We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

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So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning...

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning...

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills...

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills...

We can be more inclusive.

We can be more inclusive.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys...

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys...

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

We can fight Big Industry.

We can fight Big Industry.

While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in...

While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in...

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show...

Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show...

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate...

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate...

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for...

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for...

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.