Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!
The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system.
It is true that the Puritans banned all recreation on Sundays and all games of chance, gambling, bear baiting, horse racing, and bowling in or around taverns at all times. They did so, not because they were opposed to fun, but because they judged the...
Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
In my view, it is important that our national government exercise leadership to improve the resiliency of the entire nation in the face of continuing extreme weather.
And taking more money out of the private economy and having the government perform as it has poorly done with the stimulus I don't think is the right way to go.
Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama's early emphasis on openness in government seems almost inevitable.
Well, the problem of the federal government is that they print money and go in debt. That's their national policy, Democrats and Republicans it doesn't matter. And this is where I differ.
You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.
Thanks to President Barack Obama, under the Affordable Care Act, millions more people will be eligible for health insurance, including many people with HIV.
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
Congress mandated that health care providers in emergency departments and ambulances provide emergency care to anyone in need, including the uninsured and underinsured.
Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.
I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.
I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.
