One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

One of the achievements of which I am most proud was the codification, the writing into U.S. law, of the U.S. embargo on the Castro dictatorship.

I find it interesting how we get carried away by the dogma a-la-mode.

Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship

Perseverance and perspective until victory.

To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.

I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to unleash the potential of her children.

There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of society. Both are very defined descriptions of selfhood

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

There's nothing worse than a violent beating from an unremarkable person. Physical violence with someone is too much like shagging them. Too much id involved.

I think there's a phenomenon of people who want to be around something that seems "dangerous." It makes them feel more real.

There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big.

Most youth still hold the same values of their parents…if we do not alter this pattern, if we don’t resocialize, our system will decay.

A writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino's, while inside there dwells a frail, hopeful butterfly of a spirit.

I don't really like to be filmed.