It Is Reason, And Not Passion, Which

The Arts, Instead Of Quaking Along The Periphery Of Our Policy Concerns, Must Push Boldly Into The Core Of Policy. The Arts Are A Response To Our Individuality And Our Nature And Help To Shape Our Identity. The Arts Are Not A Frill And Should Not Be Treated As Such. They Have The Potential To Become The Driving Force For Healing Division And Divisiveness.

We Must Have An Economy That Does Not Force The Migrant Worker's Child To Miss School In Order To Earn...just So The Family Can Eat. That Is The Moral Bankruptcy That Trickle-down Economics Is All About.

A Spirit Of Harmony Can Only Survive If Each Of Us Remembers, When Bitterness And Self-interest Seem To Prevail, That We Share A Common Destiny.

If You Are Dissatisfied With They Way Things Are, Then You Have Got To Resolve To Change Them.

We Call Ourselves Public Servants But I'll Tell You This: We As Public Servants Must Set An Example For The Rest Of The Nation. It Is Hypocritical For The Public Official To Admonish And Exhort The People To Uphold The Common Good.