The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.

The new source of divisiveness is the assault of secularism on religion.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.

We are here to help one another along life's journey.

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.

I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.

The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us in the eyes of the world and the eyes of our children.

Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional values they embody.

Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their actions and own up to them--who answer for them.

Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.

I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.

A radical is one who speaks the truth.

I think individual people are interesting, not really groups of people.

Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.

Put it back in the horse!

I never dreamed of any enormity greater than I have committed. I never knew, and never shall know, a worse man than myself.

Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

Know thyself because what else is there to know?