We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.

What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.

We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.

All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.

It's frustrating when our best efforts to help people fail. But if we could see life through their weary eyes and experience their trials with the same frayed emotions, we might understand why.

Like the wind, Grace finds us wherever we are and won't leave us however we were found.

I've been profoundly germophobic since I was a young child. I don't want to kiss anyone but my girlfriend for my whole life.

There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.

Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the Top.. So I'ma keep climbing til my heartbeat drop

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

I believe the day is done. Whether it's been the best day or the worst, it's over; let it go.

Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it.