Video of senator Dubas from the conference

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." - Mahatma Gandhi

"A man that doesn't stand for something will fall for anything." - Peter Marshall

"We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way."
Thomas Mann

"Adversity does not build character…it reveals it." - John Wooden

"There is normally no reason for the State to inject itself into the private realm of the family to further question fit parents' ability to make the best decisions regarding their children" - Troxel v. Granville, 530 US 2000 (99-138):

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt." - William Van Horne

"The rights of parents to the care, custody and nurture of their children ... cannot be denied without violating those fundamental rights ... protected by the Amendments 1, 5, 9, and 14." - Doe v. Irwin

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer