I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what…

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Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital...

Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital...

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people...

There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people...

He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,'...

He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,'...

Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program...

Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program...

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that...

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that...

I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that...

I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that...

There's a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that...

There's a whole set of values, spawned by the vocal and highly visible Republicans, that...

The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.

The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.

We can do it better, more consistently, and in the end, it will cost us...

We can do it better, more consistently, and in the end, it will cost us...

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse....

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse....

The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did...

The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did...

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.

What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.

The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because...

The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because...

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for...

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for...

Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world...

Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world...

In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities,...

In preparation for it, we need to have folks who are trained, we need facilities,...

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than...

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than...

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on...

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on...