Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking.

The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.