The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.

In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.

We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.

Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.

Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

When people use you, it does not feel very good. But when God uses you for His purpose, it's the greatest feeling in the world!

The most powerful way to maintain a steady supply of inspiration and unconditional peace is to find and pursue your calling.

If you want to help sentient beings, you have to get your hands dirty.

Write me, so it delights me in such a way to torment me.

No matter how many communes anybody invents the family always creeps back.

It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.

Silvio, I gotta go, find out something only dead men know.

The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive

A writer is a reader who is moved to emulation.