~ We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principal goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained. ~  ~ We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals - opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope ~ ~ You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt. ~ ~ If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. ~ ~ I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. ~ ~ Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy. ~ ~ That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. ~ ~ This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. ~ ~ Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference. ~ ~ Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. ~ ~ Today we're seeing that climate change is about more than a few unseasonably mild winters or hot summers. It's about the chain of natural catastrophes and devastating weather patterns that global warming is beginning to set off around the world.. the frequency and intensity of which are breaking records thousands of years old. ~ ~ All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. ~ ~ I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government? ~ ~ We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. ~ ~ Three months is a lifetime in politics ~ Most Popular Topics:
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