Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it

If you want to know how many prison cells to build, look at the number of third graders who can't read.

The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.

I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.

We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong to a loving, permanent family was washed away by the waves of the tsunami

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.