"The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development."

"I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form."

"Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people."

"People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause."

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

"The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country."

"War is a blessing compared with national degradation."

"The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis."