Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law.

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'.

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

Let's create a legal system that can work.

Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

If you want to know the value of a minute ask the person who came to the train station or airport a minute late.

Death to the pigs is my basic statement.

It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting with all its power.

Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.

Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house—do not pass by like a dream.

Like someone once said, "If you're going to play the part, you better wear the eye patch." You need to perform the function, you know.

People ask if I had hope of becoming a champion. I had hope. Hope was the only thing I had. Hope pushed me.

Nobody ever understands what a pioneer is doing.