Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship

One of the achievements of which I am most proud was the codification, the writing into U.S. law, of the U.S. embargo on the Castro dictatorship.

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

I find it interesting how we get carried away by the dogma a-la-mode.

Perseverance and perspective until victory.

To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.

I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship...the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.

The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way.

Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say that I've been lucky in that I'm amused by what I do - sufficiently amused.

Life is bigger than processes and overflows and dwarfs them.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

It was the work of the quiet mountains, this torrent of purity at my feet.

Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.

The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.

[Scottish songs] are, I own, frequently wild, & unreduceable to the more modern rules; but on that very eccentricity, perhaps, depends a great part of their effect.