There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.

This isn't all going to be done in one day, either.

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.

American leadership looks to the world and just as Lincoln did sees the family of man. Humanity is not a zero-sum game.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

It's going to take a while for some of these things.

if somebody ask me to chose my home in the whole world i would chose your arms

If a wizard should take up residence in your garden, and requests food, you are obliged to feed him.

Home is not necessarily, where the heart is. It is also, where good food, people, and sanity resides.even if that accounts for a house, with no people in it.

I have a fear of being boring.

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.

There is no one so great as the one who does not try to accomplish anything

Whatever emotions you're going through, you somehow seek out the people that are going through similar emotions or that maybe have something you need.

For years when we went into companies to discuss how we could help their leaders be most effective, we heard people say, "Our leaders need to develop executive presence."