I Lament The Want Of

When The Founders Wrote About Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness, They Didn't Mean Longer Vacations And More Comfortable Hammocks. They Meant The Pursuit Of Learning. The Pursuit Of Improvement And Excellence. In Hard Work Is Happiness.

I Am Adamant That We Must Not Cut Back On Funding Of The Teaching Of The Arts In The Schools: Music, Painting, Theater, Dance, All Of It. The Great Thing About The Arts Is That The Only Way You Learn How To Do It Is By Doing It.

When I'm Reading For My Own Pleasure, I Read Things Other Than History Or Archival Material. I Read A Lot Of Fiction. I'm Very Fond Of Mysteries.

You Can't Be A Full Participant In Our Democracy If You Don't Know Our History.

I Feel Very Strongly That History Is About Everything. It Isn't Just About Politics Or The Military Or Social Issues. If Art, Music, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Finance, The World Of Architecture And Technology - If Those Are Left Out, Then You're Not Getting A Full Sense Of The Human Condition. History Is Human And We Human Beings Are Involved In All Kinds Of Things And That's Part Of Our Humanity.