"I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care."

"The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans."

"Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want."

"Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less."

"Wisdom principle 39 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 45."

"The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction."

"Wisdom principle 29 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 75."

"Wisdom principle 2 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 52."