"The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality."

"Americans are not saving enough for retirement."

"I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine."

"Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve."

"In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process."