Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

The President should spend his time going after the terrorists rather than sharing sensitive counter terrorism information with countries that sponsor terrorism.

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people.

People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent.

Municipal networks expand economic opportunities. We've got to open new doors, not slam them shut.

Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our civil rights and our individual liberties.

Having members of the Bush administration actually sit down and discuss counter terrorism with the very countries that support terrorists is absurd.

The ocean is tired. It's throwing back at us what we're throwing in there.

I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility.

I had hoped to hear the President tonight tell the Congress and the American people exactly how he plans to tackle some of the important issues facing this country, unfortunately I did not.

They do not love, that do not show their love.

Shine brightly your light.

Great leadership produces great success. Weak leadership produces failure.

This advice, although good, was totally inapplicable to my case.

I know there will be spring as surely as the birds know it when they see above the snow two tiny quivering green leaves. Spring cannot fail us.

Where consequence ceases, there folly, restlessness and misery begin.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Life marks us all down, so it's just as well that we start out by overpricing ourselves.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.