It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see on this earth.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

May youalways haveopenbreezy spacesin your mind.

I need the kind of help that comes with a side order of help.

Tomorrow is a parallel day.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

The true liberation, the true path to freedom, lay in the ability to forgive.

Isolation is a dream killer.

A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful.

Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room before you save the world. Then save the world.

Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood.