Americas largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar to make it a more competitive trading partner.

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

America won the Cold War by protecting our strategic resources from the threat of foreign control. We must bring the same attitude to our trade relationship with China.

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world.

The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life.

Le livre est un morceau de silence dans les mains du lecteur. Celui qui écrit se tait. Celui qui lit ne rompt pas le silence.

All wealth is the product of thoughts, labor, and love.

It's rough being a teenager in this day and age.

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.

The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.

You're dealing with people who are suiciding slowly. You've got to get to the bottom of what is psychologically motivating them to self-destruct.

The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.

We're living in primate heaven. We're warm, dry, we're not hungry, we don't have fleas and ticks and infections. So why are we so miserable?