Quotes
John F. Kennedy
“There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
“We might live in a time of divided government, but that is no excuse for inaction. Let’s work together and jump start the American dream now.”
President Ronald Reagan
“Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
President George Bush
“The men and women who gave their lives in service to our country were dedicated to the worthy cause of freedom. On Memorial Day, our hearts should swell with pride as we reflect on our nation’s enduring heritage of liberty…
President Abraham Lincoln
“That we here highly resolve that these dead shall have not died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from earth.”
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)–Chairman, Sen. Finance Sub Committee on Social Security
“Social Security is social insurance which offers working families a modest bundle of insurance products: retirement, life and disability insurance at reasonable rates.” (See Today’s Headline Story)
Quentin Messer, Asst. Secy., Louisiana Economic Development
“Jobs really only go where people want to live, and they want to live in vibrant, interesting communities, with great cultural amenities, exciting people, and great architecture.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
Albert Einstein
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”