"It is Basic Management 101 that if you reward failure you are going to get more failure, and if you want success you should reward success. But if you look at the way this administration has approached national security, they have kind of got that principle backwards."

"Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach."

"Although awareness of cancer's prevalence in the United States improves and medical advances in the field abound, pancreatic cancer has largely been absent from the list of major success stories."

"One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education."

"Mayer Hawthorne's old school pop-R&B homages are so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes."

"Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated."

"I'm committed to universal health coverage and education."

"I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment."