...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.

Oh no, oh no... don't lift me, don't lift me.

We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters.

Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution.

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

The natural state of a human being is dignity.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.