If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom.

...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.

A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.

Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. It’s pretty simple.

Endurance is not the frail and tenuous thing some think it, but is in reality the measuring rod of our sanity and may be safely stretched to fill our direst need.

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

Life is but a collection of habits.

'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy.

We began this process, and fantastic things happened — to the way we felt, to the way we made other people feel, and the interaction among us. All this simply by using positive words!

Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.

As we respond to the assault of our enemy and defend our country, we must never break international laws. Crime can not be solved by more crime.

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

Ultimately it is the yearning to believe that anyone can be brought up to college level that has brought colleges down to everyone's level.