The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis

We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.

Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients

When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist

Don't compare your story to a movie or a book because it is written by a script writer and yours by God

It's been six months since she died. But Ove still inspects the whole house twice a day to feel the radiators and check that she hasn't sneakily turned up the heating.

Being brave is not for the light-hearted. Bravery takes fortitude—the very act of bravery prevents anyone from knowing you were ever afraid in the first place.

Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

Because time isn't something that always proceeds at the same pace. It is we who determine how quickly time passes.

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.

Fortune is either with you or it's not.