"We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care."

"This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage."

"Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the country."

"In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age."

"Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam."

"And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Good government is the outcome of private virtue."