The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

Its hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Truth, justice and the American way. The American way is: truth and justice maybe say hello in the hallway, send each other a Christmas card, but that’s about the extent of their relationship.

Stubbornness leads to strong will.

You've got to know the rules to break them.

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds.

God is seeking those who hear His call to a life of worship. Those who heed are those who will walk in His presence. They will know Him intimately as He will manifest Himself to them.

It would be better for me to die than to live.

But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.

God cannot be explained... God can only be lived.

Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds.