"On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets."

"For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families."

"Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world."

"If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status."

"There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it."

"To master the mind is to understand that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow."

"My literary success meant nothing to me."