Political Quotes

“if ever there was a moment under this majestic dome that marks the world's greatest democracy and the hope that is this Nation, it is now. Look at every urban center in America, and we will see repeated the scenario where we have relegated the most vulnerable children among us to a lifetime of poverty and bad education. I am a product of the public schools and a public college, and proudly so, and I celebrate those good teachers and good parents that made it possible for me to get the education that I did. But what is wrong with stepping forward for the children, the most vulnerable children, who are being denied a quality education because we are refusing to address the problems of our urban schools? This is a solution long in the making. I commend the authors of this legislation, and I urge my colleagues to support this matter of choice for our children. The parents of these children in every urban center of America are crying out for this kind of a solution. This is the right way to go. I would ask my friends who oppose this to reconsider their position. I ask them, what is the alternative?”