“To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic societ...” — Lyndon B. Johnson Quote

“To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts.”

“While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.”

“Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.”

“What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.”

“We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.”

“Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.”

“We need tax reform that lowers rates while closing loopholes used by rich lobbyists.”

“The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun.”

“The Democrats are obsessing about raising tax rates, while the GOP talks about closing loopholes.”

“You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.”

“Closing tax loopholes has to be part of the revenue equation.”

“To me, there's no honor to say, 'I'm going to start.' As long as you're getting minutes, you're closing games, that shows more of the value to the team than to say you're a starter.”