The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

As a Republican, I am proud of my party's rich legacy of conservation.

It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation.

Nothing in this universe is complex to understand than the universe itself. Everything else is as frugal as a cold wave.

Twenty-five, he was. Twenty-five tomorrow. Some years the snow had melted for his birthday, but not this year, and so it had been a long winter full of cows.

I think to make your home as comfortable as possible is so important. There’s something really interesting about that as a trend, that whole idea of lifestyle and being happy in your surroundings.

America's strong bonds with Israel are well known - this bond is unbreakable.

You cannot make progress with excuses.

When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.

Abandonment to God is of more value than personal holiness!

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.

The living conditions of the poor must be improved if we really want to save our environment