The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

My personality is that I'm a human being like everybody else, just a citizen and a blue collar guy.

Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree.

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.

It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian.

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.

But I believe there is a decay that is eroding America, and as a result, God begins to disappear from our society.

When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times.

But if we get to the point where more people do not believe in a God than who do believe in God, we will have a hollow legal system - we will have something without heart.

Singing still brings me tremendous joy, the reception you get and you never know what people are going to share with you after the event.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

A great teacher will invite every student to learn and to participate and inspire more and more learning.

Future never desires to become a past

I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.

We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war.

I've done bad things with relish, and good things with pickles.

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity.

Perhaps the only institution more puffed-up and self-important than academia is government.

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

As an African-American parent, we have to really, really worry about our children and how our children are perceived in America.