One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same.

A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.

The arts, instead of quaking along the periphery of our policy concerns, must push boldly into the core of policy. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature and help to shape our identity. The arts are not a frill and should not be treated as such. They have the potential to become the driving force for healing division and divisiveness.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.

[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.