Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

I question whether we can afford to teach mother macramé when Johnny still can't read.

Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.

We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

I understand we have to keep a significant amount of fossil fuel in the ground. I`m committed to that. But I`m not going to just all of a sudden try to stop the cars of California or to increase dramatically the number of ships carrying oil into the state when we already have our own production.

We need the science to continue. The heat, the storms, the sea level rise, the Arctic melting. These are all real facts that over time will sink in. The question is, will that be two years, or five years or 10 years?

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.