Addiction We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically. - Ron Kind
Legislation Will In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow. - Ron Kind
Health As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans. - Ron Kind
Leadership We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not. - Ron Kind
Economics We believe that economics does not necessarily have to be a zero-sum game; it can be a win-win proposition for everyone involved so long as they have the tools in which to succeed. - Ron Kind
Army Will As many will remember, a respected Army Corps economist filed a whistleblower complaint about the Corps' use of faulty data to justify lock and dam expansion. - Ron Kind
Addiction First We must move in our recovery from one addiction to another for two major reasons: first, we have not recognized and treated the underlying addictive process, and second, we have not accurately isolated and focused upon the specific addictions. - Anne Wilson Schaef
Addiction Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. - Carl Jung
Addiction We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future. - Sherwood Boehlert
Addiction All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. - W. H. Auden
Addiction I have a bit of a traveling addiction, and, ah, yeah. I went to, ah, Bali this summer. - Fisher Stevens