Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.

Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.

Dependency encourages social problems.

We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

For the good that I would: I do not, but the evil which I would not, I do.

I believe we are powerful, but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.

Remember, we who fell like stars from Heaven still shine bright in our own court.

Statements don't exist by themselves. Just like people, they are in relationship with one another.

I am that which lies beyond time. Like a melody, which sounds completely only after the last note is played.

... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

Go down any road far enough and you'll come to a slaughterhouse, but keep going and you'll reach the sea.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.