The only reason this is about race is because the school district has yet to do its job in educating children of color.

The only thing I learned from his books is that once the word is written it's going to be held against you for the next hundred years, ... All along I thought this is not my story about living in Provence; it's a woman coming to terms with changing circumstances against a backdrop that happens to be Provence.

The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world.

The poet called Miss Liberty's torch 'the lamp beside the golden door.' Well, that was the entrance to America, and it still is. And now you really know why we're here tonight. The glistening hope of that lamp is still ours. Every promise, every opportunity, is still golden in this land. And through that golden door our children can walk into tomorrow with the knowledge that no one can be denied the promise that is America. Her heart is full; her torch is still golden, her future bright. She has arms big enough to comfort and strong enough to support, for the strength in her arms is the strength of her people. She will carry on in the '80s unafraid, unashamed, and unsurpassed. In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is.

The point of our demographics is that we're not having as many children and the population is stagnant, if not declining. So without immigration, we're not going to have the population.