I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

No matter how giant and rich you are, if you are isolated you will fall and remain alone in this world

Prayer does not alter that which God has determined

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

You too must seek the sun.

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

Now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened.

Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself - there is no wish I make more often.

Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies.

Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.