The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

Wearing a Democratic label no longer matches what I know about my country and its possibilities.

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.

I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

John F. Kennedy asked us what we could do for America. This Democratic Party asks what can government give you. Don't worry about paying the bill, it's on your kids and grandkids.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.

Now, America is a land of second chances, and I gather you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who know we got it wrong in 2008 and who want to fix it.

The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more.

Your religion is whatever makes you a better human being.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.

Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.

Agriculture is the new golf

People love gossip. It's the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going.

Youth has triumphed (upon defeating 86-year-old Dirk van Foreest).

I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced

We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.

Technology is not in itself opposed to spirituality and to religion. But it presents a great temptation.