet. I just wear them once and give them back.

I have interviewed so many people who are put into nursing homes or hospices and are just waiting to die. It's a very lonely situation to just sit at a window and watch life go by.

There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

What we will become depends on us