I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.

[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news

If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense.

Well, we want to make sure there's not securities fraud.

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.

I still happen to think the United States is the greatest place in the world to invest.

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return - that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness.

People decide what you're like before they even get to know you

We don't have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans ; we have one heart or we don't have any.

I get really fantastic results when I just get out of my own way.

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

Christianity in its true sense puts an end to the State. It was so understood from its very beginning, and for that Christ was crucified.

Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons.

In summer, the song sings itself.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.