Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.
Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.
Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is nature's red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.
The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody - but to join together and build Bolivia, with justice and equality.
Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.
History has proven that the PLO and its sectors suffered great damage when walking the way of harming Zionist interests in other countries around the world.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.
I think it's entirely possible to have a career in fashion and raise a child. Stella McCartney is on her fourth child and remains both a fashion icon and a great mom.
Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion.
A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden 'worthless' land now has an airport on it.
We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry.
My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.
If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.
