For decades, the violence in the Middle East has claimed a multitude of innocent civilian victims: Men, women and children, Arab and Israeli.

I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can be safely done.

It's not enough for women to speak out on the issue - for the message to be strong and consistent, women's voices must be backed up by men's.

If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.

Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.

Stealing has always been a way of redistributing wealth.

According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and that it would stay even is asked by the Iraqi government to leave.

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals.

A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class.

The time is now for Congress to address health care in America.

Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.

One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism, which is now a national catastrophe.

morality is moral only when it is voluntary

If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.

I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me.

My whole life, people have been saying, "Why are you so angry?"

It's always awkward to pretend to play. I feel like Ashlee Simpson. Oooh, zing.

If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe.

Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God.

And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

There are enough people in the world who are going to write you off. You don't need to do that to yourself.