The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult.

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel.

House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

An Affront to the Rule of Law and to the Constitution Itself

We have no stronger ally anywhere in the world than Israel.

Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.

But, you know, I'm presiding over an institution that was designed not to work.

Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.

Trust me. I'm going to make sure this healthcare bill is never, ever, ever implemented.

Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'

But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain?

To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness.

Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

I don’t know what I’m doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out. I’ll worry about making it out of ninth grade alive. Then I’ll think about a career path.

Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.

I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own.

If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that subhuman level against us. We reap whatever we sow.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.