You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don’t, it crumbles.

Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you’ve got a weak foundation you can’t build anything.

But I remember exactly where I was when I was sitting in front of the television when those ships from Russia were headed to Cuba.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn’t quite know; they haven’t been tested.

My great-grandfather was a police captain, and so was my grandfather. And then my dad spent 23 years as a cop in the Housing Authority.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

There’s a greatness in this country many of the kids today don’t know.