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No Person Has The Right To Rain On Your Dreams.

Investing In [children] Is Not A National Luxury Or A National Choice. It's A National Necessity. If The Foundation Of Your House Is Crumbling, You Don't Say You Can't Afford To Fix It While You're Building Astronomically Expensive Fences To Protect It From Outside Enemies. The Issue Is Not Are We Going To Pay - It's Are We Going To Pay Now, Up Front, Or Are We Going To Pay A Whole Lot More Later On.

The Poor Have Been Sent To The Front Lines Of A Federal Budget Deficit Reduction War That Few Other Groups Were Drafted To Fight.

In My Generation, We Learned How To Be Leaders By Being Exposed To And Involved With Adults Who Empowered Us And Gave Us A Sense That We Could Choose Things. We've Let Down The Generations Coming Behind Us And We Are Trying To Re- Establish That Connection.

Each American Must Remember And Help America Remember That The Fellowship Of Human Beings Is More Important Than The Fellowship Of Race And Class And Gender In A Democratic Society.