We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away

I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling

Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then it continues upward after that

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

When we all become more compassionate, there will probably be less suffering in the world.

If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.

For most people, language is our primary interface with each other and with the external world.

When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you have had a pretty poor life.

However much we do to avoid them we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.

I’m a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value.

Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.

My style has always been to choose the charming and quirky.