My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves. – Julian Castro
Seven presidents before him – Democrats and Republicans – tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. – Julian Castro
I couldnt help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasnt one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. – Julian Castro
Take my advice, dear reader, don’t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is almost irresistible. But resist it. Epigram and truth are rarely commensurate. Truth has to be somewhat chiselled, as it were, before it will quite fit into an epigram. – Joseph Farrell, “About Conversation,” The Lectures of a Certain Professor, 1877