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.

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.

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.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

It's when we come to the end of ourselves that we come to the beginning of grace.

Here's a thought to help ease the stress: "Good enough is the new perfect.

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.

Marriage should not be viewed as a therapeutic step to solve problems such as homosexual inclinations or practices.

I've always felt those articles somehow reveal more about the writers than they do about me.

I adore him I have never been so happy. I have real love.

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.

An architect does not need to spend his whole career making monuments for rich people.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.