The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.

We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch.

We must take the time to do what needs to be done now, what is right, instead of passing a bad bill.

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.

If Congress doesn't raise taxes, you cannot get a private investment account without forgoing a portion, possibly all, of your guaranteed benefit check.

There is a need for Social Security reform to ensure its stability, and Congress must act.

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors.

Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement.

It's only when you've pieced together a story in several different ways that you realise where the holes are, discover the knowledge that is still missing, the questions you still need to ask.

I wish I could stand on a busy corner hat in hand and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

I've always wanted to design a home collection line because growing up, I was obsessed with reorganizing my room.

Rumble is the best instrumental ever.

You always have God's undivided attention.

For you cannot have gentility without paying for it.

The poet is a pretender. / He pretends so completely, / that he even pretends that it is pain / the pain he really feels.

I deal with haters on a daily basis.

People's lives are already cut out for them, and it's decided whether they will be successful or not.

The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.