Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

We [americans] need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house.

If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.

If you think you are emancipated, you might consider the idea of tasting your own menstrual blood - if it makes you sick, you've got a long way to go, baby.

Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.

And for the world's orphans. A portion of this book's proceeds will go to you.

I became a Christian before I got sober. So I was a drunk, bulimic Christian.

I think holidays create so much pressure because people feel they should be having a good time. But you shouldn't.

The gospel beckons our sin-sick souls to simple trust in Christ, the only One who is truly radical enough.

All we can tell you is that this race is too close for honest pollsters to predict.

I'd rather be home alone, painting.

But what are wishes, compared with longings?