Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.

It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.

Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal.

Let individuals create real wealth, empower them, create something that they can leave for their children.

Bureaucrats behave very differently than a private-sector manager because their motivations are different. Permanent bureaucrats, no matter how senior, worry about their next job.

People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue.

The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.

It's good to give seniors more choices and more options, let them choose a plan that's best for them and target assistance to the lowest income people.

If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.

Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas.

Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards.

A leader, without wisdom, is dangerous. A wise person, without leadership, is useless. But if they work together, they are unstoppable.

Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.

Where the Internet is about availability of information, blogging is about making information creation available to anyone.

Nobody can survive alone, in this world. People have bonds, and sometimes those bonds are broken. And then, that person goes spinning off and connects with someone else.

But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to wait inactive for twenty-four hours - that's another matter.

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.

I'm not sorry, it's human nature.

Anthony Skinner has a fire in his heart to worship God, and to encourage and equip others to do the same.

Richard Prince's most famous photograph was made by me.

Sometimes you can define a composition or a couple of notes by the silence that goes around it.