General Motors spends more on health care than steel

The essence of good government is trust.

We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food

But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care

But wishing our Kansas soldiers 'God speed' is not enough. We need to comfort, care for, and protect their families. And we should ease the financial burdens that these families often face

I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.

[I]nstead of spending your energy attacking the parts of the president's [health care] proposal you don't like, you can use it to strengthen the parts you do.

Some people live. Some people die.

Although black and white Americans live, work, and learn together now, there is still injustice in America.

A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening

From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.

I don't live to work. I work to live. Before I die, I know I lived.

The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round.

When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: Why did success pass me by?

In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure.

Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.

Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

The only thing that is pathetic... is you.

True beauty lies in true education.