Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

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.

Build your strength in love.

Truth, with a capital T, was swapped for Fact with a capital F, then both lower-cased —facts the new trues.

Everyone has a purpose in life - even if yours is to go through it believing you don't have one!

And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can't be done.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only seem to waterboard Muslims... Have we waterboarded anyone else?

German? I don't know what that means ... we don't say that in America.

The bourgeoisie are the only people who want to help me. The enlightened bourgeoisie are the only ones who ever buy anything, look after it, and don't ask for a discount. They want to look after you.

The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.