“The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend ...” — Mitch Daniels Quote

The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo.

Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing.

We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.

So tonight I propose one more step that I would rather not propose. I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens earning over $100,000 per year, for one year, to pay an additional one percent on the income they receive.

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

While we should not hesitate to deploy encryption to protect ourselves from cybercriminals, this should not be done in a way that eviscerates society's ability to defend itself against other types of criminal threats. In other words, making our virtual world more secure should not come at the expense of making us more vulnerable in the real world.