They [The Soviet Union] are the focus of evil in the modern world.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

More people die from the hunger of love than from the lack of food.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.

I've never thought of myself as a hoity-toity cultural critic.

This guy (Marlon Brando) - he'll be doing Hamlet when the rest of us are selling potatoes.

Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.

Access to capital is one of biggest challenges for businesses in Africa.

I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find their perfect home.

I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.