Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

We can support our troops without supporting our president.

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.

Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.

When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.

While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis.

One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.

I'm like a woman scorned. I'm prepared to continue to kick their fanny until the last day I'm alive on this Earth because they have mistreated too many people.

Melt all the tanks in the world and make them rubbish bins. They will be much more useful for the humanity!

If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

I grew up in an all-white community.

The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make the bonsai look like a tree.