Political Quotes

“The gentleman from New York says it so eloquently. Long ago, I did a study of the California economy. We decided there were basically five things that needed to be done, and now, from the Federal level, I'd add a sixth. They are the things that you've been talking about: Education, the best education in the world, so that our workers are capable of carrying on the new tasks. Research, as I discussed earlier, from our laboratories and our universities of the new products. We need to make sure the research is there and then take the research out of the laboratories and create the new products--making it in America because manufacturing matters. The fourth thing is the infrastructure, which I was discussing and that I know you discussed while I was gone here, and laying the foundation upon which the economy will grow--transportation, communication, sanitation, water-flood protection--all of those infrastructure items. Then we need to always think in this context about our Nation's security and use our money wisely to provide the kind of defense and security that we need. That's also an energy issue, which we didn't bring up today but that we will the next time we talk. Finally, the sixth thing is one that I think is so very, very important, which is the willingness to change.…”