Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios and the long legislative battles over health care reform financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.

Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious long-term physical and mental health problems due to their service. It is unconscionable to cut the already limited health care benefits available to these brave men and women.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises quality health services and educational facilities.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

Wealth like happiness is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance his narcissism and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth great return great satisfaction great reputation and great joy.

We are all in this together. We want to have I suppose a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture and we need to be able to offer somebody a one-stop shop.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

To Republicans I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.

I hate big government but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services ' it's actually a 'false choice.'

After-school tutoring programs care for the elderly shelters for the homeless disaster relief work and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding.

From the beginning there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.

It may be laid down as a primary position and the basis of our system that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government owes not only a proportion of his property but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

To kill an error is as good a service as and sometimes even better than the establishing of a new truth or fact.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign is the jewel of the kingdom.

It is not fitting when one is in God's service to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render for upon such service rest the future the good-will of an organization.

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers better options and better choices for a better future.