I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that?

I'm Lou Barletta, and I'm a small town defender.

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.

I love the new legal immigrants; they want their kids to be safe just like I do.

I've been a voice for many people.

People know that I'm going to do what's right.

Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!

I love the new legal immigrants they want their kids to be safe just like I do.

There is no reason to assume our species will survive itself.

What has life given me? The beginning is fire, the end is a heap of ashes, and between the end and the beginning lies all the pain in the world.

Nothing takes God by surprise, not even cancer.

The best and most important part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.

Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together.

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

A sphere is made up of not one, but an infinite number of circles; women have diverse gifts, and to say that women's sphere is the family circle is a mathematical absurdity.

All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in.

My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's just a matter of joining the dots.