We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources.

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.

From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best and bravest took up arms in a worldwide struggle against tyranny.

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching worry that it will be met possibly with a protest or a demonstration.

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact.

I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts.

When you can see your life in retrospect, the romanticism of how good things once were gives way to the reality that positives and negatives comprise every day and every decade. (235)

Waste no time lamenting with regard to what is lacking. In such instances, immediately turn focus toward what is to be...and remain poised to receive that which is due.

Prayer is the means that God has ordained for the supply of grace that is necessary to be joyful in hope.

One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions.

I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work.

I was always curious. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white.

A stage space has two rules: (1) Anything can happen and (2) Something must happen.

When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

Wouldn't it be good to forget everything even if it's just for tonight? Indulge in pleasure... breathe a sweet poison deep into your lungs.

An economist is a man that can tell you...what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too.