Wisconsin is very proud of the career and technical college system that we have back home.

We believe that economics does not necessarily have to be a zero-sum game; it can be a win-win proposition for everyone involved so long as they have the tools in which to succeed.

Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system.

More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nations largest corporations.

The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education.

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years.

We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not.

Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation.

Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell research to be reached, the number of cell lines readily available to scientists must increase.

In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.

It's as hard to get from almost finished to finished as to get from beginning to almost done.

I grew up a dreamer, lonely, one foot on the earth, the other on the moon.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

The inner life must overcome the flesh or the flesh will overcome and destroy the inner life.

As an artist, you have to keep reinventing yourself.

A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion

Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.

Whoso neglects a thing which he suspects he ought to do, because it seems to him too small a thing, is deceiving himself; it is not too little, but too great for him, that he doeth it not.

Love becomes perfect only when it transcends itself --Becoming One with its object; Producing Unity of Being.

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires balance.