What you know will keep you from what you need to know if you don't remain a novice.
Social Security is not in crisis. It's a crisis the president's created, period.
The president is now having to deal with a Congress. He's never had to do that before. The president in the past, he has just done whatever he wanted. He had a big rubberstamp here up on Capitol Hill, whatever he wanted, they stamped OK. That's not the way it is now.
We all know if we change the bill, it's gone.
Cut, Cap and Balance is worst legislation in history.
[Social Security ] is not in crisis at this stage. Leave Social Security alone. We have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis. But Social Security is not.
American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances
I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.
First the stalk - then the roots. First the need - then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus -then the elements needed for its growth.
The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church. . . is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.
A collector recently bought at public auction, in London, for one hundred and fifty-seven guineas, an autograph of Shakespeare; but for nothing a school-boy can read Hamlet and can detect secrets of highest concernment yet unpublished therein.