You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

This is a matter of Congress authorizes spending. They order me to spend.

Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be recognized. Because there is a psychic power to the recognition that is not satisfied with a universal program, it's not satisfied by the Affordable Care Act, or an expansion of Pell grants, or an expansion of the earned-income tax credit.

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.