More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. – Barbara Jordan
For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. Hes right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic. – Brian Mulroney
You know when youre young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future. – Andy Griffith
Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of years been the heritage of children – honored as the jewelry of God…. – Thomas De Quincey
When its said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and its a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people. – Paula Deen
