All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Entrenched bureaucracies are always opposed to fundamental changes.

When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary and psychologically save me?

Ignore self –doubt and inner conflict. Dwell on positive thoughts.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never trust anyone who tells you how people come to trust him

In business, complexity both drives innovation and hinders it.

To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.

I strapped an MP3 player to one of those floor-cleaning robots. Call him DJ Roomba - little guy cruises around and plays music. What's hot, DJ Roomba!

Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether.

Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions.

I'd just say that truth is power and vice versa.

The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change.