Economic development is what's going to make mountaintop removal palatable.

In West Virginia, the most vulnerable people we have are people who get up every morning and go to work.

A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't.

Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.

Every child should have a safe place in their life.

I don't know anybody that doesn't own a gun.

The time has come to make the difficult decision. Charity begins at home. We can no longer afford to rebuild Afghanistan and America. We must choose. And I choose America.

I am very proud of the critical role West Virginians play in providing energy to our nation.

Come to West Virginia and we'll show you how to live... how to treat people. We're open for business. West Virginia is truly on the move.

Why would anybody not own a gun?

I think it's time to rebuild America.

I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying to bargain for a better seat at the table

A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty.

And, in the darkness, David closed his eyes as all that was lost was found again.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

It is a radical act to believe in and like yourself.

You live by the cake, you die by the cake.

A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians.

You find out what type of man you are.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and to notice a fragility where once I saw - or assumed - an endless bounty.