Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.

American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just.

Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.

While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.

I have noticed a marked improvement in FEMA and with the coordination of FEMA and the State agencies.

While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me.

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.

Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world.

No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all.

When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process.

I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

Nowadays, social media is the easiest place to go to find something.

I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.

A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

It's tougher for me. But I don't think that's imperative to me starting a new movement, or revive an old movement, to help people.

Wait a minute, Juanita. Make up your mind. This Snow Crash thing—is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

Philosophy is the education of grown-ups.