I don't even like playing a contentious role.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.

Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.

Dependency encourages social problems.

We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Son, there are times a man has to do things he doesn't like to, in order to protect his family.

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

We want Israel as a democratic and Jewish state. So you have to maintain a Jewish majority, and you want to do that by legal means, by democratic means.

Say, Cuttino. What are those Godawful clothes you're wearing? Man, this ain't Rhode Island anymore. You're in the NBA. The girls have teeth here.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.

Discipline is an index to doctrine.

Simplicity, without variety, is wholly insipid.