When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

The notion that you have a blind trust but you can tell your trustee when to sell stock in it just doesn't make any sense. It means you have a seeing eye trust and not a blind trust. It's ridiculous.

The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.

America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without at the same time being a profound philosopher.

If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself.

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

I learned to dance at quinceañeras - big [15th] birthday parties for Spanish girls. It was always funny to bring the white guy out [on the floor] and let him look like a fool.

Now, if you two will excuse us, we'll get back to the relatively simple buisness of planning a war," he said. -Baron Arald

I am happy now, to recall that I was not only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

People like it when they understand something that they previously thought they couldn't understand. It's a sense of empowerment.