It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

Continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

Big guy and little guy, it should make no difference. The rule of law demands neutrality.

That claim was not intended to be a factual statement.

Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

It is true that, when an entitlement begins to be enjoyed by people, they like to keep it.

It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens.

It seems that immigrants often have a special understanding of the incredible opportunities that this nation affords its citizens.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

Mercy and cowardice are the same, " she snapped out. "But you want their land, not their lives, no? Dead men can't obey.

"Good enough never is" has become the motto of this company.

It is less difficult to look beyond ... and foretell the future, than to look back and remember what has already gone before.

I am not the kind of person I want to be.

Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.

While I'm impressed with the length of those legs, she's not an intellectual giant.