As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law.

One thing members of Congress need to realize is how much their reliance on staffers is hurting the institution and helping make it unaccountable.

Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004.

The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin.

I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'

There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world.

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.

Vladimir Putin celebrated his 63rd birthday today. He had a nice party, but it got awkward when two of his friends got him the same country.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

I love looking out at 27 semis and being like, every single one of those semi trucks is there to put together my stage.

Before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there's equal opportunity.

Because I've always been more afraid of writing than I have of doing anything visually such as directing or acting.

Talent cannot be learned, it can only be developed.

Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.

In the voice of mirth there may be excitement, but in the tones of mourning there is consolation.