A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.

As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.

Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.

I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil.

A powerful vision has the therapeutic effect of numbing the cost of what it will cost you.

True sincerity works more than a magnet. It attracts, bond and take people farther far better than mere action and words!

There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.'

The evolution of our spirit is blazed on the dark background of eternity by our individual wakes. Every person can, if he/she wishes, leave a more or less brilliant wake behind them.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, / The bridal of the earth and sky.

I have no trouble selling out—I’m a benevolent hack, in a certain way—but I want to pander for something I believe in.

The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.

Superman can fly high way up in the sky 'cause we believe he can. So what we choose to believe can always work out fine...It's all in the mind.

In everything well known something worthy of thought still lurks.

I guess there's just a time for doing dumb things.