Even under the best of circumstances, the road back from war is difficult.

When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry.

For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service.

This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.

The Internet has changed the way we communicate with each other, the way we learn about the world and the way we conduct business.

The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately

If we are going to have a health care program that works for all Americans, we are going to have to get beyond the blame game.

The Bush administration did stop filling the reserve in 2002 when it helped the oil industry. Now they should do it to help the consumer.

The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque.

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.

Fixing health care and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

When you kiss, my world falls apartHeaven comes down to woo my heart

The best learners are the best earners.

All that hatred down there, " he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart.

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.

Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.

The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser canine, that is, anything under a hundredweight.

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t know what it is.

Why stay on the earth except to grow.