Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing.

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.

Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well.

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.

Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice.

I remember coming to this college in the 1960s as a new legislator when a road divided the campus - and it was not fully paved at that - and no wall defined the campus from the highway.

In the countryside, litter doesn't have a friend. It doesn't have anybody who's saying, 'Wait a minute, this is really starting to get out of control.'

No one did what I did last season and for this, I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World Player award?

Do you need an audience to create work, or does not having an audience liberate you and make you a truer artist?

I dream of a vegan world - that's where I want everything to go.

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.

Reading becomes the fuel for development.

There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class.

If as a voter you think what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, then I guess Donald Trump's your guy.

The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.