. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.

Raising George Walker was not easy.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.

I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.