We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

We want to develop innovative ways to promote savings so more Americans can save for their future, but first we need to reject privatization schemes and work together to strengthen Social Security.

Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet.

Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills.

At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.

Five thousand people every day lose their home because of a medical bankruptcy. Most of them had insurance.

We must continue to be diligent in protecting Americans' civil liberties while preserving critical law enforcement tools we need to keep America safe.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I'm flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes.

Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy.

One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.

Maxim 5: Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy.

Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use.

Religious conservatives still lack a theology of direct political action.