There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see adults take morality seriously.

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.

I can only speak about my own commute and can say that it has certainly affected my commute, making it longer and more hectic.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Have we come to the point where it is now considered a secular blasphemy to acknowledge the name of God at all?

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.

A weakened sense of responsibility does not weaken the fact of responsibility.