Things which matter cost money, and we've got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of productive citizens.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.

We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here lawfully. I, as chair of this commission, would not be a party to any system that I felt was an unpardonable intrusion into the private lives of people. If I felt that what we are recommending would be such an intrusion I can assure you that recommendation would never have seen the light of day, not even as a pilot program.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.