Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Don't assume a door is closed; push on it. Don't assume if it was closed yesterday that it is closed today. Don't ever stop learning and improving your mind. If you do, you're going to be left behind.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.

Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.

The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says that no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.