A Desire To Succeed In Politics Is

If We Are Serious About Providing Upward Mobility And Building A Skilled Workforce, Pre-school Is The Place To Begin.

We Continue To Blame The Poor For Their Own Condition. They Are Lazy. We Do Not Want To Know That The Poorest Of The Poor Are Toddlers Under Three Years Of Age.

Women Need To See Ourselves As Individuals Capable Of Creating Change. That Is What Political And Economic Power Is All About: Having A Voice, Being Able To Shape The Future. Women's Absence From Decision-making Positions Has Deprived The Country Of A Necessary Perspective.

Are There Really Good Wars And Bad Wars? We Thought So During World War Ii, And In Retrospect, We Were Right. But In Vietnam, And Iraq We Were Wrong.

I Confess To Feeling Continued Ambivalence About Political Life, Aware Of Its Shortcomings And Disappointments, But Drawn Back To It Again And Again Because Of Its Infinite Promise. Justice Can Triumph, Wrongs Can Be Righted, And Pain Can Be Alleviated, If The Right Fix Is Found. The Optimistic Illusion That One Can Change The World Is Difficult To Resist, Especially When From Time To Time That Illusion Is Sustained By Even A Hint Of Reality. Change Does Happen In The Political Process.